As President Barack Obama pushes to fast-track an oil pipeline from Oklahoma south to the Gulf Coast, an American Indian tribe that calls the oil hub home worries the route might disrupt sacred sites holding the unmarked graves of their ancestors, The Associated Press reports.
TransCanada officials tell Bloomberg that the timetable for the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, being given expedited treatment by President Obama, already is on track to start construction as early as June and so the new urgency will not speed things up.
Gallup discloses the latest poll on approval of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas: 57 percent of Americans say they favor approval of the project, while 29 percent said they are opposed, The Hill reports.
Canadian proponents of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline applauded Barack Obama's directive on Thursday to expedite the approval process for the southern leg of the pipeline. They also urged the U.S. president to approve the northern leg.
Obama directed federal agencies to expedite a 485-mile (780-kilometer) line from Oklahoma to refineries on Texas' Gulf Coast that would remove a critical bottleneck in the U.S. oil transportation system, backing a segment of the larger Keystone XL project that he rejected earlier this year.
Backers of a proposal for a new Alaska pipeline to carry natural gas to the state's south coast to a new liquefaction plant hold out hope for a return to the state's boom times, the Financial Times reports.
An administration official tells USA Today that President Obama on Thursday will call for a fast-track construction of the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, which unlike the northern portion that he blocked can go ahead without federal approval
A proposed natural gas pipeline opposed by groups in New York and New Jersey has won the endorsement of staff from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which must decide on the $850 million project, The New York Times reports.
Former President George W. Bush, in a conference speech, called approving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline a "no-brainer" that will help the private sector grow, Bloomberg reports.
Chesapeake Energy announced plans to build a $900 million pipeline system in eastern Ohio, a thriving oil-and-gas producing region, to facilitate transport of natural gas from the Utica Shale.
Researchers at Cornell find that economic costs from a potential spill could far outweigh jobs benefits from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is intended to carry oil sands crude from Canada to Texas, The New York Times reports.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Justice Department to join the European Union's probe of possible oil price manipulation, Reuters reports.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane said the NRC can't consider a public hearing on the San Onofre nuclear plant until June, when an appeal period of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruling ends.
Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., introduced a bill that would ensure that only domestically-made biofuels can be used to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, The Chattanoogan reports.
A federal judge refused to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Interior Department's power to ban new hard rock mining projects on federal land, The Associated Press reports.
Tesla Motors increased the value of its stock and debt offerings 30 percent to $1.08 billion to gather reserves and pay back its Energy Department loans, Bloomberg reports.
Poland called on the European Union to end energy subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable sources and cut oil imports to better combat climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The first well reports from the Utica shale in Ohio show a significant supply of natural gas but not as much oil as some energy companies were expecting, Reuters reports.
