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U.S. EPA Allowed Two-Week Extension to Issue Biofuel Blending Proposal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a biofuels trade groups have agreed to extend by two weeks a deadline the agency has to issue a proposal on 2…

Electric Car

Inside the World’s First Affordable Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle: The $25,000 Sono Motors Sion

Germany company Sono Motors says it will bring a solar-powered electric vehicle to market in Europe in mid-2023. Sono has brought the car, called the Sion, on a…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Hyundai Motor Considering Setting up Battery Joint Venture in the U.S.

Hyundai Motor Co. is considering establishing a joint venture battery plant in the United States.

Oil Shale

Shale Firms Discount 'U.S. Put' as Inadequate to Lift Oil Output

U.S. shale oil executive Matt Gallagher this week took a poll on Twitter to gauge sentiment toward President Joe Biden's offer to stock the U.S. emergency oil r…

Electric Car

U.S. Boosts EV Purchases, but Faces Supply Chain Hurdles

The U.S. government has significantly boosted purchases of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles but faces supply chain hurdles.

Ammonia

Blue Ammonia Production Efforts for Fuel Supply, Exports in High Gear Along U.S. Gulf Coast

Energy giants Chevron and Uniper are pairing with Air Liquide and LyondellBasell to explore a hydrogen and ammonia production facility along the U.S. Gulf Coast…

Electric Car

EU, U.S. Eye Level Playing Field for EU Electric Cars in U.S. Market

European Union and U.S. officials expect to reach agreement that would grant EU companies, including electric car makers, the same status as U.S. ones in the U.…

United States

U.S. Oil Patch M&A in Q3 Tops $16 Bln, the Most This Year

Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. oil patch accelerated to $16 billion in the third quarter, the most this year, although the nine-month total trails the yea…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Steady on Prospect of Balancing Supply After Steep Selloff

Oil steadied in early Asian trade on Tuesday as indications that producer alliance OPEC+ sought to avoid a collapse in prices, along with a slight softening in …

Crude Oil

Brent Crude Slides Below $85 a Barrel as Dollar Surges

Brent crude fell below $85 a barrel Monday, as recession fears weighed and the U.S. dollar surged.

United States

U.S. Senate Votes to Amend Global Treaty to Curb Climate-Warming Gas

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 69-27 to ratify an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that would cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a major greenhouse…

Carbon Emissions

U.S. EPA to Consider Tougher Emissions Rules for Heavy Trucks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider adopting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy trucks after Congress passed new i…

Natural Gas

A Natural Gas Shortage Is Looming for the U.S.

While natural gas prices in the United States fell after a railway strike was averted last week, it looks likely that prices both at home and abroad will spike …

Oil Price

U.S. To Sell Up to 10 Mln Bbls of Oil From SPR for Nov. Delivery

The U.S. Energy Department said on Monday it will sell up to 10 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, for delivery in November.

Carbon Emissions

U.S. Farm Agency to Triple Investment in Climate-Friendly Farming

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest nearly $3 billion in projects to reduce climate-harming emissions from farming and forestry, tripling the funding…