Final decision on Keystone XL pipeline still months away

Technology propels ‘old energy’ boom

Published: May 10, 2013
Tags: energy, fossil fuel, fracking, oil, solar energy, wind turbines

Technology created an energy revolution during the past decade, just not the one we expected.

Walker urges approval of Keystone XL oil pipeline

Published: April 15, 2013
Tags: Keysonte XL pipeline, Michels Corp., oil, Scott Walker

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has submitted a letter in support of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and refineries along the Gulf Coast of Texas.

Crews cleaning up after Ark. pipeline spill

Published: April 1, 2013
Tags: oil, pipeline, spill

Residents affected by an oil pipeline spill in central Arkansas could be displaced for weeks, officials say.

State Dept: No major objections to Keystone XL pipeline

Published: March 1, 2013
Tags: Keystone XL pipeline, Michels Corp., oil

The State Department says Canadian tar sands are likely to be developed, regardless of whether the U.S. approves a plan to pipe oil from western Canada to refineries in Texas.

Keystone XL pipeline construction at its peak, TransCanada says

Published: February 25, 2013
Tags: Keystone XL pipeline, Michels Corp., oil

While the debate continues over whether the United States will approve a proposed oil conduit from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the segment from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast is halfway toward completion and could be moving oil by the end of the year.

Keystone pipeline won’t be ready for ’14

Published: February 19, 2013
Tags: Keystone XL pipeline, Michels Corp., oil, TransCanada

A Nebraska utility said the new route for a proposed oil pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through the state will delay work on electric transmission lines for the pipeline.

EPA raises biofuel estimate

Published: February 1, 2013
Tags: biofuels, EPA, oil

Days after a federal appeals court said the Obama administration is setting overly optimistic production quotas for the struggling biofuels industry, the government issued new standards that raise production estimates for 2013.

Refiner considers shipping oil via Great Lakes

Published: January 28, 2013
Tags: Great Lakes, oil, pipeline

A petroleum refiner is exploring whether to build a crude oil loading dock on Lake Superior, near its refinery in Superior, Wis., to ship crude oil on the Great Lakes.

Court says EPA overestimates biofuels production (UPDATE)

Published: January 25, 2013
Tags: biofuels, EPA, oil, renewable fuel

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency is overestimating the amount of fuel that can be produced from grasses, wood and other nonfood plants in an effort to promote a fledgling biofuels industry.