Energy
  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • The massive Big John dragline works to reshape the rocky landscape in some of the last sections to be mined for coal at the Hobet site in Boone County

    Why US Coal Producers Are Having a Very Good Year

    By Tom DiChristopher, CNBC

    U.S. coal exports are rising this year, giving the fossil-fuel friendly Trump administration reason to cheer, but analysts believe the good times won't last. The surge in exports doesn't herald a...

  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves during a pro-government rally with workers of state-run oil company PDVSA, in Barcelona

    The Crisis in Venezuela Could Send Oil Prices Soaring

    By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

    Venezuela’s deteriorating crisis is “going to be the biggest geopolitical story to watch in the oil markets," according to Helima Croft of RBC Capital Markets. The economic, political and security...

  • FILE PHOTO:  A sign is painted on a parking space for electric cars inside a car park in Hong Kong

    The Battery Problem That Could Slow the Electric Car Revolution

    By Zandi Shabalala, Reuters

    Producers of processed lithium - an essential element for batteries used in electric cars - are agreeing long-term contracts with their customers to fund the investments needed to address a looming...

  • A prototype of the Tesla Model 3 is on display in front of the factory during a media tour of the Tesla Gigafactory which will produce batteries for the electric carmaker in Sparks, Nevada, U.S. July 26, 2016.  REUTERS/James Glover II

    The Great Battery Battle: Tesla Sparks an Arms Race in Energy Storage

    By Ryan Browne, CNBC

    Elon Musk's car company Tesla appears to be leading the "arms race" for lithium-ion batteries — for now. Musk recently announced plans to build the world's biggest lithium-ion battery storage project...

  • Greenhouse Emissions Have Hit a New Record

    By Pep Canadell and Michael Raupach, The Conversation

    As heads of state gather in New York for tomorrow’s United Nations climate summit , a new report on the state of the world’s carbon budget tells them that greenhouse emissions hit a new record last...

  • Minds focused by IS, Saudis and Iranians think about making up

    Minds focused by IS, Saudis and Iranians think about making up

    By Michelle Moghtader, Reuters

    DUBAI (Reuters) - For decades the opposing poles of Middle East power politics, Saudi Arabia and Iran may be driven to set aside at least some of their differences by the rise of a mutual enemy:...

  • Siemens splurges $7.6 billion on Dresser-Rand in U.S. shale market bet

    Siemens splurges $7.6 billion on Dresser-Rand in U.S. shale market bet

    By Georgina Prodhan and Ludwig Burger, Reuters

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens AG <SIEGn.DE> has agreed to buy U.S. oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand Group Inc <DRC.N> for $7.6 billion in cash, paying a relatively rich...

  • Exclusive: Siemens near deal to buy Dresser-Rand - sources

    Exclusive: Siemens near deal to buy Dresser-Rand - sources

    By Soyoung Kim and Sophie Sassard and Anjuli Davies, Reuters

    NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG <SIEGn.DE> is near an agreement to acquire U.S. oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand Group Inc <DRC.N> for all cash,...

  • Houthi rebels sign deal with Yemen parties to form new government

    Houthi rebels sign deal with Yemen parties to form new government

    By Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters

    SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim rebels signed an agreement with other political parties on Sunday to form a more inclusive government after rebels advanced on major state institutions in the...