American Petroleum

Prices are rising again after consumers experienced only modest decreases in costs in May and June. CA_grph In California, the average price of a gallon of gasoline climbed to $3.817, up from $3.803 a week ago, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report....

It's hard to avoid the sense of defeat when there are four people for every job opening, a "green" jobs plan that's disappointed so far and the threat of a double-dip recession on the horizon. Even the fall TV lineup,......

“Relying more on natural gas would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, but it would do little to help solve the climate problem,” says Wigley, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Adelaide in Australia. “It would be many...

Miles Hawthorne was pumping gas into the tank of his station wagon Wednesday afternoon at the Sheetz convenience store in Shepherdstown, W.Va. The sign outside said a gallon of regular gas cost $3.69.9. The pump at the 7-Eleven store on W.Va. 45 west of...

5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 5:39 a.m. Greg Jarrett heads down to the Bourbon Street and check in with the folks at 'Snake & Jake's Christmas Club Lounge' as Fat Tuesday begins. 6:21 a.m. Greg speak with a Lincoln Park butcher, Otto Demke who owns...

President Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for America's oceans and Great Lakes, including a type of zoning that could dramatically rebalance the way government regulates offshore drilling, fishing and other marine...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed the nation's strictest-ever smog limits this morning, a move that could put large parts of the country in violation of federal air quality regulations. The EPA proposed allowing a ground-level ozone...

It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's most famous inventions, in 1714. But after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer now appears headed for extinction. While many Maryland residents probably still have them in their...

It was a story that made headlines across the country: a pipeline burst in Calhoun County last July, spilling more than 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River basin.  Now, an environmental watchdog group is calling on regulators to take a...

Reaction to the Obama administration's move to lift the 4-month-old moratorium on deep-water drilling was swift Tuesday. The American Petroleum Institute welcomed the move but asked for swift approval of permits: While we are pleased that the Interior...

Last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster focused international attention on offshore well blowouts. But they happen more often onshore, with dangerous effect: release of flammable and toxic gases, spills of oil and drilling fluid, and plumes of...