International Energy

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya will join its neighbors in tackling sensitive fuel market reforms and plans to do away with all subsidies within three years, Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arusi said. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates over 14...

By William Maclean and David Alexander DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Washington is signalling its military commitment to its Gulf Arab allies at a time of unfamiliar strain in their decades old partnership. Syria's civil war and Iran's...

WASHINGTON -- The push to produce more energy from renewable sources has stalled, and “the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago,” according to Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the...

While many have long seen America as the global bad boy, everybody likes Canada. If Uncle Sam tucks his pack of Marlboros under his T-shirt sleeve and plays by his own rules, the Canadian moose -- or whatever their Uncle Sam equivalent is -- always...

Yes, mortgage interest rates remain near historic lows. True, there's a wide variety of inventory for sale to choose from. Granted, this is still, indisputably, a buyer's market. But for shoppers on a tight budget out there hunting for new construction,...

PETOSKEY -- Grants recently provided to Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity have helped the affordable housing ministry build homes that exceed certain construction standards for energy efficienct. These grants, awarded by the Petoskey-Harbor Springs...

WASHINGTON -- The American Century is dead. Long live the next American Century. The subtext of political debate these days is that the United States is in decline -- a proposition often portrayed as self-evident. The economy lacks dynamism;...

WASHINGTON -- There was a make-believe quality to President Obama's second inaugural address, as if all that's required to solve serious problems are the intelligence to produce proper policies and the political grit to get them approved. Perish the...

Energy-efficient homebuilding is about to take a big step forward in Illinois, but consumers will pay now to save on future utility bills. A new statewide building energy code that takes effect Jan. 1 strives to make homes more comfortable and...

A report last week that the U.S. will become the globe’s No. 1 oil producer by 2020 was startling and reassuring. It’s a startling statistic because a few years ago the U.S. was struggling to maintain supplies of crude oil that came mostly...

There were no tornado warnings last Friday night, when I muted the Nationals game around 11 p.m. I listened intently through my living-room window. A train, I thought. Definitely a train. I should have known better. The warnings have been building for...

WASHINGTON -- Preoccupied by the election, Americans may be under the delusion that most major social and economic changes proceed from the ballot box. Not so. The latest reminder of this comes from a surprising source: the annual World Energy Outlook...