Keystone XL Pipeline

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Environmental groups and a dozen states and cities said Monday they will delay planned legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying they will wait to see if the White House...

June 18 (Reuters) - Oil pipelines in the United States are undergoing a historic realignment in response to new production in the Eagle Ford development in south-central Texas, redevelopment of older production in the Permian Basin and new flows of oil...

Twenty-two environmental activists who staged a sit-in to protest the expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring crude oil from Canada to the United States were arrested as part of a planned protest this morning outside the State Department...

* Time running out for legacy movement on climate * Any NEPA move at least a year away, officials say * Washington, Oregon governors want it applied to coal export terminals By Patrick Rucker and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) -...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department filed a joint lawsuit with Arkansas on Thursday against oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp over the pipeline spill in March of thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil in a suburban neighborhood. The 95,...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of...

 PIERRE — Beginning with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe next week, state officials are scheduled to start visiting Indian reservations in South Dakota to lay the foundation for new tribal parole programs.  State Tribal Affairs Secretary J.R....

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is the latest Silicon Valley company to bar the media from attending its annual meeting. Google and Zynga also decided to keep out the media this year. Instead, Facebook suggests the media watch a live webcast of its first...

BISMARCK, N.D. - A Canadian pipeline company is planting more than 100 trees around a pump station in southeastern North Dakota to help hush noise at the facility and quiet complaints from nearby residents.   Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. says the...

MAYFLOWER, Ark. — On warm spring evenings, North Starlite Drive buzzed with children. They cycled around the cul-de-sac at the end of the wide, block-long road, shot baskets in driveways and inevitably wound up on the swing set and trampoline behind...

On Wednesday, President Obama was in town for a fundraiser, and I headed down to the Hilton Chicago on South Michigan to cover the Keystone protest. A couple things: 1) It’s telling that despite the supposed scandals engulfing the president, I...

By David Ljunggren June 1 (Reuters) - The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which won power in 2006 promising to clean up Ottawa, is struggling to deal with an expenses scandal that has damaged the party's popularity. Although...