ThinkstockPipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with enough left over to…
Jen Alic of Oilprice.com Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), France’s Total SA and Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) are all actually seeking the imposition of a tax on carbon dioxide emissions in Canada. It’s not…
ThinkstockThe U.S. airline industry had one of the more turbulent decades in its history. In the past few years, the majority of the country’s largest carriers have merged with a competitor or gone into…
ThinkstockEarlier this week , it was announced that Toyota officially surpassed General Motors as the world’s leading auto manufacturer, reclaiming a title it lost to the American company in 2011 following a series of…
Thinkstock The United States has always prided itself as one of the most innovative countries in the world. In fact, patenting in a wide range of scientific fields has been on the rise in…
ThinkstockBy Daniel J. Graeber of Oilprice .com A consortium minding security issues for journalists working in hostile territory warned that credible reports revealed a threat to oil installations in Libya. Islamists based in Libya…
There are movie stars, and then there are actors whose involvement appears more important than the movie itself. Some are so critical to success that studios will pay them tens of millions of dollars to be…
ThinkstockDespite many in the United States still feeling the pinch, there’s no denying that the job market is improving. Last week, the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to a five-year low of…
ThinkstockThe Federal Trade Commission recently ruled that advertisements from juice maker POM Wonderful contained health claims that were misleading and unsubstantiated. This was not the first confrontation between the regulator and the company. In…
ThinkstockBy John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com In America’s energy industry, batted by last year’s Hurricane Sandy, can be added a new threat — computer malware, an ominous portent for the U.S. power grid. Apparently,…
ThinkstockBy Jen Alic of Oilprice.com Prices at the US pump are on the rise again for the first time since October, but the good news is—according to analysts—this year should see overall lower gas…
ThinkstockForeclosures in the U.S. are falling, data released today by foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac shows. Last year, 1.8 million properties were foreclosed, down 2.7% from 2011, and down 36% from 2010. Click here to see…
ThinkstockThe population of the United States living in urban areas is growing faster than the national rate. At last count, more than four in five Americans lived in a metropolitan area, an increase of…
ThinkstockBy Jen Alic of Oilprice.com New pipelines may provide new revenue for US refiners, which have seen big gains in 2012 and are now seeking to ride the wave of success. HollyFrontier Corp (NYSE:HFC),…
ThinkstockThis week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, some of the biggest companies in the world will debut the next generation of products and technology. The goods on display are the product…
ThinkstockBy John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com Whether one believes 100 percent in the science behind global warming, the fact is that the northern polar ice cap is in retreat, sparking an energy resource scramble…
ThinkstockBy John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer and currently accounts for about half of the global coal consumption. The U.S. Energy Information Agency noted in its 2012 country…
ThinkstockEnvironmental advocacy groups expressing concern over frontier oil developments in the Alaskan arctic started the New Year on news that Shell’s (NYSE:RDS.A) problems in the region continue. This week’s grounding of the drill ship…
ThinkstockTen states ushered in the New Year with an increase to their minimum wages. The federal minimum wage has not increased since it was raised to $7.25 an hour in July 2009. At the…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsDecember marked the five-year anniversary of the official beginning of the Great Recession — the most severe economic contraction the United States has experienced since the Great Depression. The recession…