ENERGY

Engineers have discovered hemp’s energy-saving properties.

Regulators in the Lone Star State are proposing stronger guidelines for well operators following the recent seismic outbreak in North Texas.

France’s minister of ecology is proposing that diesel drivers get a total of nearly $22,000 to switch to electricity.

The Nebraska Supreme Court's decision probably won't be reached for three to six months, further stalling Obama's final verdict.

The International Energy Agency's monthly oil statistics suggest global oil demand in 2014 and 2015 will be lower than previously expected.

The price of crude oil is still trading under $100 per barrel despite the US bombing of Iraq.

Obama's decision on the controversial pipeline decision hinges in part on the project's impact on carbon dioxide emissions.

The reactors' faulty boiler unit was discovered accidentally during routine inspections.

The region is believed to hold nearly 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil deposits and 30 percent of its hidden natural gas reserves.

An Oklahoma woman is suing two dozen energy companies over the 2011 Prague earthquake.

Climate Prediction Center El Niño data finds the event now has a 2-in-3 chance of occurring, instead of the 4-in-5 chance initially projected.

Offshore oil drilling companies like Baker Hughes and Halliburton say they're expanding plans to frack the oceans.

TEPCO, the Fukushima power plant operator, is currently pumping untainted groundwater into the ocean to prevent it from mixing with toxic water.

Mexico oil reform is one step closer after President Enrique Peña Nieto got Mexico Congress' energy bill passed, ending the Pemex monopoly.

Imports of oil, cell phones, computer accessories and other foreign-made products fell to a five-month low in June.

A 10-foot wall of water is expected to sweep down the Kosi river once landslide debris is cleared.

Naturally occurring bacteria have been consuming toxic hydrocarbons after the BP oil spill.

New research says that biomass energy contributes to global warming, despite its sustainable aim to replace fossil fuels.

Solar and wind could outstrip conventional hydropower this year for the first time, according to federal energy stats.

The Texas oil giant says its offshore Arctic drilling rigs are set to start producing late this year.

The job cuts in West Virginia follow layoffs in Kentucky last week. Demand for coal is sinking, while the market for gas grows.

The conditional permit gives Oregon LNG permission to export natural gas to non-free trade agreement countries.

The “Viking King” is helping Russian oil companies skirt the EU and buy equipment for deepwater and arctic drilling.

Shell posted a profit of $5.1 billion in the second quarter of 2014 -- more than twice what it made in the second quarter of 2013.

Last year, the EU imported nearly 46 percent of its gas and 31 percent of its coal from Russia, against which it has now imposed new sanctions.

Three manufacturers helped drive a 'surge' in electric car sales in Europe for 2013, a new analysis of official data found.

New European sanctions on Russia could cause the Kremlin to retaliate and cut off natural gas to Europe, according to analysts.

In most countries, the creation of electricity leads to the biggest source of water consumption

The impact of the BP oil spill, the largest oil spill in history, is far more widespread than previously thought, study says.