Gasoline prices have once again risen to the forefront of energy policy debate, resulting in a political back-and-forth among lawmakers, interest groups and the Obama administration.  More »

The payroll tax cut bill that Congress approved today contained no big energy-related provisions, after speculation each side was seeking to include them in a compromise.  More »

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would expand oil-and-gas production into new areas and approve the Keystone XL pipeline. But President Obama has threatened to veto the bill, and it stands little chance of passing the Democratic-held Senate.  More »

Three Republican senators introduced legislation this week that would bar the administration from releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless it approves the Keystone XL pipeline.  More »

Owners of a northeast Texas farm have obtained a court order to block TransCanada from crossing the farm with a proposed pipeline planned to carry Canadian oil to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast.  More »

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Wednesday his chamber may not finish considering Republicans’ energy-infrastructure bill until after the President’s Day recess, amid growing criticism of various aspects of the legislation.  More »

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell indicated Tuesday that Republicans would push for a vote on a transportation bill amendment that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline.  More »

TransCanada has pushed back the possible startup date of a controversial pipeline that would carry Canadian oil to refineries in Texas.  More »

TransCanada Corp., the company whose $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline was rejected by the U.S. last month, said profit rose 39 percent as it began shipping oil.  More »

Congressional Republicans will move to get legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline through the House and Senate by using surface-transportation bills that both chambers are taking up this week. The House version of the transportation bill also contains provisions expanding oil-and-gas drilling.  More »

Environmental activists are staging a 24-hour campaign to send 500,000 messages to senators urging them to oppose legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline that could come up for a vote in the Senate this week.  More »

The State Department’s internal watchdog has cleared the agency most wrongdoing in its review of the application for the Keystone XL oil-sands pipeline from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries.  More »