Keystone XL supporters and opponents took away small victories after the Senate rejected a bill amendment that would have reversed the Obama administration’s decision to deny a permit to for the controversial pipeline.  More »

The Senate on Thursday rejected controversial Republican proposals to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, expand offshore drilling into new waters, and delay environmental regulations for industrial and commercial boilers.  More »

The House will probably take up the Senate’s transportation bill, Speaker John Boehner said Thursday, signaling his chamber’s own legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline and expand oil-and-gas drilling to fund road projects might not have the needed support to pass.  More »

Republicans ripped into President Obama on Thursday in reaction to a media report that he personally lobbied senators to vote against a GOP measure that would approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. But the White House said the president opposes ramming through a pipeline without a proper review, and Democrats came to Obama’s defense.  More »

U.S. agencies’ request for more funding to hire people to help review offshore-drilling permits came front-and-center in Congress on Thursday as lawmakers, federal officials and witness continued debating the rate of approvals in the Gulf of Mexico.  More »

Two measures pertaining to a federal permit for the Keystone XL pipeline are among those that will get votes Thursday as amendments to sweeping Senate transportation legislation, under an agreement announced late Wednesday night. Also up for consideration is a GOP amendment that would expand offshore drilling to certain waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.  More »

President Obama touted policies his administration is pursuing to cut vehicle oil use, ranging from fuel-efficiency standards to natural-gas-powered trucks, amid ongoing political debate over gasoline prices.  More »

Federal regulators won’t rush the issuance of offshore drilling permits amid ongoing Republican criticism that the Obama administration has slowed the rate of approvals, said James Watson, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.  More »

A top Shell Oil Co. scientist who was tasked with creating a new industry-led offshore drilling safety group will serve as the center’s executive director, the American Petroleum Institute announced today.  More »

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for the first time expressed an openness to having a vote on a transportation bill amendment that would approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline.  More »

President Obama on Tuesday mockingly rebuffed GOP allegations that he wanted the higher gasoline prices that are now plaguing Americans’ wallets.  More »

A coalition of more than 100 environmental activists and groups expressed “serious concerns” on Monday about President Obama’s comments in support of the natural-gas drilling boom.  More »