WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States is halting shipments to its strategic oil reserve for the second half of the year after Congress passed a bill calling

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase

The rail uses just one-sixth the energy that road transport does to move every tonne of cargo — A. Roy Chowdhury. If the price of beans doubles,

By CARL HULSE and STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Groping for a quick response to rising gas prices, Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to order the Bush

Sen. Byron Dorgan, seen here at a news conference on Capitol Hill, is the chief sponsor of a measure halting oil deliveries to the Strategic Petroleum

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate voted 97-1 Tuesday to stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for six months in an effort to bring gas prices down,

Congress is calling for a freeze in shipments to the government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. But analysts say that would do little to lower prices.

Senate Republicans are taking their Democratic colleagues to task over their inaction on soaring energy prices. As gasoline nears $4 a gallon – just for

This post is from guest blogger Tom Kloza. Tom is Chief Oil Analyst at OPIS (Oil Price Information Service) and has his own blog. He has been writing about

MOHAWK VALLEY, NY -- With gas prices reaching $4 a gallon, everyone is looking for a way to get more miles for their money. The US House of Representatives

by Leanne Tokars (ltokars@wsbt.com) Skyrocketing gas prices have politicians debating the best way to ease the burden on consumers.

The Senate has voted to prevent further stockpiling of crude in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. But some experts in London doubt the action would lower oil

By WBNG News US Representative Michael A. Arcuri (D-Utica) voted with a bipartisan majority in the US House of Representatives yesterday for legislation he

By Diane Smith The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday the legislation to stop the Bush administration’s policy of adding oil to the

By admin - Posted on May 14th, 2008 May 13, 2008 -- Washington, DC-Today, the US Senate voted down an amendment by a margin of 42 to 56 (60 votes were

By Lisa Mascaro AP Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., speaks about gas prices as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left,

(RTTNews) - Record high oil prices prompted the US Senate to take action Tuesday, as they voted by a margin of 97-1 to halt filling the Strategic Petroleum