The Biden administration moved Tuesday to ease gasoline shortages caused by a ransomware attack on the nation’s largest pipeline network, as concerns grew that spiking fuel prices and supply disruptions could hinder travel while the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.

Republicans on a public works panel criticized a Democratic proposal for more money to reconnect urban communities split by highways, arguing it would unfairly channel funding toward cities and away from rural projects.

The Bureau of Land Management said Tuesday it will review land management plans aimed at supporting the greater sage grouse and the ecosystem on which the iconic bird relies.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says Enbridge Inc. has until Wednesday to shut a huge crude pipeline that crosses the Great Lakes. The Canadian company says it’s got the law on its side, and the oil will keep flowing.

The Biden administration on Tuesday approved plans for the first major offshore wind farm in federal waters, a $2.8 billion venture near Massachusetts set to open a wave of development along the U.S. East Coast.

The Biden administration took a first step toward waiving century-old U.S. shipping requirements to allow foreign tankers to transport gasoline and diesel to fuel-starved areas of the country, as the Colonial Pipeline Co. outage caused filling stations to run dry.

Solar power is booming in Texas, where installations are expected to swell by 15 gigawatts through the end of next year.

A majority of ConocoPhillips investors rebuffed the company’s board to back a full-scope emissions reductions target at its annual meeting today, according to the environmental group that filed the proposal.

The U.S. Supreme Court should reject attempts by Chevron Corp. and other oil industry giants to push another climate case before the justices, lawyers for two California cities said.

FirstEnergy Corp.'s directors and officers must face a shareholder derivative suit stemming from their alleged involvement in a bribery, racketeering, and pay-to-play scheme with Ohio politicians, after a federal court in that state found enough support Tuesday for allegations of false or misleading statements or omissions.