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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2014, file photo, some of more than 350 miles of pipe awaiting shipment for the Keystone XL oil pipeline project is stored at Welspun Tubular, in Little Rock, Ark. The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline says it's pulling the plug on the contentious project, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, after Canadian officials failed to persuade the Biden administration to reverse its cancellation of the company's permit. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline's demise

By Matthew Brown, John Flesher And Matthew Daly Jun. 10, 2021 05:55 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2021 02:13 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Feb. 10 The Miami Herald on proposed riot-response...

From left, Warren Harding, Wayne Merry and George Whitmore wave their handkerchiefs in elation at scaling the unclimbed face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 1958. The picture was taken by Fresno Bee staff photographer Loyal Savaria within a few minutes after they walked up to the summit. Whitmore, a member of the first team of climbers to scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and a conservationist who devoted his life to protecting the Sierra Nevada, has died. He was 89. Whitmore died on New Year's Day from complications caused by COVID-19, said his wife, Nancy. (Loyal Savaria/Fresno Bee Archive via AP)
George Whitmore, legendary climber of El Capitan, dies at 89

By Jocelyn Gecker Jan. 04, 2021 06:43 PM EST

Rancher Mike Wilcox surveys the debris left at the site of the Keystone-Wallace Copper Mill, where he worked briefly in the 1970s on Nov. 12, 2020. Wilcox fears a copper mine's plans to pump diluted sulfuric acid into the shallow aquifer that supplies his well will drive him out of business. (Zak Podmore/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
Ranchers, landowners worry about copper mine's plan

By Zak Podmore Nov. 29, 2020 08:00 AM EST

Motorists drive down the New Jersey Turnpike, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Carneys Point, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Virus takes toll on New Jersey highway revenues

By Mike Catalini Aug. 04, 2020 10:53 AM EDT

California Resources Corp files for Chapter 11 protection

Jul. 16, 2020 03:30 PM EDT
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — One of the state’s major oil companies said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of an agreement with...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Jul. 08, 2020 04:50 PM EDT
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ July 8 Bluefield Daily Telegraph on West...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 04:27 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Fixing our broken country will require all of us ...

Recent Baylor University graduate Cady Malachowski takes a photo with Andrew Fink at the Grand Canyon Friday, May 15, 2020, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. Tourists are once again roaming portions of  Grand Canyon National Park when it partially reopened Friday morning, despite objections that the action could exacerbate the coronavirus pandemic.. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Tourists enter reopened Grand Canyon despite virus concerns

By Felicia Fonseca And Matt York May. 15, 2020 02:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, an oil rig stands against the setting sun in Midland, Texas. Texas regulators are relaxing rules about where companies can store oil underground, raising concern among environmentalists about potential groundwater contamination and other dangers. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman, File)
Texas eases underground oil storage rules, raising concerns

By Cathy Bussewitz May. 05, 2020 05:35 PM EDT