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TRENDING
  • WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 13, 2022. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow airport in February after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
    Brittney Griner's wife gives first interview since detainment
  • Defensive end J.J. Watt #99 of the Arizona Cardinals on the field during the NFL game at State Farm Stadium on October 24, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals defeated the Texans 31-5.
    J.J. Watt tweets the 2 things he doesn't miss about Houston
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, pictured here in July during the Conservative Political Action Conference, successfully fended off challenger George P. Bush in the Republican primary runoff. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
    Texas AG Ken Paxton defeats George P. Bush in primary runoff
  • A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. On Tuesday, top administrative leaders for the SBC, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.
    Hundreds of Southern Baptist leaders on secret list of abusers
Energy
  • FILE - A U.S. flag waves outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. Stocks were moving between small gains and losses in early trading Wednesday, May 25, on Wall Street, keeping most of the major indexes in the green for the week so far.
    Stocks waver on Wall Street; S&P 500 holds on to weekly gain
    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered between small gains and losses in choppy trading Wednesday, but most of the major indexes remained in the green for the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of 12:45...
    By DAMIAN J. TROISE
  • Former U.S. vice president Al Gore speaks during a conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022.
    Davos updates | Gore calls for gun control after US shooting
    Environmental activists from Greenpeace France and other organizations protest outside a building hosting TotalEnergies annual shareholders' meeting, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in Paris. Activists were demonstrating against the company's environmental policies and were also asking TotalEnergies to withdraw from Russia.
    France: Climate protesters block TotalEnergies meeting
    In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, debris hangs from the Metropol buildin,g a 10-story commercial building under construction, in the southwestern city of Abadan, Iran, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of the collapsed building that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities arrested the city's mayor in a widening probe of the disaster. (Hossein Abdollah Asl, Tasnim News Agency via AP)
    Iran building collapse kills 14 as mayor and others detained
    By NASSER KARIMI
    A currency trader stands near the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street sank on weak U.S. housing sales and a profit warning by a prominent social media brand.
    Asian stock markets mixed after Wall St sinks further
    By JOE McDONALD
Today's Picks
  • STOCK IMAGE Cross on top of church roof
    A pastor confesses to 'adultery,' a woman says 'I was just 16'
    Church leaders confronted the pastor when the woman told others about a “long-held secret.”
  • HOUSTON, TEXAS - MAY 30: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during the George Floyd Commemorative Concert at The Fountain of Praise Church on May 30, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
    Houston will guarantee some residents $375 a month
    Applications for the pilot program are due by midnight Wednesday. 
  • Harris County Precinct 4 commissioner candidate Ben Chou's facial features appear to have been doctored in a series of ads by opponent Lesley Briones. 
    Harris Co. commissioner candidate apologizes after 'racist' ads
    Several Houston-based organizations have condemned the photos. 
  • Unique grad gifts for one-of-a-kind grads.
    10 unique graduation gifts for any 2022 grad
    Unique grad gifts for the class that’s vaccinated and graduated!
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  • Steve Kerr blasts GOP, storms out of presser after Texas shooting
  • 'Insane' tornado touches down near Morton, Texas
  • PGA champion Justin Thomas takes shot at Texas A&M, Jimbo Fisher
  • Harris County election results will likely be late again
  • Houston beer bar among retail strip robbed twice in 48 hours
  • Monkeypox likely spread by sex at raves, expert says
  • Ted Cruz, Dan Crenshaw among Texas politicians banned from Russia
Power & Renewables
  • Vistra Energy, headquartered in Irving, Texas, is the state's largest power generator. (David Woo/Dallas Morning News/TNS)
    Vistra expects a hit of up to $1.3 billion to its earnings due to winter...
    Vistra, which posted a $625 million profit, said it spent more than $10 million to prepare its power plants for the bitter cold that swept into the state last week, but natural gas shortages...
    By Marcy de Luna
  • An electronic automobile, manufactured by Tesla Inc. charges at a BP Plc petrol and refueling station in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. BP Plc cut its dividend for the first time in a decade, removing a cornerstone of its investment case after the coronavirus pandemic upended almost every aspect of its business. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
    BP: Not all its car charging stations turning profit yet
    By Mark Chediak
    Brighton Place resident Peter Lovie spent $10,500 to install a 22-kilowatt natural gas-fueled standby generator.
    Frequent CenterPoint outages happen rain or shine, customers say
    By L.M. Sixel
    The average employee working from home will pay an extra $121 per month on utilities. But they’ll save on lunches and expensive coffees.
    PUC appoints ex-ERCOT director to monitor power market in Texas
    By L.M. Sixel
    The average employee working from home will pay an extra $121 per month on utilities. But they’ll save on lunches and expensive coffees.
    CenterPoint is cutting dividend, spending
    By L.M. Sixel
Most Popular
  1. J.J. Watt tweets the two things he doesn't miss about Houston (and one thing he does)
  2. Bright Eyes singer Conor Oberst walks off stage after two songs at Houston concert
  3. Live updates: Border Agent entered Robb Elementary and killed Uvalde school shooter, reports indicate
  4. Southwest Airlines ticket scam goes viral on Facebook, prompting alert from carrier
  5. 5 stellar Texas beach towns within a short drive of Houston
Oil & Gas
  • The OPEC Secretariat building in Vienna on Dec. 4, 2019. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Stefan Wermuth.
    Oil powers ahead as critical OPEC+ meeting looms
    Oil rebounded from its biggest slump since November ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting.
    By Saket Sundria and Alex Longley
  • An oil tanker sits offshore between Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico near people fishing, Friday, May 15, 2020, off of the east end of Galveston Island.
    Oil jumps as supplies are seen tightening
    As oil prices continue a steady rise, analysts say that if things go just right, $60 is a possibility by summer.
    OPEC+ focuses on delay to output hike of three to six months
    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith and Javier Blas
    An oil rig and pump jack in Midland, Texas. Oil prices collapsed more than 30 percent Monday morning, temporarily falling below $30 a barrel.
    IEA cuts oil-demand outlook as vaccines won’t rescue market
    By Grant Smith
    Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden speaks at a full year results conference in London on January 31, 2019. - Royal Dutch Shell today said that net profit surged 80 percent to $23.4 billion in 2018, thanks to higher oil prices and cost cuts. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images
    Shell wants Biden to reverse methane emissions rollback
    By David Wethe
Pipelines
  • Energy Venezuela is tearing apart oil pipelines to sell as scrap...
    Oil workers hang a Venezuelan flag at the Jose Complex during celebrations in Barcelona, Venezuela, May 1, 2007, as the state-run oil company PDVSA takes control of oil fields in the Orinoco Belt. Venezuela stripped the world's biggest oil companies of operational control over massive Orinoco Belt crude projects on Tuesday, a vital move in President Hugo Chavez's nationalization drive. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)
  • Energy Kinder Morgan posts $637 million loss in second quarter
    Steve Kean, in his office at Kinder Morgan. (For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain, May 22, 2015)
  • Energy Williams to add solar in nine states
    Texas dominates wind energy, producing far more wind-generated electricity than any other state. But when it comes to solar energy, Texas lags far behind California, North Carolina and other states.
  • Energy Oil storage tanks fill up as gasoline demand drops by...
    Commerical crude inventories jumped by nearly 14 million barrels last week as demand deteriorated.
  • Energy Plains cuts third of budget as pipeline operators feel...
    Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline has entered into a joint venture to boost the capacity of its Red River Pipeline in Oklahoma and northeast Texas.
Energy Services
  • Mark McCollum, Weatherford’s CEO.
    Weatherford CEO exits as struggling company faces 'Chapter 22 bankruptcy'
    Weatherford International CEO Mark McCollum left his post five days before the struggling oil field service company's stockholder meeting and amid a new debt crisis that observers say could...
    By Sergio Chapa
  • Over thirty oil drilling rigs are idle in a Helmerich & Payne, Inc. yard along Groening Street in Odessa, Texas, as rig counts drop in the Permian Basin, Monday, May 18, 2015. (Courtney Sacco/Odessa American via AP)
    Helmerich & Payne decomissions 37 drilling rigs, lays off 2,800 people
    By Sergio Chapa
    An employee stands on the deck of a pilot boat in view of the Ocean Princess oil platform, operated by Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, Scotland, on Feb. 16, 2016. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Matthew Lloyd.
    Houston-based offshore driller files for bankruptcy
    By David Wethe and Jeremy Hill
    Executives at Schlumberger, the largest oilfield service company in the world, are taking pay cuts while the company implements layoffs and furloughs for workers in the United States and elsewhere in the North America market. 
    Schlumberger executives take pay cuts as North American workforce is...
    By Sergio Chapa
    A worker walks across a pad site where a drilling rig will create three to six wells next to each other at a Chevron drilling and hydraulic fracturing site.
    Drilling rig operators make budget cuts ahead of rig count plummet
    By Sergio Chapa
Refining & Chemicals
  • Energy Covid restaurant shutdowns threaten oil refiners’ biofuel...
    A closed sign is posted at a restaurant along the River Walk in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is allowing Texas' stay-at-home orders to expire this week and easing restrictions on non-essential business and restaurants can open for seating with 25 percent capacity.
  • Energy Dow sets carbon neutral goal for 2050
    The Dow Chemical Company plant sits across the ship channel from Port Freeport. Dow and Brazos River Authority officials convinced the Legislature to pass a bill forcing Houston to sell its water rights in a proposed reservoir west of Simonton, but a judge ruled the law unconstitutional.
  • Energy Gas prices rise with oil rally
    Gasoline prices ahead of the Labor Day weekend are the lowest since 2016.
  • Energy Flint Hills Resources pulls plug on some crude oil purchases
    Kansas pipeline and refinery operator Flint Hills Resources is invoking contract clauses to get out of some crude oil purchase commitments as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause demand for gasoline and other products to sag. 
  • Energy Shell drops out of Energy Transfer's Lake Charles LNG...
    Dallas pipeline operator Energy Transfer and Dutch oil giant Shell have signed an agreement that two companies say moves the proposed Lake Charles LNG export terminal towards a final investment decision.
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    ExxonMobil loses bid to nix climate change lawsuit
    FILE - The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 8, 2019. Massachusetts' highest court on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, rejected a bid by ExxonMobil to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state that accuses the oil giant of misleading the public about the role its products play in causing climate change. BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court on Tuesday rejected a bid by ExxonMobil to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state that accuses the oil giant of misleading the public about the role its fossil fuels play in causing climate change. The... By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
  • News
    Ford pays $19M to settle claims on fuel economy, payload
    FILE - A Ford logo, on the tailgate of a 2012 F350 Super Duty pick-up truck, and Ford dealership sign are displayed at Salem Ford in Salem, N.H., on Oct. 25, 2011. Ford Motor Company on Tuesday,May 24, 2022, settled claims by 40 U.S. state attorneys general that the company made misleading claims about the fuel economy and payload capacity of some of its vehicles, violating state consumer protection laws. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ford Motor Company on Tuesday settled claims by 40 U.S. state attorneys general that the company made misleading claims about the fuel economy and payload capacity of some of its vehicles, violating state consumer... By DON THOMPSON
  • News
    Davos updates | Soros: New tech, AI help repressive regimes
    John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate pose for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022. DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaire investor turned philanthropist George Soros has blamed new technology for helping repressive regimes like Russia and China exert greater control. Speaking Tuesday at a dinner for journalists on the sidelines...
  • News
    In Asia, Biden pushes values he struggles to sell at home
    U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Japan, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. TOKYO (AP) — Joe Biden spent his first trip to Asia as president strengthening economic and military commitments. He pushed new rules for the global economy and promoted democracy in launching a new trade pact. And he summoned fellow Indo-Pacific... By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI
  • News
    Electric battery maker, coal union announce WVa labor pact
    UMW President Cecil Roberts speaks during a rally, March 11, 2018, at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg, Pa. An energy startup has signed a memorandum of understanding with the nation’s largest coal miners’ union on a labor-management agreement for an electric battery factory in West Virginia. SPARKZ and the United Mine Workers of America will partner to recruit and train dislocated miners to be the factory’s first production workers. Roberts said the agreement is a win-win for laid-off coal miners who will work in the facility, whose location has yet to be announced. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The energy startup SPARKZ said Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the nation's largest coal miners' union on a labor-management agreement for its planned electric battery factory in West Virginia. The... By JOHN RABY
Politics & Policy
  • Energy Trump and Biden clash on climate in debate
    President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
  • Energy Colorado senator seeks to clean up old oil and gas sites
    Andy Corra, left, co-owner of 4 Corners Riversports in Durango, Colo., talks with Colorado U.S. Sens., Cory Gardner, front right, and Michael Bennet, middle right, on a bridge over the Animas River, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. in Durango. An Environmental Protection Agency official said Sunday she doesn't believe wildlife will suffer significant health impacts from the large volume of wastewater that spilled from a nearby abandoned mine. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Energy Trump extends LNG exports through 2050
    The Woodlands liquefied natural gas company Excelerate Energy debuted its 10th tanker that can be used as an offshore LNG import terminal at destinations around the world. 
  • Energy Occidental seeks federal lifeline for oil industry
    Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub, the first woman leading a major American oil company talks about the growth of the company, Monday, June 4, 2018 in Houston. ( Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle )
  • Energy Oil deal goes down to wire as Saudis, Russia debate details
    (FILES) A file picture taken on May 17, 2011, shows the Kremlin, which is reflected in the polished company plate of the state-controlled Russian oil giant Rosneft at the entrance of the headquarters in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed today state oil company Rosneft's new tie-up with Britain's energy group BP as beneficial for the economy and a "very good" signal to the markets. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOVDMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images
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    At Davos, Kerry cites progress on China-US climate group
    John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate speakers during an interview with The Associated Press during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022. DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — John Kerry, America's top official on climate change, said Tuesday that the U.S. and China were making progress on putting together a group from both countries to work toward quickly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In... By PETER PRENGAMAN
  • News
    Economy bigger priority than punishing Russia: AP-NORC poll
    FILE - High gas prices are seen in front of a medical billboard on May 11, 2022, in Milwaukee. Americans are becoming less supportive of punishing Russia for launching its invasion of Ukraine if it comes at the expense of the U.S. economy, a sign of rising anxiety over inflation and other challenges. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are becoming less supportive of punishing Russia for launching its invasion of Ukraine if it comes at the expense of the U.S. economy, a sign of rising anxiety over inflation and other challenges, according to a new... By NOMAAN MERCHANT and HANNAH FINGERHUT
  • News
    German chancellor discusses Ukraine war in South Africa
    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, speaks during a joint press conference with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's neutral stance on Russia's war in Ukraine was a major topic of conversation as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Tuesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, to end his three-nation tour of Africa.... By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
  • News
    UN chief Guterres urges graduates to shun 'climate wreckers'
    FILE - The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, addresses the media during a joint press conference with the President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Guterres is on Wednesday, May 18 launching a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies as the U.N. weather agency reported that greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification hit new records last year. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The head of the United Nations implored graduating college students on Tuesday to reject jobs at companies that fund the fossil fuel industry he described as “killing our planet.” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made...
  • News
    Slumping technology stocks pull Wall Street lower
    FILE - Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, May 19, 2022. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, May 24, 2022 led by drops in tech heavyweights like the parent companies of Facebook and Google. The S&P 500 index fell 1.2% in the early going, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq was down almost twice as much, 2.3%. NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, weighed down by a big decline in tech heavyweights over concerns about persistently rising inflation's impact to their bottom lines. The S&P 500 index fell 2.1% as of 10:14... By DAMIAN J. TROISE
ICYMI
  • Houston & Texas Houston pressures Southwest Airlines to help struggling...
    Southwest Airlines plane lands at Hobby Airport.
  • Food This Texas Hill Country town is the new, cooler...
    President Lyndon B. Johnson's former 142-acre Hill Country property in Johnson City, Texas is for sale for $2.8 million.
  • Transportation Driver on the run after killing cyclist in north Houston
    Drivers travel east along West Mt. Houston Road underneath Interstate 45 North on Thursday, May 12, 2022, hours after a hit-and-run driver killed a cyclist earlier that morning.
  • Space First image of black hole captured by 'Earth-sized'...
    Scientist unveiled this composite image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
  • Arts & Theater Houston's 70-foot blue saxophone statue might have a new...
    Bob "Daddy-O" Wade's Smokesax, a 70-foot statue created out of old car parts, could find a new permanent home along Brays Bayou near Fonde Park.1
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