The long-awaited deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz brought quick relief to the oil market, sending prices to their lowest levels since early March. Getting substantial amounts of oil and gas flowing, however, will take much longer. It can take weeks or months, even in the best of times, to get oil and gas…
San Diego could sell some of its rights to Colorado River water to Arizona and Nevada under a deal struck Wednesday that could help parched inland states fill a widening gap between water supply and demand. The San Diego County Water Authority now has a water surplus thanks to a desalination plant the utility opened…
The National Park Service is using at least $67 million worth of park entrance fees to help fund President Trump’s beautification projects in Washington, according to a New York Times analysis of federal records. Nearly $60 million in fees paid by visitors to national parks across the country is funding repairs to nine of the…
We were nearing the end of our 10-mile journey when we turned off a chaotic six-lane road and onto a quiet bicycle lane bordering a canal. This was as serene as the roughly hourlong bike ride had been, from the hustle and bustle of downtown Cape Town to the fringes of Langa, a township in…
Driving an electric vehicle on a road trip can be challenging enough in the United States. Would it be even possible in a country like Costa Rica? I decided to find out. Costa Rica has done more than most countries to promote electric vehicles, including passing a law in 2018 that required electric utilities to…
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada presented a budget update on Tuesday showing that his government’s deficit would be less than projected last fall and that the country’s economy would most likely grow over the coming year despite several key industries being buffeted by President Trump’s tariffs. The spring economic update, a mini budget of…
The Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland regulators filed separate lawsuits Monday seeking to hold the Washington, D.C., public water utility responsible for at least 240 million gallons of sewage contamination that flowed into the Potomac River this winter. The utility, D.C. Water, was in the process of updating the Potomac Interceptor, a 60-year-old pipeline that…
Even if the Strait of Hormuz opens again, energy executives and analysts say the industry will no longer be able to count on it as it used to. For the strait, there is no going back to normal. Countries across the region are exploring building, expanding or rehabilitating infrastructure that would bypass the strait. And…
