All posts tagged "Commodities"

NEW YORK — In the next ten days, former President Donald Trump must tell a judge whether he plans to attend his upcoming New York City trial in Manhattan federal court, where writer E. Jean Carroll is suing him for sexual battery and defamation, a judge ruled Monday. The former president and Carroll must inform Judge Lewis Kaplan by Apr. 20 whether they plan to attend the trial in the Southern District of New York, which is expected to last about a week. Kaplan’s order noted neither party is legally obliged to attend. And the judge said it did not attempt to suggest “legal consequences that mi......

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday jumped into the debate over the spike in natural gas prices affecting millions of California utility customers, calling on federal regulators to look at whether gouging or market manipulation is at work. And on the local level, a few dozen protesters vented their frustrations in front the headquarters of San Diego Gas & Electric while a coalition of environmental, political and consumer groups called on the San Diego City Council to hold hearings into why SDG&E's natural gas prices soared to record highs in January. The state's investor-owned utilities have pointed ......

MIAMI — As Russia’s war on Ukraine rages on, leaders in the Venezuelan community in Miami are watching in suspense — and low expectations — the ongoing talks between the Biden administration and the government of Nicolás Maduro to potentially ease sanctions on Venezuelan oil. A U.S. delegation traveled to Caracas last week in what was the U.S. government’s first approach to the regime since it broke diplomatic ties in 2019. With the price of oil skyrocketing, the U.S. is seeking alternative sources of oil and renewed engagement with one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies in L......

By Martin Baccardax With WTI crude testing $125 per barrel amid talks of a ban on imported Russian crude, U.S. gas prices are set to surpass their all-time high of $4.103 per gallon later this week. Global oil prices surged to the highest levels since the financial crisis Monday, with Brent crude briefly testing $140 per barrel, as world leaders extended talks on banning crude imports from Russia following last week's invasion of Ukraine. Average U.S. gasoline prices, meanwhile, topped $4 a gallon for the first time since 2008 heading into the beginning of the week, and are now within touching......

Iowa has a poop problem. The Hawkeye State’s pigs, cows and chickens produce about as much waste as 134 million people — nearly the population of Russia. Most of that manure is spread onto fields as fertilizer, where significant amounts of it wash into Iowa waterways. The city of Des Moines uses one of the most expensive nitrate removal systems in the world to make its water supply from the Raccoon River safe to drink. “We have to ask if we can reconcile our water quality goals with the idea that we can continue to expand the livestock industry,” said Chris Jones, a professor and water quality......