Shapiro’s announcement comes amid an energy crunch that threatens to raise electricity bills across in the nation’s second-biggest natural gas-producing state.

South Carolina’s governor likes the idea of completing two nuclear reactors in Fairfield County to provide more power for the state. But plenty of criticism remains, eight years after the work was ...

Russia pumped 2.8% lower volumes of crude oil and condensate in 2024 from a year earlier, while its natural gas production ...