Obama budget targets oil and gas industry — again (updated)
Another year, another budget blueprint from President Obama, another attempt to increase the taxes paid by the oil and gas industry. After trying and failing for four consecutive years, the budget to...
View ArticleTexas buildings, from San Antonio to Fort Hood, recognized by EPA for energy...
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of its third-annual “battle of the buildings” Energy Star National Building Competition. 3,000 institutions from around the country...
View ArticleNASA officials hail flyby asteroid’s potential for alternative energy, space...
A three-kilometer wide asteroid called QE2 will hurdle past Earth’s orbit at a close range tonight, but rather than spelling disaster, the deep space object may yield new impetus for space exploration...
View ArticleWhite House calls for increased grid spending
The cost of weather-related power outages is high and rising as storms grow more severe and the U.S. electric grid gets older, according to an Obama Administration report that calls for increased...
View ArticleWhite House goes green with solar panels
Three years after first pledging to put solar panels atop the White House, workers on Thursday began installing the renewable energy equipment on the president's home.
View ArticleWhite House credits oil production with improving economy
Increased domestic oil and natural gas production is something "to celebrate," as it helps pare the U.S. trade deficit and beef up the country's economic output. Although that may sound like a...
View ArticleObama renews support for FERC nominee despite Senators’ concerns
The White House said it stands by President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, who is facing an uphill battle for confirmation in the Senate.
View ArticleObama climate change adviser Zichal to leave administration
Zichal helped develop the program Obama unveiled in June to tackle climate change, and led a federal task force about the boom in hydraulic fracturing and shale-gas production.
View ArticleObama will reject Keystone XL pipeline, former adviser says
Former White House climate change and energy adviser Carol Browner predicted Thursday that President Barack Obama will come down against the Keystone XL pipeline.
View ArticleObama to feds: Boost renewable power 20 percent
Saying the government should lead by example, President Barack Obama is ordering the federal government to nearly triple its use of renewable sources for electricity by 2020.
View ArticlePipeline protesters arrested at White House
Police arrested hundreds of people who strapped themselves to the White House fence on Sunday to protest the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.
View ArticleSenators falling short on votes to force Keystone approval
Keystone XL supporters are falling short in their efforts to round up the Democratic votes in the Senate to bypass the White House and approve the Canada-to-U.S. oil pipeline.
View ArticleObama, at Wal-Mart, touts efficiency — angers labor
President Barack Obama is showcasing Wal-Mart, often a target of labor groups and other Democratic constituencies, to promote advances in energy efficiency in his broader campaign to confront climate...
View ArticleWhite House report touts success of energy policy as EPA rules loom
In a 42-page report to be released Thursday, the Obama administration is making a concerted effort to cast its energy policy as an economic success that is creating jobs, securing the nation against...
View ArticleAnalysis: Celebrities’ Keystone activism outweighs pipeline’s climate impact
Actress Daryl Hannah hasn’t chained herself to the White House fence in support of tougher power plant emissions. Maybe she should.
View ArticleInfluence game: Shaping railroad safety rules
Billions of dollars are riding on how oil train safety rules are written, and lobbyists from the railroads, tank car manufacturers and the oil, ethanol and chemical industries have met 13 times since...
View ArticleSouth Dakota poll: 60 percent support Keystone pipeline
The TransCanada Corp. project would transport oil from Canadian tar sands through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to carry more than 800,000 barrels...
View ArticleWhite House monitoring oil drop, no action seen on reserves
West Texas Intermediate touched $75.84 a barrel, the lowest intraday price since Oct. 4, 2011 as Saudi Arabia price cuts deepened a selloff in crude.
View ArticleCrow leader says Obama climate plan would hurt tribe
Crow Chairman Darrin Old Coyote said Friday that the proposed rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would wreck the tribe's economy.
View ArticleObama talks tough on climate change, Keystone XL
In his penultimate State of the Union address, Obama chided lawmakers who have been skeptical of climate change or humanity's role in it and delivered a thinly veiled critique of the GOP-controlled...
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