Some U.S. power companies say they face constant cyber attacks
BOSTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Several U.S. power utilities say they face constant cyber attacks on critical systems, according to a report by two Democratic lawmakers amid...
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Moniz vows to help advance big efficiency bill, sees ‘real chance’
New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz vowed Tuesday to help advance a big bipartisan energy efficiency bill that’s moving through Congress and make conservation a major...
USGS: Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Water levels in U.S. aquifers, the vast underground storage areas tapped for agriculture, energy and human consumption, between 2000 and...
Billionaire activist Steyer: Donors will flee Obama if Keystone XL approved
Activist Tom Steyer said approving the Keystone pipeline would create political hurdles for Obama's second-term agenda.
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Toyota upping lithium-ion battery production 6x for introduction to Prius family
Toyota will soon increase its production of the higher-energy-density batteries sixfold with an eye to putting them into the Prius at an unspecified point in the future,...
Liquefied air could power cars and store energy from sun and wind
A 19th-century idea might lead to cleaner cars, larger-scale renewable energy.Some engineers are dusting off an old idea for storing energy—using electricity to liquefy...
DOE gives green light to controversial natural gas export project
The Energy department approved a proposal to send 1.4 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas overseas.
Colorado extends $6,000 plug-in vehicle credit through 2021
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Wednesday signed into law a pair of bills relating to plug-in and other alternative fuel vehicles, including a measure to extend a...
Senate votes 97-0 to confirm Moniz to lead Energy Department
The Senate votes 97-0 to approve President Obama’s nomination to head the Department of Energy.On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz to be Secretary of Energy.
Nissan LEAF passes 25,000 sales mark in US
The Nissan LEAF has sold more than 25,000 units in the US. The battery-electric car posted its best US sales month yet in March, and a 423.5% year-over-year sales increase...
U.S. Interior issues new draft fracking rules for federal lands
WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled its latest proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, seeking to allay...
Norwegian firm to seek ways to trap cement factory CO2
OSLO, May 16 (Reuters) - Norway's Aker Solutions has won a contract to make the world's first tests for capturing emissions of carbon dioxide from cement...
Novel material shows promise for extracting uranium from seawater
A new material could potentially be used to extract uranium from seawater more efficiently, new research suggests.
BP appeals to Cameron over US crisis
BP appeals to Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene over the escalating compensation costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
EU probes oil-price setting
European Union antitrust authorities carried out inspections at oil companies in three countries and a price-index publisher, part of an investigation into whether oil...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
US boom transforming global oil trade
NEW YORK (AP) -- The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market.
Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America’s green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind...
UK’s Cameron wants ‘global standard’ on energy payments disclosure
British Prime Minister David Cameron wants a global standard under which petroleum and mining companies will report their payments to governments, calling it a way to curb...
Obama administration announces manufacturing institutes
The Obama Administration announced this week that it is committing $200-million to create three new advanced-manufacturing innovation institutes, focusing on digital...
Musk bails on Zuckerberg group after Keystone, drilling ads
Elon Musk, the co-founder of electric car maker Tesla Motors, has quit FWD.us, the political advocacy group co-founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to promote...
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