Obama tells Keystone foes he will unveil climate measures
With his administration under pressure from environmentalists to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, President Barack Obama plans to unveil a package of separate...
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Sunday, June 16th, 2013
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
Obama officials raise ‘social cost’ of carbon in federal regulations
The directive applies to all federal agencies and could lay the groundwork for new rules on climate change.
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Billionaire to target Obama supporters in anti-Keystone effort
Billionaire and climate activist Tom Steyer said the arguments for building the Canada-to-Texas pipeline have “collapsed.”
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Obama: No ‘patience’ for climate skeptics
Obama said he was open to new policy ideas but has no interest in debating whether climate change is real.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Keep climate change out of Keystone decision, GOP warns in letter to Obama
Two dozen Senate Republicans are warning President Obama not to link “wholly unrelated” climate change policies to approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
House votes to force approval of Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the...
New DOE chief Moniz: Climate change ‘not debatable’
“I am not interested in debating what is not debatable,” Ernest Moniz told department employees shortly after his swearing-in.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
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
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...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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...
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...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Biden uses Rolling Stone interview to throw barbs at Congress over climate change
Joe Biden waxes prosaic about the impediments to action on climate change and what accomplishment he is proudest of: the clean energy investments in the Recovery Act.
White House: GOP displaying 'historic level of obstructionism' with EPA vote boycott
White House press secretary Jay Carney accused Republicans of a "historic level of obstructionism" after a boycott of a scheduled vote on the president's...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Uranium mine to go ahead despite Obama ban
Energy Fuels Resources has federal approval to reopen its mine six miles south of the canyon's South Rim entranceUranium mining on the doorstep of the Grand Canyon...
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
DOE nominee Moniz sails through committee, full Senate is next
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Ernest Moniz, President Obama’s nominee for Energy Secretary, in bipartisan 21-1 vote on Thursday.The...
Friday, April 12th, 2013
DOE official: Focusing on Yucca prevents 'progress' on nuclear waste
A senior Energy Department (DOE) official shot down using Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as a long-term storage site for nuclear waste Thursday, underscoring the difficulty...
Senate votes 87-11 to confirm Sally Jewell to be Interior Secretary
Jewell will head an agency at the center of intense political battles over energy throughout President Obama’s tenure.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
DOE nominee Moniz open to reviewing natural-gas export study
President Obama’s pick to run the Energy Department (DOE) signaled Tuesday that he is open to reviewing a major study that concluded expanding natural-gas exports would...
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Greenhouse gas rules will be enacted soon, says Obama aide
The president’s top climate adviser said the limits on power plants will be issued in the "not-too-distant future."
Friday, April 5th, 2013
Obama on climate change: ‘The politics of this are tough’
President Obama told Democratic donors late Wednesday that he must sharpen his argument for action on climate change and green energy at a time when many families are...
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