NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Flexible solar cells now power communications equipment used by Marines fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, enabling them to shed 700...
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U.S. military losing hundreds of millions of dollars to rampant Afghan fuel theft
After nearly a decade of mismanagement, theft and fraud, the U.S. military still hasn't found a way to staunch the flow of what is likely hundreds of millions -- if...
Better Place, Renault launch Europe’s first Better Place Center, EV subscription plans
Better Place opened, together with its partner Renault, Europe’s first Better Place center. Visitors can place an order for a Renault Fluence Z.E. with the Renault staff...
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Taxpayers beat Wall Street as biggest lenders to renewable energy projects
Government-backed development banks in Europe, Brazil and the U.S. arranged the most funding for clean energy projects in 2010, taking up the slack left by commercial...
2 Dems join GOP fight to block EPA climate rules
AP - Two senior Democrats are joining a Republican effort in the House to block the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing the gases blamed for global warming.
Decades after spill, Exxon Valdez case back in court
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than two decades after the Exxon Valdez supertanker struck a reef and unleashed the nation's biggest tanker spill, a lingering...
EPA approves new air conditioning refrigerant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final approval of HFO-1234yf, a new, "greener" air conditioning refrigerant for vehicles. Originally posted at...
EPA administrator pokes fun at Fox News for becoming carbon-neutral
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson had kind words Wednesday for Fox News, whose parent-company announced this week that it is...
Republicans to introduce bill to block EPA climate rules Thursday
Republicans will officially introduce Thursday a bill to permanently block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.The bill will be...
Analyst: Media will tire of oil permitting story
FBR Capital Markets believes political pressure on the Interior Department is “likely to abate somewhat” now that the department has approved the first deepwater oil...
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Since its first funding opportunity announcement in April 2009, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) has received scores...
Chu defends ARPA-E, says he'll stay ‘as long as the president will have me’
Energy Secretary Steven Chu says he’s not eyeing the exits.The Energy Department is facing tougher political headwinds as Republicans take over the House vowing to slash...
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