House Energy chairman takes on the president over energy policy and says regulation is the enemy.House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) on...
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Salazar: No BP, Interior drilling deal
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar emphatically said on Monday that there is no deal or special talks with BP regarding the company’s efforts to resume drilling projects in...
Molycorp shares surge on European acquisition
I didn't think it was possible for the shares of rare earth mining company Molycorp to go much higher. But this morning on the news that Molycorp plans to buy 90...
Interior Secretary blasts Transocean for handing out safety-related bonuses
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted Transocean, the operator of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, for doling out bonuses to its executives and declaring 2010 “the best...
Gallup Poll: Majority say US nuke plants are safe, divisions on new reactors remain
Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe U.S. nuclear power plants are safe while 36 percent say they are not, according to a new Gallup poll released amid the ongoing...
Xcel Energy cancels 150-MW North Dakota wind farm that may threaten birds
Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL), a Minneapolis- based utility, canceled plans to build a 150-megawatt wind farm in southeastern North Dakota after determining that minimizing its...
Critics' review unexpectedly supports scientific consensus on global warming
A UC Berkeley team's preliminary findings in a review of temperature data confirm global warming studies.A team of UC Berkeley physicists and statisticians that set...
BP petitions US regulators for permission to resume drilling in Gulf of Mexico
LONDON — BP has asked United States regulators for permission to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, two company officials said on Sunday, creating a delicate situation...
Turkey still plans to build coastal nuclear plant near earthquake-prone area
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey plans to build a coastal nuclear power plant close to an earthquake-prone area, dismissing neighbors' fears that Japan's nuclear...
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The House voted Thursday to block Environmental Protection Agency climate regulations, a win for Republicans who have put hobbling the agency's greenhouse gas rules...
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WASHINGTON—No wonder the Environmental Protection Agency is feeling more battered and friendless than usual. Nowadays, even some of its most stalwart allies are breathing...
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A GOP-led bill to hamstring the Obama administration’s climate rules sailed through a House Energy and Commerce subpanel Thursday.The Energy and Power Subcommittee...
House Republicans turn to gas price pitch in bid to block EPA climate rules
House Republicans seeking to block EPA climate regulations are increasingly casting their legislation as a tonic for rising gasoline costs – and drawing quick pushback...
Sen. Joe Manchin sponsors GOP bill to block EPA climate rules
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EPA chief Lisa Jackson slams bills to block climate rules, affirms Obama's veto threat
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson on Wednesday attacked bills piling up in Congress that would block the agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse...
House GOP readies restrictions on EPA
AP - In a sharp challenge to the Obama administration, House Republicans intend to unveil legislation Wednesday to ban the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating...
Rockefeller floats bill to delay EPA climate rules by two years
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) introduced his bill to delay by two years the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions...
Boxer: EPA climate delay bill could pass, but would be rejected by Obama
One of the Senate’s most liberal lawmakers signaled Wednesday that there may be enough support there to pass legislation delaying the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
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