U.S. corn reserves are forecast to fall to 675 million bushels in late August, or roughly 5 percent of all corn consumed in the United States. That would be the lowest...
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Rep. Hal Rogers on EPA riders: ‘Everything is still on the table’
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) is disputing Democratic claims that Republicans have dropped efforts to block various EPA rules in negotiations...
EPA riders axed, lawmakers say
An evolving deal to avoid a government shutdown would include a study of the economic effect of environmental regulations rather than Republican riders to block EPA rules...
U.S. program seeks to increase use of E-85 fuel
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The federal government wants to increase production and use of a higher blend of ethanol fuel by giving financial assistance to gas stations that...
U.S.-grown marijuana has a $5B power bill
Dude. This might harsh your mellow. About $5 billion in power is used each year in the U.S. to grow cannabis indoors, according to a recent report.
NRG Energy kicks off electric car charging network in Texas
NRG Energy is kicking off what it calls the first privately funded plug-in electric vehicle charging network in the U.S. in the country’s oil state of Texas. On Friday...
EU says private sector needed for climate aid
LONDON (Reuters) - Industrialized countries will have to enlist the private sector to help deliver $100 billion annually in climate aid to the world's poor by 2020,...
Sen. Conrad: Mountaintop-removal mining policy dispute remains spending bill stick-point
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said Friday morning that provisions on mountaintop removal coal mining are among the sticking points in the...
Canada's oil sands on the verge of a boom
The new technologies and drilling methods behind the current U.S. shale gas boom may mean cheap natural gas for the foreseeable future. But they are also driving higher...
EPRI: Cost of implementing smart grid could hit $476B; benefits up to $2T
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a broad assessment of the costs and benefits to modernize the US electricity system and deploy the smart grid....
Interior: Offshore energy permitting, quake monitoring would continue during shutdown
The Interior Department would continue with offshore oil-and-gas permitting and several other government functions if a government shutdown occurs, but overall it would...
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