Whew. That's what officials at U.S. science agencies and science lobbyists are saying this morning after learning the details of the weekend agreement between the...
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Spending deal blocks Obama's wilderness policy
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan budget deal that avoids a government shutdown would block an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land...
Construction begins in Italy on world's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant
Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi began building the world’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in northwestern Italy, the company said today.The first stone for...
Newly released spending deal targets health, environment, energy
Lawmakers in the House and Senate have posted details of the bipartisan spending agreement that staved off a shutdown, providing a first look at where the $39.9 billion of...
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Biofuel startup KiOR seeks to raise up to $100M in IPO
Biocrude startup KiOR filed for a $100 million IPO on Monday, laying out just how it hopes its process for turning wood chips into a crude oil substitute could compete...
Japan raises severity of nuclear accident to highest
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan raised the severity of its nuclear disaster to the highest level on Tuesday, putting it on a par with the world's worst disaster nuclear...
BMW hires lead electric-car engineer from Chevy Volt team
Not so long ago, the notion of luxury German brand BMW hiring an engineer from General Motors might have been a stretch. The company prefers to promote engineers from...
New study finds solar panels are 'contagious'
Are you more likely to install solar panels if your neighbor has them? A new study (PDF) out of Stanford says that you are. More specifically, it finds that for every 1...
Key House Dems defend DOE loan guarantees against allegations of political favoritism
Two key House Democrats defended the Obama administration Monday against criticism that the Department of Energy is awarding loan guarantees based on politics rather than...
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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...
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The Obama Administration's plan to resume domestic production of the nuclear material needed to power future space missions has won its first, partial victory in...
House spending panel punishes OSTP over links to China
Bad things can happen to federal agencies when they cross swords with their budget overlords in Congress. The latest example of that political adage comes in the 2012...
Obama's top offshore drilling official clashes with GOP over oil spill
The Interior Department’s top offshore drilling regulator faced off with Republicans Thursday during a heated hearing in which GOP lawmakers bashed the administration over...
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Interior plans ‘major’ new offshore-drilling safety rules
A top Interior Department official said Tuesday that another set of major offshore-drilling safety rules are in the works.Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and...
2011 budget deal would slash EPA budget 16 percent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency budget for this year will be cut 16 percent under government-wide reductions unveiled on Tuesday.
Obama lauds absence of EPA riders in spending deal
President Obama’s late-night statement on the bipartisan spending deal reached Friday – which averts a partial government shutdown – cheers the omission of GOP-backed...
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