NEW YORK —Google is investing $280 million to help private homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops. It's Google's latest - and largest - investment in...
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Europe braces for serious crop losses, blackouts as record drought persists
LONDON -- One of the driest spring seasons on record in northern Europe has sucked soils dry and sharply reduced river levels to the point that governments are starting to...
Four more Republicans abandon Pickens natural-gas bill
Four more House Republicans on Monday withdrew their support for bipartisan legislation that would provide billions of dollars in tax credits to boost deployment of...
Pawlenty: I 'flirted' with cap and trade
Tim Pawlenty said his past advocacy on climate change was more a flirtation than a true belief in the issue.Appearing Monday on CNBC's "Squawk Box", the...
Worst drought in more than a century threatens Texas oil boom
The worst Texas drought since record-keeping began 116 years ago may crimp an oil and natural- gas drilling boom as government officials ration water supplies crucial to...
Italy says no to reintroduction of nuclear energy
"We probably have to say goodbye to nuclear energy." That's how Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi summarized the results of the country's...
Upcoming ethanol vote splits Senate Republicans
Two Republican senators from agricultural states attacked an amendment on Monday offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that would eliminate about $6 billion in tax credits...
Interior beefs up offshore inspections with multi-person teams
The Interior Department’s ocean energy branch is altering its inspection practices by sending multi-person teams to offshore oil-and-gas sites.“As more inspectors are...
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