The science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives this week criticized steps that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has taken to create a...
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Los Alamos evacuation ordered because of wildfire
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities ordered Los Alamos evacuated Monday as a fast-growing and unpredictable wildfire bore down on the northern New Mexico town and its...
China Energy, UK-based Seamwell to build $1.5B ‘clean' underground coal gasification plant
China Energy Conservation & Environmental Protection Group, a state-owned project developer, will build a $1.5 billion “clean coal” plant in Inner Mongolia with...
Energy Dept. skeptics sound alarm on natural gas rush
In scores of internal emails and documents, officials within the Energy Information Administration, or EIA, voice skepticism about the shale gas industry. One official...
China eyes Canada oil, US's energy nest egg
CALGARY, Alberta —In the northern reaches of Alberta lies a vast reserve of oil that the U.S. views as a pillar of its future energy needs.
Television cable boxes and DVRs single-largest electricity drain in many American homes
Those little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many American homes, with...
KLM launching regular commercial Amsterdam to Paris flights on biofuel blend
In September, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch more than 200 flights being operated on a bio-kerosene (hydroprocessed renewable jet, HRJ) blend between Amsterdam and...
Obama pitches plan to jump-start advanced manufacturing
WASHINGTON —President Barack Obama says technological innovations can help create jobs and spur growth in clean energy and advanced manufacturing.
Republicans investigate DOE loan guarantee program, Solyndra
Federal lawmakers held a hearing Friday to examine a federal agency’s role in approving renewable energy loan guarantees, particularly the $535 guarantee that went to...
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Senator James Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who is Congress’s most outspoken skeptic on climate change, has sent his regrets to the thousands of delegates and global...
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