House Republicans approved legislation Monday to force the Obama administration to make a decision in the coming months on a controversial proposed pipeline project that...
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U.S. rules seen shutting 20 percent of coal power capacity
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. power industry will probably retire up to 20 percent of the country's coal-fired electricity generating capacity this decade, due to...
Negotiators nearing deal on mileage for vehicles
DETROIT — The Obama administration and automakers are nearing an agreement to increase fuel economy standards for vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon by
Activist who faked Utah energy lease bids sentenced to 2 years
Tim DeChristopher is also fined $10,000 for winning bids on 22,000 acres in Utah that he couldn't pay for at a federal energy auction. A Utah man lionized by...
Montana launches $85 million carbon storage project
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The federal government has given final approval to an $85 million, eight-year pilot project to inject a million tons of carbon dioxide, a major...
Ford polls Facebook on EV sounds
Focus groups get used all the time for product design, but Ford is using more of an unfocused group to pick an artificially generated sound for its upcoming, ahem, Focus...
EPA delays smog rule for fourth time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it would again delay issuing a final limit on smog pollution opposed by manufacturers and many...
First Solar sets CdTe efficiency record: 17.3 percent
First Solar Tuesday announced that it has produced a cadmium telluride solar cell with a 17.3 percent efficiency, shattering a ten year old record set by NREL. The old...
A123 scores battery deal for wind power in China
Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems will have grid storage system coupled with wind turbine installed for tests in China.
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