Democrats and fiscal conservatives united today in criticizing a Republican plan to expand oil and gas drilling nationwide as a way to pay for building new bridges and...
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Beacon Power to sell assets for DOE loan
Beacon Power, the energy storage company that received a federal loan and later declared bankruptcy, said it intends to sell off its assets to repay the loan.
Bachmann: Solyndra “makes Watergate look like child’s play”
Bringing the GOP's Solyndra spin out completely of control, Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann explained on Fox News today that the Solyndra debacle "makes...
US Navy destroyer completes largest demo of shipboard renewable fuel
The US Navy successfully concluded its largest demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use with the successful arrival of the Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) to Naval...
EPA rules could shut 13,000 megawatts of Midwest coal plants
(Reuters) - Proposed federal environmental regulations could shut about 13,000 megawatts of coal fired generation, boost power prices, threaten electric reliability and...
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