The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit with the DC Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) for what API called...
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Majority of Japanese oppose nuclear plant restarts: poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - A majority of Japanese oppose a restart of nuclear power plants currently shut for maintenance, a poll by the Asahi newspaper showed on Tuesday,...
Obama: 'Loose talk' of war is contributing to high gas prices
President Obama said Monday that "loose talk" of war is contributing to the recent spike in gas prices.“The biggest driver of these high gas prices is...
Oil sands mining carves up carbon sinks
There has been much debate about the environmental damage being done by oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada, from the carbon emissions to the water pollution produced by...
White House defends Obama on gas prices after poor poll numbers
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar took to the White House briefing room Monday to defend President Obama’s energy plan after a new poll suggested high gas prices are eroding...
Coda finally ships its first electric sedan
Electric-car startup Coda officially drove its first ready-to-ship electric car off the assembly line at its plant in the Northern California city of Benicia, California,...
Exxon's Tillerson calls for fracking transparency
HOUSTON, March 12 (UPI) -- A disclosure program regarding shale natural gas development in Europe will give policymakers confidence about their resource potential, an...
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Fisker Karma stalls during test by Consumer Reports
The Karma, the first model from Fisker Automotive, the VC-funded extended-range electric vehicle maker, is a sinuously styled fetish item. Moneyed folks such as Leonardo...
Vestas wins 396 MW turbines order in Mexico
COPENHAGEN, March 12 (Reuters) - Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has won an order in Mexico for turbines with total capacity of 396 megawatts (MW), lifting its...
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EPA rejects bids to waive ethanol mandate
The Environmental Protection Agency is rejecting requests from states and meat industry groups to waive regulations that require the blending of ethanol into gasoline.
EPA seeks input on ethanol mandate waiver requests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it has begun weighing requests to suspend the U.S. ethanol mandate, which requires refiners...
135 lawmakers send letter to EPA urging it to lower ethanol target amid drought
A bipartisan group of 135 lawmakers signed a letter Wednesday asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adjust a rule that requires corn ethanol production for...
Livestock producers petition EPA to waive corn-ethanol mandate
A group of livestock producers filed a petition Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting a one-year waiver from a corn-ethanol rule they say is...
Companies face fines for not using unavailable biofuel
WASHINGTON — When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a...
U.S. ethanol exports to surpass Brazil this year
(Reuters) - Lax trade restrictions and high sugar prices should allow the United States to overtake Brazil in ethanol exports during the second half of 2011, the U.S....
Brazil's Petrobras to boost ethanol production
BRASILIA — Brazil's state-controlled energy giant Petrobras will boost its production of ethanol as part of a government effort to contain fuel prices, Energy...
15 trade groups seek to bar EPA funding for E15
Fifteen trade organizations signed a letter to the leadership of the US House of Representatives supporting a measure by Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) that would bar the...
Shell, Brazil's Cosan form $12B ethanol unit
AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell and Brazilian sugar-production group Cosan said Monday they were forming one of the biggest joint ethanol fuel ventures in the world,...
Oil refineries sue EPA over ethanol plan
AP - A ruling by the Obama administration allowing the sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol is running into legal hurdles from trade groups opposing the plan.
Oil industry loses vs EPA on ethanol standard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a challenge from U.S. oil companies and refiners against the Environmental Protection Agency for...
Exxon attacks EPA ethanol decision
Exxon Mobil Corp. isn’t happy with the Environmental Protection Agency over its decision this week to allow increased levels of ethanol in gasoline for newer cars.Refiners...
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