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,...
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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...
Oil industry group files lawsuit against EPA over cellulosic biofuel requirements
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...
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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