Both Republicans and Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives spending panel yesterday questioned the Department of Energy's (DOE's) plan to help pay for an...
Articles from 3.22.2012
Obama on four-state trip to push back against GOP energy narrative
Against the desert backdrop of the nation’s largest solar energy installation, President Obama on Wednesday assailed Republican critics of his clean energy policies as...
China newspaper The People's Daily slams U.S. move on Iran oil sanctions
BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - China's top newspaper on Thursday slammed U.S. moves to restrict Iran's oil trade which could see Chinese banks sanctioned, saying...
Obama vows to drill ‘everywhere we can’
President Obama moved aggressively Wednesday to parry GOP claims that he’s stifling U.S. oil-and-gas development with a speech at a New Mexico oil field, where he vowed to...
Supreme Court backs landowners in EPA clean water case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that landowners may bring a civil lawsuit challenging a federal government order under the clean water...
Russia says near deal on two new Indian reactors
VOLGINSKY, Russia, March 21 (Reuters) - Russia's ability to restart long-delayed work at India's Kudankulam nuclear plant has paved the way for a deal with Delhi...
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