In a new report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the fuel economy standards proposed for model years 2017 through 2025 would eventually reduce revenues...
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CBO report finds new CAFE standards would reduce gasoline tax by around 20% in two decades
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Heartland quickly pulls global warming billboard featuring Unabomber Ted Kaczynski
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Natural gas glut prompts producers to scale back
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The Kickstarter for solar could make you money starting this Summer
The Kickstarter for solar, Solar Mosaic, is just about to launch the truly disruptive part of its business: this Summer the startup plans to start offering people a way to...
New fracking rule issued by Obama Administration
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday issued a proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands that will for the first time require...
Japan’s last reactor to shut down, leaving country nuclear-free for first time since 1966
Japan will power down its last operating nuclear reactor this weekend, finalizing the country’s sudden turn away from a once-preferred energy source and leaving it...
First Solar has a new CEO and a 5-year survival plan
Solar bellwether First Solar has two pieces of big news out of its earnings on Thursday: a new CEO with deep experience with conventional power and a new 5-year plan to...
Automakers agree on 'single-port' charging system for electric cars
A group of eight U.S. and foreign automakers announced an agreement Thursday on a standardized charging system for electric cars, which they say will "harmonize"...
T. Boone Pickens: ‘The biggest deterrent to an energy plan in America is Koch Industries'
Billionaire energy investor T. Boone Pickens said in an interview Wednesday with Yahoo's Daily Ticker that Koch Industries, the company owned by Charles and David...
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