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...
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Chevy Volt sells 1,849 in July, Nissan Leaf just 395
In the U.S. plug-in vehicle market, the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid continues to dominate the all-electric Nissan Leaf. After five months of the Volt beating the Leaf...
In Africa, Clinton takes subtle swipe at China
Delivering an implied warning about the dark side of China’s global search for energy and resources, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged African nations...
Facebook unveils energy use, carbon emissions data
Facebook on Wednesday unveiled detailed numbers about the energy consumption, and carbon emissions, of its data center and operations in 2011.
Power is restored across India after worst blackout in history
As electricity was restored across India on Wednesday, the nation’s new power minister sought to tamp down an argument over who was to blame for Tuesday’s unprecedented...
Huge blackout fuels doubts about India’s economic ambitions
NEW DELHI — Power was restored in India on Wednesday after two days of blackouts that had cast a huge shadow over the nation’s economic ambitions.
US airlines urge Hillary Clinton to intervene over EU carbon law
A coalition of industry lobby groups urged the Obama administration on Monday to challenge an EU law that forces airlines that use European airports to pay for their...
Deal clears path for anti-EU emission trading bill
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted Tuesday to approve a bill to block the European Union from requiring U.S. airlines to trade carbon...
EIA: 27 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity to retire over next five years
In five years, the U.S. could be using a bit less coal to generate electrical power than it is now.
India blackout, on second day, leaves 600 million without power
NEW DELHI — India’s blackout spread to cover more than half the country on Tuesday, as the electrical grid collapsed in 14 states in the country’s north and east,...
BP posts unexpectedly large loss
Europe's second-largest oil company reported a $1.4 billion loss for the quarter, mostly because of write-downs on refineries, shale gas assets in the United States...
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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.
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...
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...
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...
Coburn's amendment to cut ethanol tax credit makes Midwestern GOP senators uneasy
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is engaged in a high-stakes feud with fellow conservatives who are doing whatever they can to protect a home-grown interest: ethanol.Coburn has...
As GOP calls to cut spending, longtime ethanol proponent Sen. Grassley's support wavers
Washington, D.C. - Cutting the deficit is more important than protecting the ethanol industry if it comes to that, says Sen. Chuck Grassley, long the biofuel...
House votes to thwart ethanol expansion
The House early Saturday approved an Oklahoma Republican’s amendment to federal spending legislation that would thwart EPA from proceeding with a program to allow use of...
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...
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...
Senate votes to extend ethanol subsidy for 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of a one-year extension of the ethanol tax credit and the ethanol import tariff at existing rates, despite...
Senate ethanol amendment on tax bill still in limbo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate leaders have not decided whether to allow a vote on an amendment to cut the U.S. ethanol tax credit by 20 percent that would be part of a...
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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