(Reuters) - India's government has approved a 230 billion rupee ($4.13 billion) plan to spur electric and hybrid vehicle production over the next eight years, setting...
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India approves $4.1 billion green vehicle push over eight years
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The approval delighted Shell, which has spent more than $4 billion and six years preparing for exploratory activities in the Arctic, but environmental advocates expressed...
Obama executive order sets new energy efficiency goal for manufacturing facilities
With comprehensive energy efficiency legislation cooling on the congressional backburner, President Obama issued an executive order Thursday to spur energy efficiency...
Nations warn of broken promises at U.N. climate talks
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Change to new fuel-economy rule gives extra credits for natural gas vehicles
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Chevrolet Volt sales hit monthly record in August
The Chevrolet Volt is set to achieve a monthly sales record, with more than 2,500 units of the plug-in hybrid having been purchased in August.
Report: Interior has ‘limited’ ability to gauge offshore drilling risks
A new report by congressional auditors finds that the Interior Department still has “limited” ability to identify and evaluate risks from offshore drilling projects,...
Pickens accuses Obama of abandoning ‘all of the above’ energy policy
Billionaire oil-and-gas man T. Boone Pickens on Wednesday said President Obama had failed to follow through on pledges to increase natural-gas and oil...
Japan leans toward zero nuclear stance, caution remains
TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Japan's government, wary of public opinion ahead of an election, is leaning toward setting a target to eliminate atomic power by 2030 - a...
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