On the face of it, having a federal agency get behind renewable fuel seems like it should elicit cheers from environmentalists, and from pretty much anyone who is leery of...
AFP - The US military's heavy dependence on fossil fuels is a dangerous vulnerability, officials said Wednesday as they made a fresh push to develop renewable energy...
General Motors has announced it is working with two major Michigan electrical utilities to install more than 5,300 home and workplace electric-vehicle charging stations.
The Obama administration's solar building boom continues. On Wednesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed the first lease to build a large-scale photovoltaic...
With energy legislation left in tatters this year, experts from both sides of the climate debate have some advice for lawmakers: ditch cap and trade. Extreme political...
Michael Bromwich, who heads the Interior Department’s offshore energy branch, said the agency wants to cut red tape for developers seeking to build the first group of wind...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday will clear the way for gasoline that is blended with up to 50 percent more ethanol to be used...
AFP - China's wind power capacity will increase more than five-fold over the next decade from 2009, a report forecast on Wednesday, as the country steps up its drive...
The European Commission is to propose tightening the rules for deep-water drilling in the oil industry. The move follows April's devastating BP oil spill in the Gulf...
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea Wednesday unveiled a five-year plan to spend 36 billion dollars developing renewable energy as its next economic growth engine. The plan,...
Solar is likely to surpass one gigawatt of installed, power-generating capacity this year in the U.S. -- that's enough capacity to power 200,000 homes -- according to...
Federal subsidies for corn ethanol have long been considered untouchable in Washington — not least because politicians want the votes of Iowans, who have traditionally...
U.S. corn reserves are forecast to fall to 675 million bushels in late August, or roughly 5 percent of all corn consumed in the United States. That would be the lowest...
Arlington, Va. - Former President Bill Clinton warned that increasing biofuel production could hurt the world's poor and fuel political instability around the globe.
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...
WASHINGTON – Nearly two thirds of drivers could have more corn-based ethanol in their fuel tanks under an Environmental Protection Agency decision Friday.The agency said...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. automakers and engine makers sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday over its decision to allow higher blends of ethanol for newer...
In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2011 percentage standards for the four fuels categories under the agency's Renewable Fuel...
A grab-bag of groups from across the political spectrum are pushing Senate leaders to let a major ethanol tax break expire at year’s end.Friends of the Earth, FreedomWorks...
ATHENS (Reuters) - Former vice-president Al Gore said support for corn-based ethanol in the United States was "not a good policy", weeks before tax credits are...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attacked as subsidy addicts, U.S. ethanol makers may need help from friends in high places, including the White House, to hold on to lucrative tax...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday will clear the way for gasoline that is blended with up to 50 percent more ethanol to be used...
Texas lawmakers in both parties are seeking legal protection for oil refiners and others that fear exposure to costly lawsuits if EPA allows an increase in the amount of...
