Energy Secretary Steven Chu signaled Tuesday that the Obama administration is open to GOP proposals that would require utilities to supply increasing amounts of power from...
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Fred Upton (R-Mich.) will head House Energy and Commerce Committee
Overcoming concerns that he's too moderate for the job, Rep. Fred Upton emerged Tuesday as the winner of a bitter internal Republican battle to lead the powerful...
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'Deeply concerned' Ban Ki-moon at Cancun climate talks: 'We need results now'
AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, trying to revive long-stalled climate talks, told world environment ministers on Tuesday he is "deeply concerned" that...
Defense Department to test concentrating solar
Skyline Solar says that two military bases in desert areas will use its solar arrays to test how quickly the concentrating photovoltaic systems can be installed and upg
Hertz to offer electric vehicles by the hour
Hertz Rent A Car is set to offer electric vehicles at an hourly rate starting December 15th in New York City, with expansion of the service to San Francisco, Washington...
Upton calls on Obama not to permanently ban ANWR drilling
A day before the House Republican Steering Committee votes on whether to make Rep. Fred Upton chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the Michigan lawmaker called...
Chu calls for openness in greentech research
All hail the open source scientist. Open collaboration in energy innovation will be a key part of fighting climate change, said Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu...
Deforestation 'not so important for climate change,' says recent study
Climate negotiations were dealt a bombshell at the weekend when ecologists reported that carbon emissions from the destruction of tropical forests are probably only half...
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A senior Energy Department (DOE) official shot down using Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as a long-term storage site for nuclear waste Thursday, underscoring the difficulty...
Murkowski presses Obama official on late nuclear waste plan
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pressed an Energy Department (DOE) official Wednesday for answers on why the Obama administration missed a summer deadline for finalizing a...
Nuclear agency chief Jaczko to step down
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko announced his resignation on Monday after three tumultuous years as head of the agency.
Nuke commissioners accuse Jaczko of verbally abusing staff, withholding information
Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission blasted Chairman Gregory Jaczko during a congressional hearing Wednesday, accusing him of “continued outbursts of abusive...
House increases money for Yucca nuclear waste review
The House has approved more money to review an application to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, deviating from the Barack Obama administration effort to...
GAO Report: Yucca termination set back search for nuclear waste site by 20 years
The Obama administration’s decision to abandon plans to build a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada could “restart a costly and time-consuming...
Chu: Japan crisis may top Three Mile Island
Energy Secretary Steven Chu told Congress that the explosions at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant “actually appear to be more serious than Three Mile Island,”...
Chu: Obama administration remains committed to nuclear power
WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday restated the Obama administration’s commitment to keeping nuclear power in the mix of energy sources under development...
Obama budget request calls for major investments in nuclear energy, cuts to hydrogen fuel R&D
President Obama’s fiscal year 2012 budget outlines a plan for reviving the country’s nuclear power industry, calling for $36 billion in government-backed loan guarantees...
Chu: U.S. must move past Yucca dump for nuke waste
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Friday reiterated the Obama administration's case against moving forward with a nuclear waste dump at Yucca...
Upton grills Chu over stimulus job creation
Fred Upton has yet to secure the Energy and Commerce chairmanship, but that hasn’t stopped the Michigan Republican from acting like he’s already got the gavel in hand....
Steven Chu: an international fuel bank can ensure peaceful use of nuclear energy
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu discusses his proposals to encourage the peaceful use of nuclear power at this year's International Atomic Energy Agency gathering in...
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