AP - The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling after the Gulf oil spill held the Interior Department in contempt...
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Questions surround DBM's record-breaking (375 miles on one charge) 'Kolibri alpha-polymer' battery
Intrigues are not difficult to find in the world of electric vehicles. Whether it’s the saga of General Motors’ EV1 or Renault’s executive-sabotage case, E.V.’s generate...
Obama announces clean energy plan for buildings, says it could save $40B per year
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced a new clean energy program in Pennsylvania on Thursday, seeking to show he remains focused on jobs...
More Coverage: The Hill's E2 Wire
DOE touts ARPA-E projects (6 of 37) that have drawn private sector backing
WASHINGTON — In late 2009, the federal government gave $151 million in grants to advance 37 clean energy ideas deemed too radical or too preliminary to attract much...
Koch email pranksters speak out
Last December, on the final day of the Cancún climate talks, a press release landed in my inbox with the heading, "Koch Industries Announces New Environmental...
US judge to spill claims czar: Stop saying you are independent of BP
AP - The administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims is not independent from BP and must stop telling potential claimants that he is, a...
Court rejects U.S. bid to establish corridors for new electric transmission lines
A federal appellate panel rules 2 to 1 that the Department of Energy failed to adequately consult states or conduct environmental reviews. Involved are 100 million acres...
Drilling industry says diesel use was legal
After three members of Congress reported this week that drilling companies have been injecting large amounts of diesel fuel underground to hydraulically fra
Upton, Inhofe release bill to block EPA climate authority
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) released a “discussion draft” Wednesday afternoon that would permanently block the Environmental Protection...
Some EU CO2 registries to reopen Friday or Monday
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission will announce the reopening of some of the bloc's national carbon registries a day in advance on either Thursday...
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U.S. streamlines offshore drilling permit process
Regulators also issued a checklist that oil and gas companies can use to make sure their proposals are in order before they are filed. The document is meant to outline the...
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Appeals court gives Interior reprieve on deepwater drilling permits
A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted the Interior Department a reprieve from a lower court judge’s order to make decisions on several deepwater oil-and-gas drilling...
Oil spill environmental review planned for Arctic offshore leases, could delay drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Federal officials will study how a "very large oil spill" would affect the ocean off Alaska's northwest coast as part of a...
Analyst: Media will tire of oil permitting story
FBR Capital Markets believes political pressure on the Interior Department is “likely to abate somewhat” now that the department has approved the first deepwater oil...
Salazar pushes back against Louisiana federal judge critical of Interior's handling of drilling permits
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar pushed back Wednesday against a Louisiana federal judge who has issued a string of decisions critical of the department’s restrictions on...
Oil drilling to resume in the gulf’s deep waters
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department said Monday that it had approved the first new deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP explosion and spill last...
More Coverage: The Hill's E2 Wire
Salazar voices doubt about proposed Arctic drilling
Reuters - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Friday he cannot predict whether Royal Dutch Shell, which has invested $3.5 billion in an offshore Arctic oil-development...
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Job Losses Over Drilling Ban Fail to Materialize
The worst forecasts have failed to materialize as companies wait to see how long the moratorium will last before making cuts.
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