By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
General Motors called for the White House to ratchet up regulations to rein in climate change, saying new global laws would be good for all business. Published May 2, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A senator in New Jersey wants to recoup revenues lost from gas taxes on electric car drivers with a new fee that would charge them by the mile for their travels. Published April 26, 2013 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
If the Obama administration doesn’t act soon, the nation may miss out on a key opportunity to begin closing its trade deficit while U.S. companies also miss out on the chance to sell abundant natural gas to eager international customers, lawmakers said Tuesday. Published March 19, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
President Obama is asking that Congress budget $2 billion for alternative energy research over the next ten years, with an emphasis on clean car technology. Published March 15, 2013 Comments
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
A top Department of Energy official insisted Solyndra was “headed in the right direction.” Published October 3, 2011 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Ignoring threats of a lawsuit from their own governor, local officials in Fort Collins, Colo., have banned the controversial drilling method known as fracking. Published March 6, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Millions of dollars already have been spent, and much more soon will be dumped into a litany of studies looking at fracking's impact on water and air quality and at possible links to cancer and other diseases. Published February 19, 2013
By Associated Press
Exxon says the energy renaissance in the U.S. has staying power and predicts that North America will become a net exporter of oil and gas by the middle of the next decade. Published December 11, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Huge increases in U.S. oil and gas production have put the nation on a path to energy independence, but some industry leaders fear their relationship with the Obama administration will deteriorate during the president's second term. Published December 5, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A majority of Americans didn't just cast a vote for President Obama on Nov. 6. They also came down firmly on the side of renewable energy and the federal government's efforts to "level the playing field" with fossil fuels, argues the chairman of the solar power industry's leading trade group. Published December 5, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
With a second term now in hand, President Obama no longer can delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline and must either side with environmentalists within his party or greenlight a major step toward North American energy independence. Published November 7, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit charging that the California's Department of Conservation "has failed to consider or evaluate the risks of fracking" and therefore is in violation of state law, the latest state-level clash over the booming new technique for obtaining oil and natural gas. Published October 16, 2012
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Mitt Romney plans to announce at a campaign stop in New Mexico on Thursday that if elected he would allow states to explore for energy on federal lands within their borders as part of a large plan to put North America on course to be energy independent by 2020. Published August 22, 2012
By Ken Ritter - Associated Press
The politics of renewable energy is on the agenda Tuesday in battleground Nevada, where Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is hosting a fifth annual green-energy conference at a Las Vegas Strip resort. Published August 7, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
The Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider and delay the final release of controversial regulations cracking down on power plant emissions. Published July 21, 2012
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
President Obama on Friday signed off on tough new sanctions aimed at hitting Iran's oil exports, after determining there is enough crude supplies in the world market that taking the step won't harm U.S. allies or drive gas prices even higher. Published March 30, 2012
