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    Energy official praised Solyndra before FBI bust

    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

  • Last year, U.S. Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar approved the project after nine years of grinding federal review, hailing it as "a new direction in our nation's energy future." (Associacted Press)

    Merger pressures Massachusetts utility on wind power

    By Jay Lindsay - Associated Press

    The nation’s first offshore wind farm enjoys high-profile federal and state backing, but it hasn’t been able to win over one important party: the second-largest utility in Massachusetts. Published September 25, 2011 Comments

  • Tuesday's announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (center) that a federal agency has approved plans for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast clears the way for America's first offshore wind farm. (Associated Press)

    Offshore wind farm passes final government test

    By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

    A federal agency approved a construction and operations plan for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast, clearing the way for work to begin on America’s first offshore wind farm as early as this fall, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday. Published April 19, 2011 Comments

  • The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the banks of the Connecticut River in Vernon, Vt. (Associated Press file)

    Court battle joined over Vt. nuke plant’s future

    By John Curran - Associated Press

    The owners of Vermont’s troubled nuclear plant sued state officials Monday to stop them from closing the plant next year, setting up a court fight about who has jurisdiction — state or federal nuclear regulators — over the site. Published April 18, 2011 Comments

  • Greg Bosscawen, manager of renewable energy for Pacific Gas and Electric Co., walks past solar panels at PG&E's Vaca-Dixon solar energy site near Vacaville, Calif., on Tuesday. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday that would require California utilities to get one-third of their power from renewable sources. (Associated Press)

    California sets highest renewable-energy mandate

    By Associated Press

    Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed legislation requiring California utilities to get one-third of their power from renewable sources, giving the state the most aggressive alternative-energy mandate in the U.S. Published April 12, 2011 Comments

Recent Articles
  • Reps. scrutinize EPA frack-pollution link in Wyo.

    By Mead Gruver - Associated Press

    A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official is defending a draft EPA report that theorizes gas industry activity including hydraulic fracturing may have polluted groundwater in Wyoming.

  • Obama, Congress begin 2012 in oil pipeline dispute

    By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

    President Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a politically risky choice between two key Democratic constituencies.

  • Oil price falls to $99 per barrel

    By Chris Kahn - Associated Press

    Oil prices fell Thursday after the U.S. government reported that the nation's crude stockpiles grew unexpectedly last week.

  • Congress overturns incandescent light bulb ban

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Congressional negotiators struck a deal Thursday that overturns the new rules that were to have banned sales of traditional incandescent light bulbs beginning next year.

  • BP settles with maker of failed blowout preventer

    By Cain Burdeau - Associated Press

    Cameron International, the maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP under a legal settlement, BP said Friday.

  • Attack on Iran could risk Gulf oil supplies

    By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

    Iran is contemplating violently shutting down shipping in the Persian Gulf as one of several counterattack options if Israel strikes its nuclear facilities, regional and intelligence analysts say.

  • Both sides turn up heat in final Canada-to-Texas pipeline hearing

    By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

    A final public hearing on the proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline on Friday turned into a heated and often testy battle, filled with boos and cheers for speakers who traveled from across the country to testify.

  • White House feels pressure on oil pipeline

    By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

    The State Department's support of a oil-pipeline project is putting pressure on the White House.

  • Feds guarantee $1 billion in new solar loans

    By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

    Days before the expiration of its loan program, the Department of Energy, under fire for backing more than a half-billion dollars in loans to now-bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC, announced Wednesday more than $1 billion in new loan guarantees for other solar projects in Nevada and Arizona.

  • Salazar says solar push to continue

    By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

    The Obama administration will continue its push for solar energy despite growing controversy over a $528 million loan to a now-bankrupt California solar panel maker, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday.

  • Power back on for most in Ariz., Calif. and Mexico

    By Julie Watson - Associated Press

    Utility crews brought electricity back to much of California, Arizona and Mexico on Friday, a day after a power outage left millions in the dark, paralyzed freeways and halted flights at San Diego's airport.

  • Oil falls to lowest level in over a month

    By Chris Kahn - Associated Press

    Oil is tumbling to the lowest level in more than a month as the dollar strengthened.

  • Oil and gasoline prices on the rise again

    By Sandy Shore - Associated Press

    Two weeks after the U.S. and other oil-importing nations took action that knocked down the price of oil to almost $90 a barrel, it's back around $100. And gas pump prices, which had dropped since May, are up about a nickel since Friday.

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