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The Pentagon's investment in green energy requires too much green paper for some in Congress.
China's Commerce Ministry issued a ruling Thursday that U.S. government support for six renewable energy projects violated free-trade rules, the latest volley in a widening conflict over clean power.
The German government will more closely oversee the country's move from nuclear power to renewable energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday — a mammoth 10-year project for Europe's biggest economy that has been going slowly so far.
Spanish oil company Repsol said Tuesday it had made the first step in taking legal action against Argentina for nationalizing its energy firm YPF.
Duke Energy Corp. says its net income fell 42 percent in the first quarter because of cost overruns at a coal plant under construction in Indiana.
Argentina officially recovered its leading energy company from private control on Friday as President Cristina Fernandez signed her expropriation measure into law and named a youthful Argentine as its chief executive.
Another long, stupefyingly hot summer is looming for Japan just as it shuts down its last operating nuclear power reactor, worsening a squeeze on electricity and adding urgency to calls for a green energy revolution.
This flat, dusty stretch of prairie in central New Mexico is where the leaders of a remote, sparsely populated American Indian community envision a sea of solar panels capable of producing enough electricity for more than 10,000 homes miles away from the reservation.
Spanish energy firm Repsol warned Monday that it would consider legal action against companies or investors that help Argentina exploit oil fields Repsol had planned to tap before its Argentine unit YPF was nationalized.
Argentina's Senate on early Thursday approved the forced takeover of the YPF oil company from Spain's Repsol.
Shares in Spain's Repsol company have tumbled 17 percent this week as Argentina shows no signs of backing down in its takeover of Repsol's controlling stake in Argentina's YPF energy company. There are also signs the government may pay far less than what Repsol says the shares are worth.
Shares of Chesapeake Energy fell sharply Wednesday after a published report said that CEO and co-founder Aubrey McClendon borrowed up to $1.1 billion, using his interest in Chesapeake oil and natural gas wells as collateral.
A look at where President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stand on energy and environmental issues:
President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday to give oil market regulators more muscle to deter price manipulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump.
Under pressure to take action on rising gasoline prices, President Barack Obama wants Congress to strengthen federal supervision of oil markets, increase penalties for market manipulation and empower regulators to increase the amount of money energy traders are required to put behind their transactions.
Federal regulators have approved the first large-scale natural gas export facility in the U.S., signifying the rapid shift under way for a country suddenly rich in the natural resource.
West Virginia University and Virginia Tech are brainstorming about possible collaborations on energy issues ranging from production and consumption to environmental effects.
The U.S. Army unveiled a new laboratory Wednesday that can simulate Afghanistan's desert heat and Antarctica's extreme cold in an effort to discover how to save energy and make combat vehicles fuel-efficient.
People share all sorts of life events on Facebook. A new app lets you share even more — your energy usage.
Big Oil's Big Money Pays Off As Republicans Tour Nation On Their BehalfEarlier this month, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) founded the House Energy Action Team (HEAT), a "committed group of House members" dedicated to "promot[ing] Republican energy policies." Thirty-four members of Congress were recruited to the cause, dedicating their district work pe …
Vodkapundit » Pay Up, SuckersLast week PJM Interconnection, the company that operates the electric grid for 13 states (Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia) held its 2015 capa …
Scientists tweak wireless power transfer, Tesla nods happily in his grave -- EngadgetWireless charging may be all the rage these days, but actually beaming electricity -- as sketched above by the man Tesla himself -- still has some snags. North Carolina State U researchers have found a way to possibly vanquish the biggest problem: the diffic …
Presenting: America's Energy Future In 28 Charts - Business Insider. by Rob Wile. 34 minutes ago.The American Petroleum Institute is the mega lobbying group for the country's oil and natural gas industry, just-released their annual Energy in Charts report. The group warns of the energy crunch that looms over the country in the next decade — the same ones we …
Eldridge Financial Review: GEPL Capital`s view on bullions, base-metals, energyEnergy Oil dropped to a seven-week low as an employment report raised concern that U.S. fuel demand will slow and Iran agreed to resume talks on its nuclear program. Futures fell as much as 2.4 percent after the government reported on April 6 that the U.S. created 120,000 jobs i …
Resource-Rich Canada Looks to China for Growth By CHIP CUMMINS and ALISTAIR MACDONALD VANCOUVER—For almost a century, Canada's economy has been firmly tethered to its much larger southern neighbor. Now, Canadian officials and executives also are betting their future on China. Canada's economic reliance on the U.S. has …
Hugo Chavez and the anti-fracking movementOne way to neutralize the U.S. is to hurt its ability to produce its own energy. Don't think it's not happening - it is, in a shockingly large variety of ways, by a number of enemies, ranging from China to self-described "stateless statesman" George Soros, whose loyalty is to …
Fox News: Rising gas prices were bad. Now falling prices are bad. Both are Obama's faultUnlike congressional Republicans, Foxaganda has noticed the falling prices... SEAN HANNITY: Let's look at gas price when he took office. I mean, let's go down the list here. Gas prices, average nationally, $1.84 a gallon. Well, now, the average price is $3.80 a gallon. Is that …
Romney: Obama Takes Unfair Credit for Oil GainsThat's cause you drilled it yourself, right Mittens?? Mitt Romney, campaigning amid oil rigs dotting the landscape in Colorado, said President Barack Obama’s policies have hurt U.S. energy output and that regulation of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas should be left …
Many Oil Speculators Are Just Middle-Class Americans Looking For A Money-Making InvestmentAmid outrages like an $800,000-plus party scandal at the General Services Administration, the Secret Service prostitute scandal and a recent Medicare fraud bust that netted 107 people scamming Medicare out of $450 million, what does President Obama want to do? Why, spend $52 mi …
Obama Issues 'To Do List' For CongressRead the full list here: 1..Reward American Jobs, Eliminate Tax Incentives To Ship Jobs Overseas: Congress needs to attract and keep good jobs in the United States by passing legislation that gives companies a new 20 percent tax credit for the cost of moving their operations b …
A Chevy Volt Owner Shows Us His Mileage Last week I mentioned the strange "controversy" over the Chevy Volt. This car is the brainchild of a lifelong auto enthusiast who is also a political conservative, but to the right-wing media it has become a whipping boy and symbol of pinko environmentalism gone wild. My frien …
undersea-cables-and-power-plays/Geothermal energy, a thought-provoking resource that struck the fancy of Hawaiian royalty decades before statehood, is gathering steam as a viable replacement for petroleum-based energy.
What Issue(s) Will Ultimately Decide the Presidential Election?FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: It's shaping up to be a tight race this November between President Obama and Mitt Romney, especially in some of the crucial swing states. And new polls show romney closing in on the president in both Florida and Ohio. The Quinnipiac Poll shows Romney …
Algae-Powered Street Lamps Suck Up C02Algae are a large, diverse group of simple microorganisms that have lived on Earth for billions of years. Although we typically associate the term algae with the slimy green stuff that accumulates on the surface of a stagnant pond,seaweed and kelp are also member of the algae f …
Test successfully pulls natural gas from Alaskan ice The Department of Energy has successfully completed an unprecedented test of harvesting the vast storehouse on Alaska’s North Slope of methane hydrate, essentially natural gas locked in ice crystals under the permafrost. Producing methane hydrate is still a long way f …
Obama Tells Union Workers That He Wants The Jobs The Blocked Keystone Pipeline Would Provide The president tells building-and-trades union workers that Republicans have blocked multiple bills putting them to work, even as he blocks an oil pipeline their former union chief supported. President Obama may have thought he was preaching to the choir when he addressed the A …
Obama Tells Union Workers That He Wants The Jobs The Blocked Keystone Pipeline Would Provide Left off the teleprompter was the fact that he was speaking to a union group, one of many that has endorsed the union-job-creating Keystone XL pipeline, an issue he dodged in his speech. "For America's skilled craft construction professionals, any discussion of the Keystone XL …
Al Armendariz resigns after likening EPA energy enforcement policies to crucifixion For the second time in recent weeks someone in the Obama administration has embarrassed the boss by providing a peek behind the aloof facade on how the Chicago pol really governs. And now Alfredo Al Armendariz has been banished. Actually, the chief regional administrator threw …
From Russia with Love (of Oil and Gas)Imagine a president who gets behind drilling, welcomes the cutting-edge technology of companies such as ExxonMobil, and offers generous 15-year tax breaks to ensure that new drilling projects move forward. That's the kind of energy policy America needs in order to achieve energ …
EPA Official Compares Agency's Enforcement to "Roman Crucifixions"“It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them."
Condo Owners Fight Homeowner Associations For Their Right to Install Solar PowerDo you think homeowners should have the right to install solar panels on their own condos? Many homeowner associations (HOAs) in the United States don’t think so. Even as solar energy becomes increasingly cheaper with tax incentives bringing the costs down …
Fact Checking's AFP $6.1 Million Ad Buy To Push Totally False Green Jobs ClaimsAfter pouring more than $8.4 million into bogus energy attack ads since November, the oil industry front group Americans For Prosperity announced yet another major ad buy of $6.1 million in eight states. The latest ad is based on a set of mistruths about green jobs that have b …
Exxon Makes $104 Million In Profit Per Day So Far In 2012, While Americans Are Stuck With A Higher Gas BillLast year, ExxonMobil, one of the world’s most profitable companies, earned $1,300 in profits per second. As consumers paid record-high springtime gas prices, Exxon posted first quarter profits of $9.45 billion. This is down slightly from the first quarter of 2011, when …
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