Trade tensions between the US and China are heating up. Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission voted to impose new duties on imports of steel pipes mostly used in the oil and natural gas industry.
Ranging between 10 and 16 percent, the duties are intended to offset low price government...
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Environmentalists in New York want Gov. David Patterson to hold off on new regulations that would allow horizontal drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale.
Fearing that slant drilling could harm ecosystems and New York's drinking water, activists want drilling put on hold to allow more time for people...
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If Virginia's new governor gets his way, Virginia could see offshore drilling.
Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell wants the federal government to move forward with offshore energy exploration off the state's coast.
McDonnell sent a letter this week to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to argue against any...
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If Virginia's new governor gets his way, Virginia could see offshore drilling.
Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell wants the federal government to move forward with offshore energy exploration off the state's coast.
McDonnell sent a letter this week to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to argue against any...
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Spending on smart grid technology will reach an all-time high in the next few years, according to a new report.
Energy consulting firm Pike Research says investment will reach $200 billion worldwide by...
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After a year of disputes between Russia and the Ukraine over shipping oil supplies to Europe, the two countries have finally reached agreement.
Russia will pay 30 percent more to transport oil to Europe via Ukraine next year, according to the...
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Natural gas from the Marcellus shale play could soon be heating homes in New York City, now that a 16-mile pipeline will connect Staten Island to the city.
Spectra Energy says an expansion of the Texas Eastern Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline will boost the city's use of...
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Areva, one of the biggest builders of nuclear plants in the world, has signed on with Fresno Nuclear Energy Group to plan and build a nuclear power plant in the San Joaquin Valley.
The French engineering company Areva signed a letter of intent, but there's no guarantee the plan...
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New York State has settled a major lawsuit with three natural gas companies who argued the state could not auction carbon allowances under a major Northeast initiative to cut emissions.
Under the deal, the state will pay $7.7 million to cover the cost of carbon allowances for Indeck...
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A South Korean consortium just won a $20 billion deal to build the first nuclear reactors in the United Arab Emirates.
UAE's state-run nuclear energy company says the group - led by Korea Electric Power Corp. - won the contract to build four 1,400-megawatts...
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Amid all the talk about nations turning to renewable energy, a new forecast says China's demand for coal is set to rise four to six percent next year.
China is already the world's biggest producer and consumer of coal, using it to operate about 80...
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The Department of Energy is pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into Energy Innovation Hubs, a mission of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to bring new energy technologies out of the labs and into the market.
Chu says DOE will pour $366 million over four years into its three new research and...
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It was a messy Christmas for rescuers trying to free a tugboat stuck and leaking fuel into Prince William Sound.
The Alaska tugboat got caught on the same reef that damaged the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago.
The Coast Guard has been working to transfer over 33,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the...
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New details are emerging about a nasty oil spill in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay.
The state's Department of Environmental Conservation says the leak came from a 6-inch...
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The chairman of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is disputing claims that the Copenhagen talks were a failure.
In his first public comments since the Copenhagen talks ended, Rajendra Pachauri,...
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Solar and wind development plans in the Mojave Desert are now facing a challenge in Congress.
California Senator Dianne Feinstein has introduced her plan to halt those projects on...
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Some prison inmates in Indiana now have a new career option to consider when they finish serving their time: coal mining.
The state's Department of Correction and Vincennes University are teaming up to offer coal mining classes for up to 15-students at the...
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Hundreds of people have beaten the one-year deadline to file lawsuits over last year's TVA coal ash spill in Kingston, Tenn.
More than 20 cases were filed Tuesday, joining several hundred others who have already sued...
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The top U.N. climate official says finger pointing over what went wrong at the Copenhagen conference won't do any good.
Yvo de Boer says he's hopeful of a better worldwide deal next year, even though the..
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Climate change is having a dramatic impact on Alaska's North Slope coastline, and that impact will threaten both wildlife and oil produciton.
A new report by scientists at the University of Colorado says North Slope erosion is happening...
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European governments are pressuring the United States to make deeper greenhouse gas emissions cuts in the wake of last week's climate talks.
The EU environment ministers' met in Brussels today, the first chance for EU nations to take stock of last week's climate accord in...
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Montana's Land Board has voted to lease 572 million tons of state-owned coal in Otter Creek Valley, in the southeastern part of the state.
The move could net the state $1 billion in royalties -- money lawmakers say would go...
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Dozens of environmental groups are urging the EPA to go ahead and regulate greenhouse gas emissions without waiting for congressional action.
More than 100 groups joined climate scientist James Hanson in signing a petition filed this...
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China is dismissing British Climate Minister Ed Miliband's complaints that it "hijacked" the Copenhagen climate talks.
Miliband singled out the Chinese in a Monday op-ed piece in the Guardian newspaper, saying the Chinese vetoed attempts to set hard carbon...
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First Solar and EDF-EN say they are in exclusive negotiations with the town of Blanquefort, France, to build a new solar panel manufacturing plant.
The agreement calls for the plant to sell its its entire production of thin-film photovoltaic panels...
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Add Sarah Palin to the list of people complaining about the Copenhagen Accord.
The former Alaska governor -- and potential 2012 Republican Presidential candidate -- shared her...
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One of the countries included in the European Union carbon market is now complaining of exclusion from the final negotiations.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says a climate agreement was held hostage by "a handful of countries" and he's calling for United...
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We now have market reaction to the Copenhagen Accord.
European Union carbon markets dropped this morning, losing about 8 percent of their value in the first trading session since the climate...
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Iraqi officials say Iranian troops have seized an oil well in a disputed area along the two countries' southern border.
Iraq's deputy foreign minister, Mohammed Haj Mahmoud, said Iranian troops seized oil well No....
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If nations like China refuse to allow international tracking of their CO2 emissions, under a possible world climate deal, NASA and Google may have some answers.
Google unveiled unveiled its Earth Engine this week in Copenhagen. It's essentially a massive...
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As China continues to push back against any international monitoring within its borders, the country's environmental movement is claiming a groundbreaking victory.
The head of the government-backed All China Environment Federation says it not only filed...
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President Obama and other world leaders are working feverishly behind the scenes in Copenhagen to salvage a world climate treaty.
Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao each addressed the United Nations conference, urging delegates to compromise on demands. But...
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has concluded that the Kerry-Boxer climate bill, which passed the Senate Environment and Public Works committee last month, would reduce the budget deficit by $21 billion over the next decade.
A CBO report on the cap-and-trade legislation issued Tuesday finds that it would increase...
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States is prepared to join other wealthy nations in a bid to raise $100 billion in yearly climate financing
for poor countries by 2020.
Clinton's declaration at the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen could give a boost to the deadlocked talks. They have been in disarray...
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President Obama heads for Copenhagen today as he and other world leaders hope to salvage the stalled climate talks.
The president is due to arrive tomorrow morning, joining about 130 other heads of...
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Several groups are challenging Royal Dutch Shell's permit to drill for oil in Alaska's Beaufort Sea.
The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, Alaska natives and environmental groups say the the Minerals Management Service improperly approved Shell's drilling plan and did not properly evaluate the possible effects, including the risk of...
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How will Exxon Mobil's acquisition of XTO Energy affect competition in the natural gas industry?
That's what Congressman Ed Markey wants to know.
The chairman of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee says he plans to hold...
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The EPA wants to expand its greenhouse gas reporting rules to include emissions from enhanced oil recovery and sequestration projects.
In a draft proposal sent to the White House this week, the agency is asking to to include carbon dioxide used for enhanced oil recovery... As well...
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New York has new plans for incorporating renewables.
Governor David Patterson accepted a plan from the State Energy Planning Board on Tuesday that calls for more conservation, more use of solar...
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United Nations climate conference President Connie Hedegaard has resigned and will be replaced by the Danish prime minister as head of the historic talks.
The announcement came today in Copenhagen, as world leaders arrive and the 193-nation...
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London is often thought of for its rain, but soon it will be known for its wind.
By 2012, the city expects to get power from the world's largest offshore wind farm.
Seimens Energy will build the 630 megawatt farm and is expected to supply the 175 turbines and...
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Experts told a Senate panel today that smaller reactors of 300 megawatts or less may hold the key to sparking a nuclear revival in the U.S., just as the country may depend on more nuclear power to offset coal-fired power plants in an era of cap and trade.
"Smaller reactors may prove advantageous compared to the Generation III+ nuclear plants in terms of economics, performance and security,"...
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Despite growing concerns within the nuclear community about the future of the Yucca Mountain Repository, the Department of Energy says it is still moving ahead on the project.
The plans would turn the mountain - located 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas - into a burial site...
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is still looking for a way to stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
The Senate Energy and Commerce Committee's ranking member calls the agency's recent "endangerment finding" a danger to the U.S....
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The American public apparently supports the goal of the Copenhagen talks but has some concerns about the economy, according to two national polls.
A USA Today-Gallup poll shows that 55 percent of those asked endorse a binding agreement to...
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Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, will buy XTO Energy, the top producer of U.S. natural gas, in a deal worth $31 billion.
Exxon will assume $10 billion in debt in the all-stock deal as it moves aggressively to...
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A massive federal spending package that includes a hard look at a National Climate Service is now on its way to President Obama.
The Senate voted 53-37 on Sunday to approve the omnibus spending bill, which encompasses most of the federal budget measures for the...
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China has now opened up a new natural gas pipeline to receive fuel from Turkmenistan, in central Asia.
President Hu Jintao says the 1,120-mile link will help China meet half of its energy demand.
China's National Petroleum Corporation developed the gas field. The pipeline will supply...
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Three key senators leading development of a new climate bill say legislation will ensure a future for coal.
In a framework they released late last week, Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Joseph Leiberman, I-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said coal...
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A 1,139-mile natural gas pipeline linking Turkmenistan and China is nearly operational, eventually bringing 30 billion cubic meters of gas annually from gas-rich Turkmenistan - undercutting Russia's near-lock on gas supplies in that former Soviet region
The pipeline cuts through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan into China's far western Xinjiang...
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President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will nominate Nobel Laureate Marilyn A. Brown for one of the two open seats on the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors.
Brown, a professor of energy policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, shared the 2007...
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Two Senators are taking what they call an innovative approach to emissions legislation in a bipartisan plan unveiled today.
The plan from Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, would auction carbon credits to the roughly 2,000 coal, natural gas and oil companies that supply the nation's power...
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Switzerland is halting a pioneering geothermal project, three years after the deep drilling into the ground caused earthquakes.
The Swiss company Geopower Basel was trying to become the first to generate commercial power by boiling water on rocks buried three miles underground. Engineers wanted to to shoot...
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India will eventually supply nuclear power plant components for export to the U.S. and Europe.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Westinghouse Electric say after they use Indian-built parts to complete new reactors in that country, they will...
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European Union nations have agreed on a plan to contribute $3 billion a year to help poorer countries fight the effects of climate change.
Speaking at the conclusion of an EU summit in Belgium, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said their...
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CAPITOL HILL: Stalled climate legislation in the Senate got a jump-start today after three key senators introduced what they called a "legislative framework" for a new cap-and-trade bill that backers hope can get 60 votes. Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), along with Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut introduced the "framework" today at a press conference at the Capitol.
In a letter to Present Obama describing what elements around which they plan to wrap the eventual bill, the lawmakers said a 17 percent reduction in pollution levels below 2005 emissions "is achievable and reasonable." The letter also admitted that allowing the EPA to use the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon...
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The scientists whose e-mails are becoming fodder for climate skeptics say the messages do nothing to undermine the evidence for human-caused climate change.
More than 1,700 scientists signed a statement today, saying they have no doubt humans are to...
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New York politicians and energy officials have given the go ahead for what they say could be the the nation's largest offshore wind farm.
The New York City Offshore Wind Collaborative said it will request proposals next year from developers for a 350 megawatt wind farm 13...
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The scientists working with the University of East Anglia aren't the only ones being accused of fudging data.
A senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute plans to sue NASA for the release of its...
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Wondering how to work clean energy into your holiday gift list? How about a do-it-yourself solar panel kit.
Lowes stores in California are now selling them for about $900.
Akeena Solar says the kit has everything you...
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Opponents of a West Virginia wind farm are claiming victory after a federal judge ordered a halt to construction work.
U.S. District Judge Roger Titus in Greenbelt, Md., agreed with the Animal Welfare Institute and the Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy that the turbines could cause harm to the...
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General Electric has won a $1.4 billion contract to supply turbines and services for an Oregon wind farm that when complete will be the largest in the world.
Under the agreement with Caithness Energy, GE will build and install 338 turbines as well as...
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The Tennessee Valley Authority told lawmakers on a House subcommittee Wednesday that clean-up from a devastating coal ash spill last December in Kingston, Tennessee is well underway.
“We are on track to have the ash removed from the river by the spring of 2010,” Tom Kilgore, TVA’s president and chief executive told the...
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First there was Cash for Clunkers, then cash for appliances, which depended on your state.
Now, the Obama Administration wants to expand that program in "cash for caulkers."
It would reimburse homeowners for installing energy-efficient appliances. The proposal suggests a homeowner could get up to...
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Federal officials will begin reviewing air pollution standards for U.S. oil and gas development starting in January 2011.
That follows a complaint filed in January against the Environmental Protection Agency by...
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New discoveries of natural gas in U.S. shale formations have sparked a drilling boom in some areas, but aren't seen as good news for everyone.
An increasing U.S. supply and lower prices are putting a chill on two pipelines planned to carry...
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Two of the scientists involved in the release of e-mails from the University of East Anglia have received death threats since the contents of their private e-mails were leaked to the world.
A number of other scientists at the Climatic Research Unit have received...
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Leading Democrats and the President support bringing a sweeping climate bill to the Senate floor next year.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., met with Majority Leader Harry Reid and other members Tuesday for a strategy session on climate change...
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If President Obama and other world leaders hammer out a comprehensive climate deal in Copenhagen, what would it cost to implement it?
The International Energy Agency says trillions over the next 20 years.
IEA officials tell the New York Times that new energy infrastructure alone is expected to cost...
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A small British light company that says the new energy efficient LED bulbs are harmful to the human eye also says it has found a solution.
Luminanz says the popular LED bulbs use less energy and last longer, but they also can cause...
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The Energy Department is revising its loan-guarantee program to make it easier for large-scale energy projects to get financing.
Secretary Steven Chu announced changes on Monday that will now allow overseas financiers...
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As President Obama tries to spur clean energy jobs here at home, hundreds of people in Denmark are losing their jobs in the wind industry -- a technology that country helped pioneer.
Vestas said it will layoff off more than 12-hundred Danish workers, and the biggest maker of turbine...
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President Obama takes his message on climate change to a Washington think tank today.
He will visit the Brookings Institution to talk about the need to upgrade transportation infrastructure...
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President Obama plans and former Vice President Al Gore will meet at the White House this afternoon as the president prepares to travel to Copenhagen for the United Nations climate summit.
The White House says the two will hold a closed meeting with no expected press...
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Some lawmakers are urging President Obama not to offer too much at Copenhagen.
A group of 20 congressional Republicans wrote to the president Friday expressing their "grave concern" that the U.S. delegation...
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The EPA's long-awaited "endangerment finding" will be released this afternoon.
EPA officials tell Clean Skies News that administrator Lisa Jackson will announce her agency's finding that greenhouse gases must be...
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The Department of Energy is awarding almost one billion dollars to three carbon capture and storage projects to get them working on a commercial scale.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the $979 million in federal stimulus money will be matched...
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India's environment minister says his country is going to Copenhagen with a unified stance, despite reports of a rift.
Jairam Ramesh says he met Sunday with two key Indian negotiators who were threatening to skip the trip to Copenhagen because of an apparent...
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South Africa is the latest country to announce its emissions target, announcing it will reduce emissions 34 percent from "business as usual," over the next 10 years.
By 2025, that number would be up to 42 percent -- leveling off and starting to decline. The country's chief climate negotiator, Alf Wills, tells...
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WASHINGTON: In a surprise announcement late Friday, the White House said President Obama will delay his trip to world climate talks in Copenhagen next week.
The President was expected to attend the talks on December 9, but will now be in Denmark on the last day of the meeting -- December 18th.
In a statement, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, "Based on his conversations with...
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Months after the cabinet of Maldives met underwater to highlight the effects of climate change, it's Nepal's turn.
The country's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks and headed to the base of Mount Everest...
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An investigation into the hacked emails at the University of East Anglia is taking a dramatic turn.
Both the United Nations and the university say they will investigate the content of e-mails taken from the university's Climatic Research Unit. They will look into whether the research into global...
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Senator Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., has some harsh words for mountaintop coal mining, but the industry is responding diplomatically.
On Thursday, Byrd issued a scathing critique of the coal industry's tactics and his home state's...
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Even without climate legislation or a binding international agreement, U.S. carbon emissions fell last year.
The Energy Information Administration reports that domestic CO2 emissions dropped by 2.9% in 2008. That's after the emissions climbed by...
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Senator John Kerry has now introduced what he says should be the "foundation" for President Obama's financial aid offer in Copenhagen.
The Hill newspaper reports that the bill is intended to be the Foreign Relations Committee's contribution to the overall senate climate bill...
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A government report says it's less expensive to store the country's nuclear waste on reactor sites or in interim storage than it is to store waste at Yucca Mountain.
The Government Accountability Office report says operating the Yucca project at double its planned capacity would cost up to $67 billion. Storing...
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The Department of Energy says it will offer technical help and resources to US companies that pledge to cut their industrial energy intensity by 25 percent over the next decade.
Secretary Steven Chu kicked off the "Save Energy Now Leader Program" today, and already...
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Exelon Power says it is closing one coal-fired power plant and shutting down two coal-fired generators at another -- all in suburban Philadelphia -- starting in May of 2011.
The Cromby plant in Phonenixville, Pa. will be closed completely and Units 1 and 2 at the Eddystone plant on the Delaware River. After that...
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Likely to fuel more debates in Copenhagen, a new report by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research says world sea levels are likely to rise about four-and-a-half feet by 2100 as polar ice melts.
The notable detail of the new report is not only the level by which some areas may rise, but that this is the first time that an international body...
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Cap and Trade is the focus of the Obama administration and most lawmakers who favor climate legislation, but supporters of a carbon tax aren't giving up.
Two groups who favor that approach to cutting emissions have released a poll showing that while most voters don't know much about either...
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As world leaders prepare for talks in Denmark next week, a major consulting firm is saying the US, European Union, China and Saudi Arabia need to do the most to curb climate change.
In a report today, PricewaterhouseCoopers gave a carbon "budget" to the world's countries. Using factors such as economic and political...
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A suggested $10 billion a year is not enough to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change.
That's according to the head of the U.N.'s development arm. Helen Clark told reporters today that scientists and others believe $75...
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India is reportedly set to announce carbon emissions goals heading into next week's climate summit in Copenhagen.
Reuters reports that Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh could announce as soon as tomorrow that it will seek to cut its carbon intensity by 24...
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd heads to the climate talks in Copenhagen next week without a cap-and-trade plan locked in.
The Australian Senate -- strongly divided on the issue of man-made climate change -- has voted down the government's plan for a carbon market...
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It's the largest fine ever levied against a pipeline company.
The Transportation Department said today it has fined the El Paso Corp. and its subsidiary Colorado Interstate Gas $2.3 million in...
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The Director of the United Nation's environment program, Achim Steiner, said Tuesday he believes a global deal setting firm targets to cut carbon emissions can be reached when climate talks begin in Copenhagen next week.
Speaking after meeting environmental groups in Geneva, Steiner told reporters that the latest offers by the United States and China appear...
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Carbon price permits in the Northeast have fallen to record lows as the latest Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction nears.
Bloomberg reports that CO2 permits in the cap-and-trade market have dropped as much as 5.3 percent on speculation that some emission...
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Australia's plans to cut its carbon emissions are in danger again, after the country's main opposition party elected a new leader who promised to block the plan in the Australian Senate.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 5 percent...
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the world is passing us by when it comes to clean energy.
Speaking at a symposium in South Carolina, Chu warned that the U.S. is falling behind China.
Chu told business leaders and others the nation risks losing its prominence in high-tech manufacturing. He said America has the...
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China is promising to roll back its carbon emissions, but is it enough?
That's what European leaders want to know as they seek new details on the plan to reduce the ratio of greenhouse gases to its gross domestic product 40 to 45 percent over the next 10 years.
After meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said...
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The Environmental Protection Agency says it will decide next year whether to boost the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent, but the agency is indicating it is leaning toward allowing the higher blend.
The EPA had until today to respond to a petition by ethanol manufacturers to raise the percentage allowed. The agency notified the groups that it...
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Some world leaders are changing their schedules so they can arrive on the same day President Obama attends the world climate summit.
An administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says leaders that had planned on only attending the second week of the 2-week conference will now arrive on...
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China continued to promise action on emissions at talks held this weekend.
Chinese and European Union leaders have signed a series of bilateral agreements on environmental technology, including plans for reducing coal emissions, energy efficiency and building quality, and sustainable development.
The deals came at meetings in China involving Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, European...
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China is vowing to slow the growth of its carbon emissions, building more momentum for next month's Copenhagen climate talks.
A day after President Obama promised to attend the summit and propose substantial U.S. greenhouse gas emissions cuts, the Chinese government announced that it would reduce its...
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With the countdown to Copenhegen headed into its final days, the Commonwealth nations group met over the weekend with climate change at the top of their agenda.
The 54-nation bloc represents one-third of the world's population. Members declared support for achieving an "operationally binding" deal in Copenhagen -- one that includes tougher...
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The Dalai Lama weighed in on international emissions reductions today, urging world leaders to heavily consider global warming above all other issues.
The Buddhist leader warns that mitigating climate change must be a primary priority because it is a universal problem.
The Dalai Lama said today that leaders often put national interests and economic development...
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A federal judge has ruled that the US Army Corps of Engineers violated environmental laws when it issued permits for 2 mountaintop removal mines in West Virgina.
The decision involves permits issued to subsidiaries of Consol Energy and Penn Virginia Resources.
The judge said the Corps violated the Clean...
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The Energy Department is pushing a national interactive smart grid closer to reality, awarding $620 million for demonstration projects for 32 projects across 21 states.
Speaking in Columbus, Ohio, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the projects would help build a more efficient, more resilient electric grid and...
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President Obama is reportedly planning to travel to Copenhagen for next month's global climate conference.
A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, tells The Associated Press that the president will be in Copenhagen on Dec. 9 before heading to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He will be among at least 65 world leaders...
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There's more fallout from the publication of e-mails and data stolen from a British climate research center.
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, the Senate's most prominent climate change skeptic, says he'll investigate how the U.S. handled climate data and whether researchers "cooked the science."
Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, tells...
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A new study from World Wildlife Fund and European insurer Allianz finds that doing nothing to halt climate change could cost far more than any pending proposals to attack it.
The study finds the heavily populated northeastern U.S. will be at particular risk from sea rise, while the southwest including California will be turning more arid. The study -- by three...
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The Obama administration's plans to offer short-term emissions goals at world climate talks next month are garnering praise from climate bill supporters.
But there's also a warning that offering cuts beyond what legislators are considering could undermine Congressional support.
The House climate bill would reduce emissions 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, while a...
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A senior Obama administration official says the U.S. is preparing to offer an emissions reduction target at next month's climate change conference in Copenhagen, and President Obama is still deciding whether he will attend the talks.
In a background briefing with reporters today, the senior official did not specify the target but said the goal would be in line with recent congressional proposals. The official also said...
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Climate scientists are buzzing about e-mails that the University of East Anglia in Great Britain says were stolen from its computer system.
The university says about a decade's worth of data were taken last week from its Climatic Research Unit. About 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents have been posted on several blogs...
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The world's polar ice melt is speeding up.
Researchers at the University of Texas say the the ice sheet in East Antarctica started to melt faster in 2006, and that could cause sea levels to rise sooner than expected.
Scientists at the University's Center for Space Research used satellite data on gravity change to measure the rate of ice melt from April 2002...
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Investigators from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are looking into the release of a small amount of radiation at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
About 150 employees were sent home Saturday afternoon after the radiation was detected...
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is warning world leaders that they "cannot afford to fail" to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
In a letter to Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, Brown said, "I am committed to doing everything in my power to secure an agreement that marks the decisive global shift towards combating climate...
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BEIJING - China will press industrial nations to share their latest green technologies at lower costs with developing countries at next month’s climate change convention in Copenhagen, according to a Chinese delegation member.
“Technology is the only path for China to get out of its current dilemma (between reducing carbon emissions and the need for economic development),” said Wang Can, Professor of Environmental Studies at Qinghua University, who will bring to Copenhagen a detailed proposal on cross-border exchange of green...
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First Solar is working with Chinese officials to build what they hope will be the world's largest solar power plant.
The Arizona-based solar panel-maker and the Chinese government agreed this week to work on a 2 gigawatt generation project in Inner Mongolia.
The signing ceremony took place during President Obama's visit to China...
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Managers of a controversial U.S.-Chinese wind project in Texas have a new plan to create American jobs.
The U.S. Renewable Energy Group and Chinese turbine maker A-Power are planning a $1.5 billion joint venture to build a 240-turbine wind farm in West Texas.
But New York Senator Chuck Schumer urged the Energy Department to withhold $480 million in...
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The long-awaited pipeline to funnel natural gas across 8 states is now up and running.
The 1,679-mile Rockies Express Pipeline crosses from Wyoming and Colorado to the eastern edge of Ohio.
The last section of 195 miles in Ohio was completed last week. It has taken 3 years to complete and will carry 1.8 billion cubic feet of...
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President Obama is now in South Korea, the latest leg of his Asian tour.
But before he left China this morning, the President called for a broad interim accord in Copenhagen, something he says will lead to immediate action and "rally the world toward a solution on global warming."
Throughout his trip, Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao talked of a joint desire to...
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The next stop on President Obama's Asian tour is South Korea, a country that, along with Brazil, is now offering GHG reduction targets.
South Korea said today it would cut emissions by 4 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. This follows a far more ambitious target just announced by Brazil, where President Lula da Silva said his country would cut 36 to 39 percent from its...
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We now have a new prediction on climate legislation in the U.S. Senate.
Kerry-Boxer bill co-author John Kerry met yesterday with Majority Leader Harry Reid and key committee chairmen, and now Kerry says he...
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Russia and the European Union have agreed to an "early warning" system for potential energy supply cuts, in an effort to avoid a repeat of last year's natural gas dispute that left millions of people without heating fuel.
EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko signed...
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Some climate negotiators in Copenhagen are not yet ready to concede defeat on a binding treaty next month.
Environment ministers and negotiators from some 40 nations are gathered in Denmark today and tomorrow to prepare for next month's...
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President Obama has arrived in Beijing for two days of meetings with President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders, with next steps on climate change at the top of the agenda.
Obama and Hu were also among the 21 national leaders in Singapore Saturday who conceded a new world climate treaty can't be concluded in...
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SINGAPORE: World leaders including US President Barack Obama are acknowledging officially what's been increasingly apparent for months: that the upcoming climate treaty talks in Copenhagen will not achieve the "legally binding" treaty intended when the conference was scheduled two years ago.
Instead, as top negotiators indicated early this month in Barcelona, the talks will aim for a...
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Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and John Barasso (R-Wyo.) are joining forces to sponsor a bill designed to spur carbon capture and storage technology.
The Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Act would establish a cash award for scientists and researchers. President Obama would...
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Speaking in India, Energy Secretary Steven Chu indicated the United States may not sign an international climate deal unless the Senate passes energy legislation. Chu is in New Delhi to hold meetings with Indian officials on clean energy technology.
The Thai-Indian news reports that he told reporters that the U.S. does not want to "repeat...
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In an effort to jump start the Energy Department's languishing loan guarantee program, Secretary Steven Chu has hired someone to run it full-time.
Jonathan Silver, the Harvard graduated venture capitalist of Core Capital Partners, will now manage the entire DOE program, from analyzing individual loan applications to negotiating the amounts and terms of loan...
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The Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is facing penalties, after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the facility potentially violated four safety standards.
NRC Region Two Director Luis Reyes says inspectors found "inadequate fire response procedures and inadequate emergency lighting," though NRC officials say the deficiencies do not...
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The power is back on in Brazil. Now the question is, what to do about the country's energy infrastructure.
Nearly 60 million people plunged into darkness Tuesday night.
Energy Minister Edison Lobao says the hours-long blackout was caused by severe...
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The Energy Department has a new leader for its loan guarantee program.
DOE Secretary Steven Chu has appointed venture capitalist Jonathan Silver to oversee processes.
Silver is charged with jump-starting the $7.5 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles...
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Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is in Asia, saying fighting climate change means green jobs.
Addressing the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore, Clinton said the climate challenge is really an economic opportunity for the region to boost clean-energy development and trade. The 21 members of APEC represent nearly 60 percent of world CO2...
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A new study says the Mid-Atlantic seaboard has enough wind to power every coastal state from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
The study by scientists at the University of Delaware and Stanford University was published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters and...
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President Obama leaves today for his trip to the Far East with climate change at the top of his agenda.
The President will meet with Japan's Prime Minister to discuss energy efficiency and climate change policies, then stop in Singapore to attend the annual Pacific Rim summit. This is the first time any US president will meet with leaders of all...
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