A new federal report confirms what natural gas advocates have been saying for months - that shale reserves are pushing U.S. reserves to all-time highs.
The report from the Energy Information Administration says the U.S. had 244.7 trillion cubic feet of proved natural gas...
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No more SUVs - or at least, far more efficient ones for the future.
European environment commissioner Stavros Dimas says the big gas-guzzlers are exactly what Europe needs to avoid, and he has proposed a new set of emission limits for light...
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The Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency budgets for 2010 have been approved.
The Senate voted 72-28 to approve the compromise measure yesterday, hours after the House passed it 247-178.
The $32.2 billion in spending is a 17 percent increase over last year's funding levels and includes $11 billion for Interior...
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Choma Lhamo cooed and whistled as she herded her yaks and goats from the rolling hills back towards her tent. After she tied the yaks on fixed ropes and encircled the goats with tarp,the sun disappeared and the temperature plunged.
Lhamo ducked into her black yak wool tent and connected a brass wire to a device...
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The 27 nations of the European Union are wrapping up two days of summit talks today, where they have failed to agree on how much to give poorer nations to counter the effects of a warming climate.
EU leaders pledged to pay their "fair share" into an annual global fund for developing nations - but didn't say how much they would actually...
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The U.S. Dairy Industry is trying to kick-start the country's bio-methane programs, which convert cow manure into methane for renewable energy.
A summit this week in Syracuse, N.Y., sponsored by GE and the dairy industry, includes experts discussing ways to make...
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Senate climate bill co-author Barbara Boxer says she still plans to start mark-up of her measure on Tuesday, despite concerns from Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee.
The panel has spent the past three days holding extensive hearings on the bill, which proposes a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse...
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The Department of Energy says it wants to "jump start" geothermal technology in the U.S.
Secretary Steven Chu has awarded $338 million in stimulus money to companies trying to tap into the hot spots beneath the earth's surface.
The grants will support 123...
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Who knew about the anti-Waxman-Markey forged letters to members of Congress and when did they know it?
Those were the questions behind today's hearing of the House Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy Independence.
The letters in question were sent out by Bonner and Associates, a subcontractor...
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Two environment ministers say the UN needs to work harder and improve coordination in the fight against climate change and deforestation.
Italy's Stefania Prestigiacomo and Kenya's John Michuki are co-chairs of a...
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The Obama administration says it's cutting bureaucratic red tape to get transmission projects built faster on federal lands.
The innovation? Federal permits for every project will be coordinated by a single lead agency.
But which agency? That may not be...
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As the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee moves toward the mark-up process on the climate bill, likely to start next week, there's now new information about how the plan sits with "voters".
Less than half of those asked in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll said they support a cap-and-trade plan if it would...
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Royal Dutch Shell is cutting 5,000 jobs as its profits take a dip.
Europe's largest oil company made the announcement as it reported a 62% drop in profit for the third quarter due to lower oil prices.
Shell's net profit was still $3.25 billion, down from $8.45 billion in the same period...
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One coal company's bankruptcy is another company's reserves.
Richmond, Virginia coal giant Massey Energy has won an auction to buy 15 million tons of Barbour County, W. Va., coal reserves from Kentucky based Appalachian Fuels, currently...
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The University of Kentucky is a step closer to having a campus building named for the coal industry.
University trustees voted overwhelmingly this week to approve a $7 million dorm for the men's basketball team to...
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U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern advises not to look for a bilateral climate deal between the U.S. and China when President Obama visits Beijing next month.
Stern says he does not see an agreement on global legislation during the Nov. 15 through Nov. 18 visit, though he believes Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao will toward...
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Top United Nations officials are now scaling back expectations for reaching a binding climate agreement at the talks in Denmark.
The director of the secretary-general's climate change support team, Janos Pasztor, said Monday its hard to say how far the conference will go because the U.S. Has not yet passed...
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Massey Energy has started blasting at its Bee Tree Coal River Mountain site in southern West Virginia.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection confirms that Massey started mountaintop removal blasting last week.
The site has been controversial as several environmental groups had instead...
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A Wyoming lawmaker wants to set a firm foundation for carbon capture and sequestration projects. Republican Senator John Barrasso has introduced a bill to clarify that pore space below federal lands belongs to the federal government.
Pore space is the below-surface area where carbon could be held, and Barrasso says the bill is modeled after Wyoming legislation...
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A solar powered food cart is quite the sight out in Portland, Ore. - the first solar powered food cart in the city, and one of the first in the country.
Solar Waffle Works, which opened over the weekend, is a chance for the project's founders to educate youth on both business and renewable energy.
The stand is run by a local nonprofit SolTrekker, which works with Portland public...
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Fisker Automotive is buying a closed General Motors plant in Delaware to produce plug-in hybrid electric cars.
The California-based auto maker has agreed to buy the plant for $18 million and will spend another $175 million to refurbish it over three years.
Vice President Joe Biden was among those on hand to announce a new lease on life for the GM plant, which produced the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice roadsters, as well as an Opel...
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Wasting electricity is a crime -- so says the leader of Venezuela.
President Hugo Chavez is now pushing efficiency to ease blackouts and water shortages -- the results of a record drought and years of poor planning.
Chavez has announced plans to conserve electricity, appointing a new...
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Three coal miners in northern China were rescued Sunday, after being trapped underground for eight days after a shaft collapsed.
The men were alive and in stable condition after being rescued from the mine in Shaanxi province. Mines in China are known for being some of the most unstable and ignore...
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The Department of Energy is trying to spur advanced technology by awarding research grants for some unconventional projects.
The New York Times is reporting that DOE will give out 37 grants totaling $151 million dollars. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the grants will...
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Nuclear energy has taken a front and center position in the climate legislation debate on the Hill.
Senate Democrats are now using nuclear power as a way to get Republican votes to pass climate legislation.
Although there is still worry about radioactive waste and nuclear security, lawmakers are...
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In the countdown to Copenhagen, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the U.S. is ready to set an example for worldwide compromise.
Ban wrote in a New York Times op-ed that he's encouraged by the spirit of bipartisanship being shown on Senate climate legislation and he's urging member nations to...
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The EPA has agreed to set rules by late 2011 for limiting mercury and other toxic emissions from coal or oil-burning power plants.
The move resolves a lawsuit by environmental and public health groups who had complained of gaps in the policy since...
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A new report in the journal Science is pointing to a political compromise in the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions which some believe could mask big increases in coming years - the potential culprit: biofuels.
The New York Times says scientists are warning the accounting irregularity gives the impression that clearing the world's...
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Southeast Asian nations are also looking forward to Copenhagen as they convene a summit on regional issues in Thailand.
The ten members of the Association of South East Asian Nations are meeting first, before bringing in their counterparts from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia...
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Senior American and Chinese officials are urging their governments to work together quickly to reduce world pollution -- even if diplomats are at odds over crucial elements of a global strategy to fight climate change.
The officials spoke Thursday during a clean energy forum in Beijing. They said they want to devise new ways in which Chinese...
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Reva Electric Car Co. is building its next generation of electric cars in upstate New York.
The Indian car company will work with Bannon Automotive to build its NXR in the Syracuse area next year.
The 3-door hatchback can reach speeds of 65 mph with a range of 100 miles on a single charge. It will have a 15-minute fast...
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Food labels already tell us how that product will affect our waistlines... Now they'll tell us how it affects the planet.
In addition to calories, fat and carbs -- food labels in Sweden now list the CO2 emissions associated with an item's production.
The New York Times reports the information on foods -- from whole wheat pasta...
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A milestone for a natural gas producer: Chesapeake Energy says its daily production in the Barnett Shale has exceeded 1 billion cubic feet per day.
Its monster well in Mansfield has peaked at 16.4 million cubic feet per day, more than what two large Chesapeake wells...
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In the final weeks leading up to the international Copenhagen talks, two British cabinet ministers produced an online map showing how global warming would destroy the world.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his brother, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, said their goal...
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A reactor on the site of the nation's first nuclear power accident will be allowed to keep operating for another 20 years after its license was renewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The NRC announced the renewal for Three Mile Island Unit 1 today. The current license was due to expire in 2014, but the NRC issued a renewal until April of 2034, saying there...
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Do wind turbines kill bats?
That question is at the center of the first legal face-off between wind advocates and wildlife protectors to reach a federal court. The case argued yesterday in Maryland involves a tiny endangered species, the Indiana bat.
Invenergy and Beech Ridge Energy want to build 124 turbines, each 389 feet high, along a mountain ridge in Wes...
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Scientists measuring greenhouse gasses showed off one of the most advanced aircrafts in the country today.
The Gulfstream Five aircraft is known as HIAPER, or "High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research." The plane is equipped with specialized...
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The House Agriculture Committee has approved a bill to tighten regulation of derivatives trading.
The bill passed the Financial Services Committee last week, and should now head for the House floor. Agriculture Chairman Collin...
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Officials from emerging nations met in New Delhi this week for a summit to solidify their position against industrialized nations at world talks in Denmark.
Today Indian Prime Minister Singh said developing and emerging nations will not sacrifice economic development to meet...
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President Obama is expected to push the Senate to move fast on its climate bill in a speech tomorrow.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes negotiations are heating up on Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers and Hill sources have told Clean Skies News this week that Senators are...
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West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin says he wants a sit-down meeting with President Obama to discuss cap and trade legislation.
Manchin told the Associated Press Tuesday that his state has a role to play as the administration considers cutting climate...
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China and India have signed bilateral agreement on climate change.
The two nations agreed on a five-year deal to work together on energy conservation, efficiency, renewable energy and forest management. India is also in the process of sealing...
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President Obama is taking the lead in the Countdown to Copenhagen today.
The White House tells Clean Skies News that Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao spoke on the phone today about world...
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President Obama will push the Senate to take action on a climate bill at a speech at MIT on Friday.
The White House says the president will focus on "American leadership in clean energy" in addressing community and business leaders. The speech comes...
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In the run up to Copenhagen, island nations have come to the forefront of the climate debate and are being pointed to as areas that will be among the first - and most impacted - victims of climate change.
The island nation of Maldives said today it will lead other island nations in a two-day summit next month to forge a common...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill is going solar in a move that will make the company the largest direct producer of energy in the restaurant industry.
The chain says it is installing photovoltaic panels on 75 of its restaurants over the next...
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Truckers have cleared the air in a dispute with the nation's busiest seaport. Going green will now require new registrations and identifications for all vehicles entering the area.
The American Trucking Association had sued California's Port of Long Beach over parts of a plan to reduce emissions...
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is taking steps to develop domestic oil shale, hoping to open new opportunities while also taking a look back at older leases.
Salazar is asking the department's inspector general to investigate last-minute leases the Bush administration granted to speed...
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Officials at the Major Economies Forum in London say industrialized and developing nations are making progress in reconciling their differences on a new climate deal.
The two-day session brought together the 16 largest economies and the EU. They represent more than three-quarters of world...
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China's National Energy Administration said today that the country is expanding storage capacity for its oil, planning to build emergency oil storage tanks in the northeast to boost fuel supply security and spur future imports.
Over the last decade, Chinese oil demand has doubled to 8 million barrels a...
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The door is open for new oil drilling off the north coast of Alaska.
The Minerals Management Service has approved Shell Offshore's plan to drill exploratory wells next year on two leases in the Beaufort Sea.
Environmental groups say the move will hurt polar bears and marine mammals already stressed by the loss of sea ice. But MMS says...
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Exxon Mobil has been ordered to pay New York City $105 million in damages for contaminating the city's groundwater.
A federal jury found the oil giant was responsible for the gasoline additive M.T.B.E in drinking wells in Queens. The city argued that the company...
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India, Pakistan and six other South Asian countries say they will not accept a treaty in Copenhagen that sets legally binding limits on their own nation's carbon emissions.
Indian Energy Minister Jairam Ramesh made the announcement in New Delhi after a two-day meeting of regional environment ministers...
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An email press release out this morning saying the Chamber of Commerce is changing its position on climate change legislation was actually a hoax, though media organizations including CNBC, Reuters and the New York Times ran the story as breaking news.
The fake press release appeared to be from the Chamber, with its logo and contact information, but there were mistakes - Chamber...
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Environmentalists and others are criticizing a plan by New York's governor to use proceeds from a regional carbon trading system to shrink the state's budget deficit.
The New York Times says Gov. David A. Paterson has proposed moving nearly half the $220 million...
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The Environmental Protection Agency plans to veto the largest mountaintop removal permit in Appalachia - the first time EPA would use its authority in this way.
The permit in question was a permit given to Arch Coal, issued in 2007 for its Mingo...
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A protest against greenhouse gas emissions turned violent outside one of Britain's biggest coal-fired power plants this weekend.
More than 1,000 people gathered outside E.ON's 2,000 megawatt "Ratcliffe on Soar" facility in...
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U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown says an agreement met in Copenhagen means cooperation over technology development.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Brown told the Major Economies Forum today it will be necessary to work together and compromise because a high-carbon path of economic...
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With several companies leaving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its stance on a climate bill, the White House wants to weaken the business group's bargaining power.
Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett tells Politico that administration officials are now bypassing the chamber and dealing directly with major corporate CEOs on...
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A uranium-enrichment plant in southern Ohio won't be seeing the 30 million dollars it expected from the Department of Energy.
Today, the DOE said it does NOT expect to shell out the money for demonstration work at the plant, which is run by the United...
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A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency says the cap and trade bill passed this summer in the House will hurt utilities in some states more than others.
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., asked the EPA for the report. It concludes that 12 states, led by California and New York, would...
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The Army's largest training range is getting a solar makeover.
The Corps of Engineers is teaming up with Acciona and Clark Energy to build the first phase of a 500-megawatt solar power plant at Fort Irwin.
The agreement calls for the private companies to finance and build the plant at five sites...
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New York state regulators have approved a plan to build an array of 200 flywheel batteries after the Public Service Commission has given the green light to Stephentown Regulation Services to build and operate the facility.
The seven-acre plant - located in Stephentown near the Massachusetts line - will receive a $43 million conditional Department of Energy loan...
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Spending on energy and water projects will rise a bit this year under a $33.5 million energy and water appropriations bill approved by the Senate.
Lawmakers voted 80-17 for the plan worked out by a House-Senate conference committee, sending it on for the president's signature.
The appropriation covers renewable energy research, Army Corps of Engineers water projects, nuclear weapons safety and...
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The Environmental Protection Agency's intentions in putting dozens of coal mining permits under review have come into question by one West Virginia congressman.
During a House hearing on the Clean Water Act, Congressman Nick Rahall (D-W. Va.) asked EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson if clarity is in fact the...
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President Obama made a push for new energy resources in New Orleans.
At a town hall meeting Thursday, the president was asked how to make environmental policies more effective. Obama pointed to clean energy programs now being financed...
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A new report from Greenpeace calls attention to international carbon offsets; the prospect of allowing companies to invest in forest preservation projects in other countries to offset their own domestic emissions. It is part of the U.S. climate legislation and will also be a big topic at upcoming U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen.
The report questions the effectiveness of the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project in Bolivia, that includes American Electric Power, BP-Amoco, Pacificorp, non-profit groups and the Bolivian government working together to stop...
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Global electronics manufacturer Siemens AG has won more than $900 million worth of contracts for wind turbines, announcing that the six contracts will supply 565 megawatts worth of turbines in California, Oklahoma, Washington and Wyoming.
Having been in the market for just five years, the company is now the 6th-largest manufacturer in...
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China could soon become Russia's largest natural gas customer, now that the two countries are close to signing a major natural gas deal, potentially feeding China's growing energy appetite and yank Moscow out of recession.
Russia is the world's biggest energy producer and China is the world's second...
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu says it's not clear whether Congress will pass climate legislation before Copenhagen.
At a meeting of the International Energy Agency in Paris today, Chu said whether Congress acts or not, the U.S. is "deeply committed"...
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For years, natural gas has been a hallmark of Colorado's energy mix. But its gas industry is starting to make way for solar.
Tougher state environmental regulation, pending federal emissions limits and lower natural gas prices have slowed down new drilling permits. As a result, production...
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In what appears to be a change of heart, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship may contribute after all to a new school being built in West Virginia, to move students away from a Massey coal silo and a coal waste pond which many believe puts the children in danger.
Richard Snuffer, president of Raleigh County's Board of Education says Massey Energy indicated it would help relocate...
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The EPA has released a controversial e-mail from the Bush administration that proposed regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
The agency has drawn criticism for a proposed finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare, a proposal that sets the stage for GHG regulations if Congress...
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The airline industry has announced that it will be carbon neutral by 2020, despite its financial setbacks. That's the word from the head of the International Air Transport Association.
CEO Giovanni Bisignani says carbon neutrality will happen through various measures, from reducing the amount of products brought...
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The Department of Energy says Americans could pay up to 35 percent more for electricity if all the nation's coal-fired power plants are retrofitted with carbon capture and sequestration technology.
The analysis came as the DOE announced it was making $55 million available to develop advanced CCS technology. The money is part of...
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General Motors, one of the world's largest automakers, says it is retooling one of its Flint, Mich. plants to produce engines for its Chevy Volt.
Over $230 million will be used to build and convert four plants, including its Flint Engine South Complex to produce 1.4-liter battery driven engines - the plant will also build similar...
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Qatar Airways says it has made the world's first commercial passenger flight powered by fuel made from natural gas.
The Airbus A340-600 aircraft made the journey late Monday from London to Doha in just over six...
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Is natural gas from shales a bonanza, or just the next speculative bubble?
The bubble prospect was raised at a peak oil conference in Texas Monday by Arthur Berman, a geological consultant. He was skeptical...
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A new report says oil demand in developed countries peaked in 2005 -- and likely won't ever return.
The report by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates says world oil demand will grow as...
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a new subsidy for solar power.
The feed-in tariff sets a higher price level for utilities buying renewable power and for residents and businesses selling power back to the...
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was on hand for the dedication of Arizona's first commercial-scale wind farm.
Salazar said the 30-turbine farm is in line with President Obama's goal of producing 25...
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs and offset developer Blue Source are teaming up in the largest publicly announced carbon credit transaction in U.S. history.
The $12 million deal involves a forestry project in North Carolina that captures methane from landfills and coal mines. Goldman...
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has energy on his agenda during a three day visit to China.
Putin was met by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing today. Among the topics of discussion was a possible gas-for-loans deal, which is similar to a $25 billion oil-for-loans deal...
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Businessman and philanthropist George Soros is investing a billion dollars in clean energy, though he isn't saying where the billion will go - only that there will be stringent conditions for the investments.
Soros is also putting another $100 million - $10 million a year over 10 years - into a new
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzennegger has officially vetoed two bills requiring expanded renewable energy use in his state, saying he has a better plan.
The bills, Democratic-backed measures, would require the state's utilities to generate one-third of...
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President Obama has named two new members to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
George Apostolakis is a nuclear science professor at MIT and a member of NRC's scientific advisory committee. William Magwood was director of the Department...
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An official at the EPA says the agency will likely make a final decision on its endangerment finding by the end of the year.
Gina McCarthy, asst. administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, told Dow Jones Newswires in a story published Friday that the agency is working on a final decision and intends...
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Two new health reports link air pollution to higher rates of appendicitis and ear infections.
In one study, scientists examined thousands of patients admitted to Calgary hospitals from 1999 to 2006. They found a significant effect of pollutants on appendicitis rates in the summer months among men, but not...
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The Environmental Protection Agency has released its list of the most polluted areas in the country, where the air quality is below federal standards.
EPA says 31 areas across the country have too much particulate matter in their ambient air - according to EPA data collected between 2006 and 2008, the top four most polluted...
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Royal Dutch Shell is getting financial help from the Canadian government to develop carbon capture and storage at its oil sands processing plant near Edmonton.
The government and Alberta are chipping in $823 million over 15 years on Shell's Quest carbon dioxide reduction project at its Scotford...
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A bold move came from Norway during the Bangkok climate talks, when the nation said it is prepared to toughen its emissions reduction targets to 40 percent by 2020, up from 30 percent.
Tthe just re-elected Norwegian government announced this at the U.N. meeting...
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Governors from across the Midwest have convened for an 11-state Midwestern Governors Association conference in Detroit.
The association's two-day Jobs and Energy Forum is focused on efforts to leverage the Midwest's natural resources, manufacturing expertise and skilled work force...
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One of the thorniest issues in UN climate talks leading up to Copenhagen regards rich countries offering financial help to needy nations to combat the effects of global warming.
Meanwhile, the Saudis have quietly been demanding that oil producing nations...
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Constellation Energy says it will build a photovoltaic system to generate solar power at an entertainment complex adjacent to the New England Patriots' stadium in Massachusetts.
The power system will have a capacity of roughly 525 kilowatts at Patriot Place, the 1.3 million square foot entertainment, retail...
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The prospect of an ice-free Arctic Ocean has vaulted climate change to the top of the agenda for this year's International Seapower Symposium.
Naval officials from 101 countries are meeting in Rhode Island to look at how to deal...
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Six acres is all that is left to store radioactive waste from the Rancho Seco nuclear plant, near Herald, Calif.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the rest of the site, roughly 80 acres, has no more radiation than any other California field and that the land can be re-used for anything...
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An environmental group is accusing Duke Energy and Progress Energy of letting heavy metals from coal ash ponds leach into North Carolina drinking water.
The leftover ash from coal-fired power plants contains metals that can be toxic at high levels. The ash is often mixed...
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The Department of Energy is making $750 million in loan guarantees available to renewable energy projects.
Secretary Steven Chu announced the funding from the stimulus plan this morning at a White House meeting with business leaders. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and White House Energy and Climate Change Director Carol...
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In order to successfully begin reducing carbon dioxide emissions around the world, it will be vital to produce large quantities of reliable back ups, such as natural gas.
That's according to a new study released by the International Gas Union whose members account for about 95 percent of global natural...
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A group of lawmakers wants to shut down all oil and gas drilling off the Alaskan coast - 70 House members are asking Interior Department secretary Ken Salazar to close oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and Bristol Bay.
They are asking the Interior to set aside a five-year oil and gas leasing plan from the Bush administration until a scientific analysis...
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Massey Energy says it will not donate money toward building a new school in West Virginia to replace one currenty located near a coal storage silo.
School officials in Raleigh County say they have thought about asking Richmond, Va.-based Massey for help in paying for a new elementary school in the Marsh Fork area, but a...
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A federal judge says the Environmental Protection Agency needs to be careful about the legal foundations for its rules.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has overturned several...
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An oil field off the coast of West Africa is being looked to as a major new source of oil - and now Exxon Mobil has agreed to pay $4 billion for about a quarter of it, called the Jubilee oil field.
The acquisition, purchased from Kosmos Energy of Dallas, illustrates the interest energy companies have shown in the...
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The International Energy Agency says it has recalculated its forecast for global greenhouse gas emissions because of the economic downturn, and now sees global emissions for 2020 at 5 percent less than originally forecast.
For this year, it sees worldwide emissions falling 3 percent - the steepest drop in 45 years - that, after emissions have grown 3...
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One of the main hurdles for electrifying the U.S. vehicle fleet is where all those cars would plug-in to recharge during the day. A glimpse of the answer in California.
Several shopping malls in the San Francisco Bay area have installed chargers, and some big box stores like Costco, Walmart and...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler says the financial system "failed America" and regulators need to make "bold reform, not just something at the margins."
Speaking today to reporters at Platts Energy Podium, Gensler said the current system for trading energy and other derivatives, which often is brokered by large financial institutions...
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Another company is now pulling out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate change, in the wake of departures from Exelon, PG&E and PNM Resources.
Apple is now telling the chamber that the company "strongly objects to the chamber's recent comments opposing the EPA's efforts to limit greenhouse...
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Investment giant Goldman Sachs, one of the first financial companies to get bailed out by the government this year, has just received $3 million earmark for one of its mining companies, the Colorado-based Molycorp, which mines rare earth elements.
Democratic Congressman Jerry Lewis of California inserted the earmark into the...
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The oil-rich United Arab Emirates has taken another step toward nuclear power.
UAE President Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has signed a law regulating nuclear development and announced the new regulatory agency in his country will be headed by a former...
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American families will spend an average of $960 to heat their homes this winter season, down 8 percent from a year ago, according to the Energy Information Administration's annual Winter Fuels Outlook.
That translates to a savings of $84 during the winter season, which the EIA calculates...
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Here's what we're covering for you today on Clean Skies News:
- Tyler Suiters will have details on what's in the Kerry/Boxer climate bill for natural gas.
- Dan Goldstein has more on the GAO Biofuels report that calls for a phase out of tax credits for ethanol.
- And we'll talk with Joe Beringer, producer of the documentary "Crude".
All that and more on the Energy Report at 4pm Eastern.
A new report on drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale continues to pit industry against environmentalists in New York state.
Drilling in the Southern Tier region has been on hold since last summer, but the report from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation lays out a drilling plan for the Marcellus, the biggest natural gas reserve in the nation. It shows how drilling would change the economic and environmental landscape of the Southern Tier.
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A new report shows cleantech investment is down in recent months, but the sector could be poised for a rebound.
The report from New Energy Finance of London says new global investment totaled almost $26 billion from July to September -- down 22 percent from the same time last year, and down 9 percent from the second quarter.
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