Obama energy policy

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Complaints by both sides over the Obama administration’s newly updated draft of fracking rules on public and Indian lands signals the Interior Department has found enough common ground to raise the bar on drilling operations.[read more]

LNG tanker

President Obama is preparing to decide how much liquified natural gas (LNG) from the the U.S. boom in shale natural gas production it makes sense to export. Economically and geopolitically a lot hangs in the balance.[read more]

smart meter

A new report predicts that smart meter installations will drop more than 35 percent through 2014 in North America, due to the depletion of stimulus money granted by the first-term Obama administration.[read more]

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If we can identify the right materials to harvest the energy lost to heat, vibration, sound, movement, and light into electricity, we can really embed energy efficiency where it counts.[read more]

energy innovation policy

The idea of a “race to the top” for the energy grid is certainly appealing. But it still isn’t clear whether the federal government is envisioning a dash or a marathon – or whether states will want to run the race at all.[read more]

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We need all three: Innovation, Deployment and a Price on Carbon. The right answer isn't one or two of these policy areas. Appropriate and comprehensive clean energy policy is a three-legged stool.[read more]

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President Obama’s budget request for this upcoming year continues to support international climate investments, but unfortunately his request is short of what is needed.[read more]

I'm just a bill, an energy efficiency bill...

The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act is tweaked from the last iteration, including an expansion of a federal loan guarantee program for energy efficiency projects and a revolving state grant program.[read more]

Ernest Moniz, DOE to be?

If Dr. Moniz’s comments during his confirmation hearing are any indication of what would come from a department under his leadership, clean energy innovation will likely remain a top priority for the DOE.[read more]

Keystone XL supporters

To hear the other side, you’d think the Keystone XL pipeline project would be nearly 1,200 miles of all pain, no gain for the United States. No rewards? The State Department has reviewed Keystone four times and finds rewards aplenty.[read more]

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The 2014 Obama budget's proposals for renewable energy and advanced technology vehicles seem largely divorced from our experience of the last several years.[read more]

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The Shell Oil owned pipeline burst was detected Friday by the US National Response Center and has dumped an estimated 30,000 gallons of oil into a waterway connected to the Gulf of Mexico.[read more]

renewable energy

The poll reaffirms much of the “all of the above” energy plan being implemented by the Obama administration, with a stronger focus on renewable energies in comparison to past administrations.[read more]

4th grader

Fourth graders from North Carolina set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise $800 to set up a solar array to power their classroom. As of Thursday morning, the class had raised just over $5,800.[read more]

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Obama's new energy plan is needed, but the focus should be on efficiency and renewables so we can have a clean energy future, with clean air and clean water. America doesn't want the oil and gas industry's dirty energy future.[read more]