The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to provide —“effective management of energy functions of the Federal Government…and observe policies consistent with a coordinated energy policy, and to promote maximum possible energy conservation measures…” as its first core function…
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Trump administration put Americans’ health at risk by abruptly suspending a federal safeguard intended to curb a major source of climate-changing emissions, the pollution from cars and trucks on the national highways, according to a lawsuit filed…
The nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states that comprise the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative can gain $3.2 billion in clean energy funding by choosing the most ambitious power plant pollution cuts now under consideration for the next phase of their pioneering…
Anticipation is building in advance of the release of a study ordered by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry to examine “critical issues central to protecting the long-term reliability of the electric grid.” It is more likely to end…
The Kemper project tells us that scaling up a novel gasification approach from a very small demonstration project to a very large commercial unit is very risky—but carbon capture and storage is still an important tool.
The new deputy secretary of the Interior Department has spent most of his life attacking land, water, and wildlife on behalf of dirty energy companies.
