department of energy

In the current environment, replacing that money might be easier said than done.

President Obama has promised a multi-pronged approach to a greener future, but with legislation to reduce carbon emissions now on hold, energy efficiency measures have become the focus of the administration’s environmental efforts.
Following yesterday’s revelation that cap-and-trade legislation would not be included in the fiscal year 2010 budget, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Vice President [...]

The administration is taking a bifurcated approach toward resuscitating the American auto industry, simultaneously allocating $5 billion to the auto parts manufacturers who are propping up an anachronistic Detroit and releasing nearly half that amount for investments in electric technology that could bring the industry into the twenty-first century.
Shortly after the Treasury announced the auto [...]