energy

Whether it’s the one the United States, France, Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency are offering is a different story. But the Iranian “president” has told state TV, in advance of a formal response expected to come Friday, that the basis for cooperation on the nuclear question is in place. The New York Times:
“Fortunately, [...]

As the Senate awaits the cap-and-trade bill expected to be released sometime before the end of September, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is looking for ways to get more incentives for manufacturing and clean-energy technology in the bill that might help sweeten the deal for Midwest Democrats.
Brown has already introduced the Investments for Manufacturing Progress and [...]

Several farm-state senators are looking to include a provision in a major appropriations bill that would significantly increase the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline, despite concerns about the impacts.
Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) are reportedly considering (sub. req’d) offering amendments to force the Environmental Protection Agency to raise the blend level [...]

Despite stated claims from politicians of every stripe about the desire to free the United States from the grip of foreign energy sources, the federal government has offered $15.3 billion in subsidies for imported oil since 2002, according to a new analysis from the Environmental Law Institute.
The report totals government expenditures on different energy sources, [...]

With Congress not expected to pass a climate change bill this year, industry groups see EPA as their new target.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is digging in on the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s claims that the administration is hiding the true cost of a climate bill, despite the fact that documents they cite do not reflect any actual legislation.
“The current administration claims to be the most transparent in American history, yet it’s been hiding a report [...]

Following up on our earlier post about senators’ requests for more funding for carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) technology in the Senate bill, we were wondering just how much of its own money the coal industry spends on CCS.
Turns out, the average coal company spends very little.

With the resignation of Van Jones over the weekend, environmental advocates lost their biggest champion in the White House. But on Tuesday those advocates worked to present a unified front as they unveiled a major coalition aimed at getting a climate and energy bill passed this year.
The new 63-member coalition unveiled today aims to [...]

As health care reform faces increasing public skepticism, another leading element of the Democratic agenda — energy legislation — has maintained strong support. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that nearly twice as many Americans support as oppose the energy policy being crafted by President Obama and Congress.
According to the poll, 57 percent of [...]

Via Taegan Goddard, Radio Iowa reports that Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) said during a town hall meeting Thursday that President Obama told him he would be willing to risk a one-term presidency in order to achieve health care and energy reforms.
“The president (said), ‘I’m not going to kick the can down the road.’ And he [...]