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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) chided Republicans Thursday over their absence from a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the effects of rising sea levels on energy facilities and other infrastructure. “But ironically there’s an elephant in the room,” Franken said... Read More

President Obama’s decision to re-nominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission puts him at odds with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), a vocal critic of the nuclear official. Reid stressed his opposition to Svinicki’s re-nomination at... Read More

More than 40 House Democrats pressed Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday to conduct a “vigorous inquiry” into whether speculators are manipulating oil markets, causing gasoline prices to surge. “We urge you to use every investigatory and law enforcement tool at your disposal to... Read More

The Wall Street Journal unwraps the “complex web of loans” held by firms controlled by Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of natural-gas giant Chesapeake Energy. The paper reports that the firms “were in debt to a private equity group for as much as $1.4 billion while Chesapeake was... Read More

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) accused Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, of joining a small minority questioning climate science because of the Republican primary.  “Unfortunately, Gov. Romney once wrote that ‘I believe that climate change is... Read More

The Canadian company behind the embattled Keystone XL pipeline project — which is at the heart of the Washington, D.C. energy battles — has proposed a new route through Nebraska aimed at avoiding the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region. TransCanada Corp. filed the proposal... Read More

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) blasted President Obama following his proposed “crackdown” on firms found to be manipulating the oil market, saying he is “waving a tar baby in the air” as a distraction from high gas prices. “This is just about waving... Read More

President Obama intends to nominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to another term at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a White House official said.
 The decision resolves a fight between the White House and Republicans in Congress over the nuclear power official. Republicans had... Read More

Defying a White House veto threat, the House on Wednesday passed legislation that extends transportation program funding through September and mandates construction of a controversial oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. All but 14 Republicans, with support from 69... Read More

State of play: Republicans signaled Wednesday that they intend to make the nomination of Kristine Svinicki to a second term at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a major political issue. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blasted President Obama Wednesday for not yet... Read More