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The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank that disputes climate science, is adopting an aggressive PR strategy by launching Chicago-area billboards that associate belief in global warming with the Unabomber and Charles Manson. “I still believe in Global Warming, do you?”... Read More

The Interior Department floated plans Friday to regulate the controversial oil-and-gas extraction method dubbed “fracking” on federal lands, drawing quick attacks from industry groups that said the requirements aren’t needed. Environmental groups welcomed the new oversight but... Read More

Climate change has had a direct effect on national security, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said this week. Panetta told an audience at the Environmental Defense Fund that climate change has raised the need for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, hitting national... Read More

Keystone pipeline developer TransCanada Corp. expressed confidence Friday that the State Department will make a final decision on the controversial project early in 2013. The Canadian company reapplied Friday for a federal permit to carry oil sands crude across the U.S. border as... Read More

Republicans on Friday ramped up pressure on President Obama to quickly approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline after developer TransCanada Corp. formally reapplied for a key federal permit. “Today there is just one person standing in the way of tens of thousands of new American... Read More

A former BP engineer facing criminal charges in connection with the Gulf oil spill pleaded not guilty, The Associated Press reports. Japan is set to close its last nuclear reactor, The Wall Street Journal reports. Reuters reports that subsidies for renewable energy are on par... Read More

TransCanada Corp. reapplied for a permit Friday to carry oil sands crude across the U.S. border as part of the Keystone XL pipeline project. The company submitted the application nearly four months after President Obama rejected the same permit, setting off a political firestorm.... Read More

A group of eight U.S. and foreign automakers announced an agreement Thursday on a standardized charging system for electric cars, which they say will “harmonize” the technology and speed up charging times. Ford, General Motors, Chrysler-Daimler, Audi, BMW, Porsche and... Read More

Internal Environmental Protection Agency emails show agency officials’ frustration with a 2011 White House letter to House GOP leaders that did not detail the health benefits of pollution regulations. President Obama, in an August 30, 2011, letter to House Speaker John Boehner... Read More

State of Play: Two of the biggest energy challenges facing President Obama are expected to come careening into the spotlight in the coming days. Keystone XL pipeline developer TransCanada Corp. is preparing to reapply for a permit to carry Canadian oil sands into the United... Read More