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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) isn’t convinced the Interior Department’s inspector general has been playing it straight with his panel. Mary Kendall, the department’s internal watchdog, says she most certainly has. Hastings this week... Read More

The Associated Press reports that Harold Hamm, an energy adviser to Mitt Romney, is also a big donor to a super PAC associated with the candidate. More from AP: “Hamm, whose company did not return telephone calls from The Associated Press, is among a group of energy tycoons who... Read More

Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said Tuesday that the Keystone XL pipeline approval mandate that is currently being debated by a conference committee on a proposed multi-year surface transportation bill will lead to higher prices if it becomes law. Kucinich, who was ousted... Read More

State of play: The White House is pulling out all stops — or at least, plenty of stops — to build pressure on Congress to extend expiring tax credits that are vital to the wind energy industry. President Obama will ramp up his call for extension of the production tax credit in a... Read More

President Obama will travel to Iowa on Thursday to put pressure on Congress to quickly extend key renewable-energy tax credits, the White House said. Obama will tout the tax credits during a speech at TPI Composites, a wind turbine blade manufacturer in Newton, Iowa. The news was... Read More

In light of the resignation of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged Congress to confirm Kristine Svinicki to a second term on panel. “The fact that it was allowed to persist at a critical agency that oversees... Read More

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is ramping up political pressure on Senate Republicans to drop the common practice of using legislative “holds” to block confirmation of top officials. “I think it is a crazy situation when the work of the people of the United States can’t get done... Read More

Outgoing Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko will face his Republican critics next week during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. Jaczko will testify at the May 31 hearing alongside the other four commissioners, an NRC spokesman confirmed. The... Read More

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested Tuesday that he’d be fine with outgoing Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko staying around for quite a while longer. Jaczko, a former aide to Reid, announced his resignation Monday but plans to stay... Read More

Bloomberg reports on the effects of European oil sanctions against Iran. “The European Union’s ban on Iranian oil shipments that takes full effect July 1 is curbing ship charters now because of the time it takes the vessels to deploy, load and deliver cargoes, the fleet’s biggest... Read More