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Last week, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) hosted a forum in Philadelphia aimed at examining a host of issues surrounding the expanded use of alternative fuel vehicles, including compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) technologies. Without... Read More

The House voted Wednesday to give the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an additional $10 million for its 2013 appropriation, to ensure the commission can complete a review of the permitting process to use Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a nuclear waste storage site. Members voted... Read More

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and a panel of lawmakers took turns Wednesday hammering a proposed requirement that airlines operating in European countries trade emissions. Appearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, LaHood said the proposed... Read More

A top Energy and Commerce Committee Republican said the panel is unlikely to force former Environmental Protection Agency official Al Armendariz to testify following his 11th-hour decision not to voluntarily appear at a Wednesday hearing. Armendariz, the former regional official... Read More

House Republicans unveiled their latest energy package Wednesday in a bid to keep pressure on the White House over the struggling economy and gasoline prices.  “The core of what it does is produce more domestic energy,” House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday... Read More

The House approved a $32 billion Energy and Water spending bill that increases spending in 2013 above current levels, and includes some amendments that signal House GOP opposition to the Obama administration in several areas. Members voted 255-165 in favor of the bill, and had... Read More

Online Forum Open to the Public June 6 – July 20 Philadelphia, PA – The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) today, at a gathering of leaders from the five counties of southeastern Pennsylvania, launched www.AskAboutShale.org, an online forum designed to better understand the... Read More

The Wall Street Journal looks at the strong, politically connected lobbying campaign by BrightSource Energy, which won a $1.6 billion Energy Department loan guarantee to build a huge solar power project in California’s Mojave Desert. From the Journal: The recipient of the Obama... Read More

House Republicans will unveil a sweeping energy package Wednesday that’s headed for the floor in the coming weeks, signaling that they hope to remain on the political offensive even as gasoline prices have been sliding. “The core of what it does is produce more domestic energy,”... Read More

Al Armendariz, the former regional Environmental Protection Agency official who ignited a firestorm by comparing enforcement of environmental laws to crucifixion, will not be testifying as planned before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday, committee sources told... Read More