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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill that would allow South Carolina to make its own decisions on which portions of its coast can be opened to offshore drilling, after which it would petition the federal government for approval. Graham said his South Carolina... Read More

Republicans will use amendments to a Senate farm bill to go after federal regulations, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. Speaking Tuesday, McConnell called on Democrats to work with Republicans to consider a host of amendments to the Agriculture Reform, Food... Read More

Mayors representing the nation’s largest cities are voicing support for recent Environmental Protection Agncy regulations to curb toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, comments that arrive ahead of an upcoming Senate vote on a proposal to scuttle the rule. “Mayors are on... Read More

Coal industry and green group lobbyists may get an overtime period in their efforts to sway votes on Sen. James Inhofe’s (R-Okla.) plan to scuttle EPA rules that mandate cuts in mercury and other emissions from coal-fired power plants. Inhofe’s resolution to overturn the rule... Read More

The Wall Street Journal reports that “America’s ethanol boom is stalling.” The New York Times reports that a State University at Buffalo study on hydraulic fracturing is under fire over the authors’ ties to the energy industry. The Houston Chronicle reports that a federal judge... Read More

The White House, echoing a late March finding, again concluded Monday that global oil markets have enough supplies to accommodate expanded sanctions aimed at curbing exports from Iran. “[T]here is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products from countries other than... Read More

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States will exempt India, South Korea and five other nations from sanctions targeting Iranian oil exports because the nations have “significantly reduced their volume of crude oil purchases from Iran.” Clinton said... Read More

State of Play: Harold Hamm, the billionaire oil exec who chairs Mitt Romney’s energy advisory team, will warn Congress Tuesday that going along with White House proposals to strip oil industry tax breaks would slam the breaks on the U.S. drilling boom. Hamm, the CEO of... Read More