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A top solar energy lobby is pressuring the Senate Finance Committee to extend a program that partially reimburses solar photovoltaic installation costs. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) published a memo Wednesday urging people to contact their senators in support of... Read More

Congress “needs to get beyond short-sightism” that is stunting investment in and handcuffing Defense Department use of biofuels, a senior White House energy official said Wednesday at a conference in Washington, D.C. Heather Zichal, the White House deputy assistant for energy and... Read More

The House on Wednesday afternoon approved a rule setting up debate and a vote on a bill aimed at streamlining the permitting process for the mining of rare-earth minerals. Members voted 245-180 in favor of the rule, and the House is expected to approve the bill Thursday. Ten... Read More

Giving Kansans the opportunity to fill up using gas with a 15 percent ethanol content is a good thing, but government backing for the fuel isn’t, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) told The Hill on Wednesday. The Renewable Fuels Association announced Wednesday that two Kansas gas stations... Read More

State of Play: House Republicans will take fresh shots at the Energy Department’s (DOE) loan guarantee program Thursday, with the House Energy and Commerce Committee holding a hearing about the GOP’s “No More Solyndras” bill. The draft legislation – named after the failed... Read More

The New York Times unwraps a report showing that some of the weather extremes afflicting people around the world have become more likely because of global warming. “A new study found that global warming made the severe heat wave that afflicted Texas last year 20 times as likely... Read More

The nation’s first 15 percent ethanol blend will begin fueling vehicles next week at a Kansas gas station.  Any light-duty vehicle manufactured since 2001 can use the E15 gas pumps at the Zarco 66 “Oasis” station in Lawrence, Kan., which will begin using the pumps on July 18, the... Read More

A Romney campaign representative said Wednesday that the presumptive GOP White House nominee is “certainly not a denier” of global warming, but attacked “unilateral” U.S. efforts to regulate emissions, arguing they will hurt the economy. Linda Stuntz, speaking for Mitt Romney at... Read More

A surrogate for GOP White House hopeful Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the presumptive nominee wants to end the production tax credit for wind energy projects, but is still deciding how the popular incentive should be phased out. Romney’s stance could be critical for the wind... Read More

The biofuels industry is at loggerheads with House Republicans, who are eyeing its funding for elimination in the farm bill. Biomass and biofuels groups warn that the loss of $800 million in guaranteed federal support would stall progress in developing the fuel source and cause... Read More