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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on delays and cost overruns facing construction of the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in decades. From the story: Despite promises from the nuclear industry to regulators and consumers that they learned from mistakes of the past, the... Read More

Alaska’s bipartisan Senate delegation says the White House doesn’t quite have the vision thing down yet when it comes to planning for development in the Arctic. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R) and Mark Begich (D), in a cordial letter to the White House this week, applaud several... Read More

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a top House Democrat, is urging the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Republican majority to hold a hearing that explores links between climate change and extreme weather. The request, spelled out in a letter Friday, is a sign that Democrats and... Read More

More poor, desperate people died today trying to get gasoline from an overturned tanker than in the history of nuclear power. At Least 95 Killed in Nigeria Tanker Truck Fire A truck carrying fuel veered off the road into a ditch, caught fire and exploded in Nigeria’s oil-rich... Read More

Energy policy wonks and oil industry representatives butted heads Thursday on President Obama’s record on gas and oil, as industry officials voiced support for Republican candidate Mitt Romney. At the New America Foundation event in Washington, D.C., Robin West, chairman and CEO... Read More

The domestic national-gas boom might thin the ranks of climate change advocates and put the United States at odds with the international community on the issue, an expert said Thursday. America’s insistence that natural gas will play an important role in easing the effects... Read More

A broad coalition of advocates has been meeting quietly to discuss a path forward on climate and fiscal policy, including proposals for a carbon tax. The ad-hoc, left-right group has held several closed-door meetings since 2011, most recently gathering on Wednesday afternoon at... Read More

State of Play: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing Friday in Oklahoma, titled “America’s Energy Future Part I: A Review of Unnecessary and Burdensome Regulations,” that’s sure to feature criticisms of White House energy policies... Read More