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The Pentagon and Interior Department have inked an agreement aimed at developing green electricity projects to feed power-thirsty military bases, a plan that officials said would help ensure energy for bases if the commercial grid is disrupted. The “memorandum of understanding... Read More

Crop insurance subsidies from the federal government have contributed to the loss of wetlands, threatening wildlife and water quality, according to a report released Monday. A “very, very strong correlation” exists between those payments to farmers and the erosion of wetlands,... Read More

President Obama’s campaign hopes to flip the political script on Mitt Romney in Ohio — a coal-reliant battleground state — with an ad highlighting Romney’s 2003 claim that a Massachusetts coal-fired power plant “kills people.” The new ad follows months of attacks by the... Read More

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Reuters reports that oil prices retreated Monday after jumping Friday on the strength of U.S. employment data. “Oil fell by over $1 a barrel on Monday, retreating from gains last week, as investors awaited more clues on the health of the global economy and the outlook for oil... Read More

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) hosted Republican colleague John Hoeven (N.D.) on a tour of Alaska’s oil-and-gas fields this weekend, as she begins a blitz to convince fellow senators to pressure the White House to expand drilling in the state. Murkowski, the ranking Republican on... Read More

The Justice Department announced Monday that it has come to an agreement with Gibson Guitar Corp. that will resolve an investigation into whether the company used illegally harvested wood and ebony in its production process, a violation of the Lacey Act. Under the agreement,... Read More