Natural Gas

In two previous big speeches on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama planted Global Warming and energy near the top of his agenda, prodding lawmakers to get moving despite reservations about the sour economy. Now, with cap-and-trade Legislation …

The new Republican leaders in the House have received millions of dollars in contributions from banks, Health Insurers and other major business interests, which are pressing for broad reversals of Democratic policies that affect corporations, ac…

This year's Clean-Tech Investor Summit was anything but a Cheerleading session for clean-tech entrepreneurs. Yes, Elon Musk of Tesla was there, displaying the driest and most self-effacing wit in the sector ("I have a really good idea for someon…

I'm glad Andrew Leonard at Salon documents how Fred Upton is staffing the Energy & Commerce Committee with K Street Lobbyists, particularly because it was industry and K Street pressure that helped convince Upton to pass the horrible Light Bul…

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) plans to take dead aim at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change Regulations this year, according to a document obtained by The Hill laying out the panel’…

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has some tough words for the Energy Department in a story published Wednesday. Here’s a blurb from the piece in Environment & Energy Daily (subscription r…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is seeking to reassure a senior Republican that he’ll weigh congressional input if Interior crafts rules to toughen Oversight of natural-gas drilling on public lands. Salazar has provoked criticism from some …