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- LOBBYING: Wind industry blitzes Hill on Schumer bill, renewable mandate
The wind industry will hit Congress this week in a lobbying blitz aimed at securing a national requirement that utilities generate some power from renewable sources and stopping a Senate measure that would prohibit federal grants from going to companies that manufacture outside the United States. About 120 executives and others from companies tied to wind power will meet with lawmakers and their aides. The group is in town for its annual industry meeting but also sees the need to advocate for policies it sees as vital. - NATURAL GAS: U.S. shale boom could go global, shifting geopolitics
HOUSTON -- The surge in U.S. shale gas production is likely to spread around the world and shake up the geopolitics of energy, according to a natural gas expert. "Shale… - CLIMATE: Chu urges energy leaders to accept GHG curbs
HOUSTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu told participants at a major energy industry gathering here today that they need to accept a limit on carbon pollution and start finding ways… - ENDANGERED SPECIES: Lawsuit challenges sage grouse 'candidate' listing
An environmental group is challenging the Interior Department's decision not to list the sage grouse as threatened or endangered, instead classifying the embattled Western bird as a "candidate" for Endangered… - CALIFORNIA: Major enviro groups split over attorney general candidates
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two major environmental groups have endorsed different Democratic candidates for California attorney general. With four months to go before the Democratic primary, the Sierra Club has endorsed… - EMISSIONS: U.S. greenhouse gases fell 2.9% in 2008 -- EPA
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9 percent in 2008, according to a draft report that U.S. EPA opened for public comment today. The emissions decline was attributed to falling carbon… - TRADE: Study raises question of emission 'imports'
While China has taken on the mantle of world's largest carbon dioxide emitter, almost one-quarter of these emissions is generated during the production of goods and services meant for export,… - NEGOTIATIONS: India signs onto Copenhagen Accord
India has agreed to join the Copenhagen Accord, the country's environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, announced today, leaving China as the only major emitter to not yet sign up for the… - BIOFUELS: Exec moves from overseeing TARP to algae-fuel startup
James Lambright doesn't try to argue that his most recent job, chief investment officer for the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program, has any bearing on his new position as international… - BIOFUELS: Enviro groups sue E.U. over access to reports
Four environmental groups are suing the European Union, claiming the bloc's executive branch is failing to disclose reports that could add to the case against the use of some biofuels.… - COAL: Cash Creek plant receives air permit
State regulators last week granted an air-quality permit request to the Cash Creek coal gasification plant in western Kentucky. The permit must now weather a 45-day review by U.S. EPA.… - NUCLEAR POWER: NRC denies petition to extend reactor security deadline
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied the Nuclear Energy Institute's petition to extend the deadline for new security requirements. Nuclear reactor owners were hoping to extend the March 31… - OIL: Mexico faces future of imports as production dries up
Mexico's long-celebrated national oil company -- Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex -- could end up burdening the country as domestic oil production slips. After being one of the world's top oil… - WATER: Judge rebukes Reclamation on N.D. pipeline
A federal judge has issued a harsh rebuke to the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation, ordering the agency to conduct more studies on the potential environmental impact of a project… - COAL: Wyo. Supreme Court upholds state permit for new plant
Basin Electric Power Cooperative can continue with construction of its new coal-fired power plant near Gillette, Wyo., after the Wyoming Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the permit granted by… - OIL AND GAS: BP fined $3M for safety violations at Ohio refinery
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $3 million in fines for the BP-Husky Refining LLC refinery in suburban Toledo, Ohio, citing 62 violations of federal safety law. "OSHA… - FERC: Former National Grid exec nominated for commission post
President Obama announced his intention yesterday to nominate Cheryl LaFleur for a seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. LaFleur, a former executive vice president at National Grid USA, would… - NOAA: Wyden offers support for research ships' move to Ore.
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden (D) yesterday sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke expressing support for plans to move four federal research ships to Newport, Ore., and taking… - FINANCE: Investors bullish on commodities -- report
NEW YORK -- Investors expecting commodities to rank among the strongest market performers this year are widening their exposure to metals, energy and food, according to analysts at Barclays Capital.… - AUTOS: Del. hybrid car plant moves closer to reality
A former General Motors Co. plant in Delaware is getting close to becoming a facility for high-tech hybrid cars. Fisker Automotive Inc. executives told Delaware business leaders yesterday that environmental… - WATER: Big new dam project in Calif. seeks funds
The administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and California Central Valley farm interests are backing a proposal to create a $3.3 billion dam and reservoir on the San Joaquin River… - CHEMICALS: EPA will finalize BPA plan 'in very near future' -- Jackson
U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said yesterday her agency is proceeding with plans for managing risks posed by the controversial chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. Speaking at a National Press… - SUPERFUND: GE proposes limited dredging on Hudson River to keep PCBs in check
General Electric Co. yesterday proposed limiting further dredging of the Hudson River if toxic PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second phase of… - PUBLIC LANDS: Ban on new monuments clears Utah Legislature
Both houses of the Utah Legislature passed resolutions yesterday opposing the designation of new "large area national monuments" on federal land. The resolution responds to the leak last month of… - FISHERIES: Oscar winners lead sting operation to keep whale out of sushi
The team behind the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" recently led a series of covert operations to identify what authorities say is illegal whale meat being sold at a highly regarded… - STATE LINES: Alaska, Fla., Ore., Va., Vt. and Wis.
ALASKA: Despite an increased oil industry presence in Arctic waters, the federal government is not funding an adequate level of oil spill research in the area, according to a white… - NUCLEAR POWER: Israel, Syria announce civilian nuclear ambitions
Two neighbors in the Middle East, Israel and Syria, separately announced ambitions today to use nuclear power for electricity generation at an international conference in France focused on the topic.… - CLIMATE: EPA Administrator Jackson discusses agency's key priorities
As U.S. EPA moves to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, many questions remain about the effects on the economy and industries. During today's E&ETV Event Coverage, Lisa Jackson, the administrator of…