"Democrats to Turn Spotlight on Energy Efficiency Programs This Week"
"Democrats will turn the focus to energy efficiency standards and incentive programs this week with hearings in the Senate and House energy panels."
Source: Greenwire, 03/09/2010
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"Mexico's Oil Politics Keeps Riches Just Out of Reach"
"The national oil company created after the 1938 seizure, Pemex, is entering a period of turmoil. Oil production in its aging fields is sagging so rapidly that Mexico, long one of the world's top oil-exporting countries, could begin importing oil within the decade."
Source: NYTimes, 03/09/2010
"Iran’s Ace (or Deuce): Its Oil Reserves"
"Diplomacy and energy are never far apart in the Persian Gulf. So, as American officials seek new international sanctions against Iran this week, it’s probably wise for them to remember how much the world’s global energy map has changed over the past decade."
Source: NYTimes, 03/09/2010
"Plentiful Great Plains Power Blows in Opponents From All Corners"
"Not many years ago, there wasn't enough wind power coming from the Great Plains to worry about. Now there is, and lots of people are worrying."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/09/2010
"Setting Wind Power Records in Texas"
"Texas, the nation's wind-power leader, set a new record for wind generation this morning, when -- at 6:37 a.m. -- about 19 percent of the electricity on the state's main grid was supplied by turbines."
Source: Greenwire, 03/08/2010
"No Endangered Status for Plains Bird"
"The Interior Department said Friday that the greater sage grouse, a dweller of the high plains of the American West, was facing extinction but would not be designated an endangered species for now."
Source: NYTimes, 03/08/2010
"DOE Disputes Senators' Claims of Stimulus Grants Flowing Overseas"
"The Energy Department official overseeing DOE stimulus spending said today that suspending renewable energy grants as urged by Senate Democrats would hurt domestic job creation."
Source: Greenwire, 03/05/2010
"Texas Refiners Mum About Funding Push to Halt Calif. Climate Law"
Two Texas-based refining companies, Valero and Tesoro, and the PR firm they have hired, have refused comment on a story identifying them as the sole sources of money behind a state bill that would suspend California's law cutting greenhouse gases.
Source: ClimateWire, 03/04/2010
"Senators Want 'Buy American' Rule in Stimulus"
"Four Democratic senators are calling on the Obama administration to halt spending on a renewable energy program in the economic stimulus package until rules are in place to assure that the projects use predominantly American labor and materials."
Source: NYTimes, 03/04/2010
Ag Chair Lincoln Near Top for Utility Campaign Contributions
"One of three Democratic senators who supports blocking U.S. EPA's ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants draws one of the highest amounts of campaign contributions from electric utilities."
Source: Greenwire, 03/03/2010
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