With Greenpeace protesters planning to shadow Shell’s drillships in the Arctic this summer, some lawmakers want to know why the environmentalists’ vessels aren’t getting as much scrutiny as the energy giant’s fleet.  More »

A House bill introduced by Republicans in response to Solyndra LLC’s collapse may keep the U.S. from backing the latest clean-energy projects under its remaining $34 billion in loan authority, the Energy Department said.  More »

The gas drilling industry gave less money to Pennsylvania politicians in 2011, but it spent more on lobbyists.  More »

Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman promoted the wind power Production Tax Credit and new federal grants for natural gas vehicles.  More »

Every four years, debates on the presidential campaign trail inevitably turn to energy policy.  Some of what is said makes sense – some of the time.  But, when the elections are over, energy policy actions always seem to go down two tracks.  One is supposed to move us toward energy independence, the march of folly.  [...]  More »

Surrogates for Barack Obama’s and Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns debated energy policy on Wednesday, revealing stark differences between their views of the federal government’s role in using taxpayer dollars to support still-developing energy technologies.  More »

The Environmental Protection Agency’s multi-year investigation of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water supplies is overbroad, underfunded and too ambitious, according to an analysis commissioned by two energy industry trade groups that was released Tuesday.  More »

House Republicans are pushing back against the Obama administration’s just-unveiled plan for selling offshore drilling leases over the next five years by seeking to replace it with a more aggressive alternative.  More »

The head of the Institute for Energy Research today beseeched congressional leaders to investigate Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’ decision to conduct test exercises using expensive alternative fuels this summer.  More »

Energy development on federal lands and waters supported about 1.5 million jobs and $275 billion in economic activity last year, according to a new Interior Department report.  More »

Last week, the Obama Administration released its five-year offshore oil & gas leasing plan much to the dismay of those directly affected by offshore energy, namely coastal states and American energy consumers.  In the proposed final plan, the administration fails to open leasing to any new areas off the East or West Coast, preferring to [...]  More »

The federal government is on track to soon issue a final set of standards meant to boost the design and cementing of offshore wells in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster two years ago. When it comes out, the final drilling safety rule will tweak existing mandates issued in October 2010 in response to the lethal blowout of BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico.  More »