Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has revived charges about the failed solar company Solyndra as he assails President Barack Obama’ green energy policy. But he didn’t get the story completely straight when he accused the administration of favoring “cronies.”  More »

Solyndra is becoming a focal point in presidential politics again after Mitt Romney released a new ad that paints the failed California-based solar panel maker as an example of President Barack Obama’s failed energy policy and cozy government spending.  More »

For the past 60 years or so, owning a car, and the mobility it provides, has been one of America’s most idealized priorities.  The automobile has been canonized countless times across the silver screen, and for generations getting one’s drivers’ license has been a rite of passage.  But just as industry met the increased demand [...]  More »

The ghosts of dead presidents will be coming soon to Houston movie theaters, courtesy of a new campaign by the American Clean Skies Foundation, a natural gas advocacy group.  More »

Several lawmakers from Texas are fighting to hold on to their jobs in Congress during today’s primaries across the Lone Star State. The list of incumbents in tough political fights includes a handful of Texans who have taken high-profile roles steering energy policy in Congress.  More »

Rules regulating oil and gas well construction, water handling, and the disclosure of chemicals used in drilling cleared final legislative hurdles Thursday before heading to Gov. John Kasich.  More »

When Sen. Jeff Bingaman ends his 30-year career in the Senate next January, the New Mexico Democrat will leave Capitol Hill without accomplishing one of his major priorities: adoption of a nationwide clean energy standard that would force power utilities to generate a steadily increasing share of their electricity from low-carbon sources.  More »

A Texas state judge is promoting his recent decisions favoring a gas driller in its dispute with a local landowner as part of his election campaign, a move some legal scholars say may violate state judicial ethics rules.  More »

President Barack Obama is returning to Iowa, seeking support for an election-year agenda to encourage renewable energy along with a more immediate prize: the state’s up-for-grabs voters.  More »

Oklahoma oil billionaire Harold Hamm didn’t wait long to make a nearly $1 million donation to a group supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney after he became one of Romney’s top energy advisers in March. Just weeks after Hamm joined the Romney campaign, he gave $985,000 to a pro-Romney super PAC, according to campaign reports.  More »

Obama administration officials today outlined their plans for new regulations designed to boost the reliability of crucial emergency equipment safeguarding offshore wells. Fundamentally, said Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes, blowout preventers “need to be able to cut whatever is in their way and completely sell off the well.”  More »

Recent estimates from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) show that emissions of air pollutants that harm human health in the Houston region are falling dramatically.  More »