The Senate has unanimously confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Energy Department.  More »

Rather than waiting for President Obama’s proposed Energy Security Trust to produce tomorrow’s technology, the federal government should use the tens of billions of dollars it spends today on trucking and delivery services to promote alternative fuel technologies and fleets that currently exist.  More »

On Wednesday night, the National Press Club in Washington hosted a debate on the passing of the most famous pipeline that doesn’t actually exist: Keystone XL. The debate was part of a series of discussions on energy issues called “The Hard Question” and hosted by Texan journalist Blanquita Cullum. The two “hard questions” posed to  Read More  More »

Another year, another budget blueprint from President Obama, another attempt to increase the taxes paid by the oil and gas industry. After trying and failing for four consecutive years, the budget to be released this morning by the president includes what senior administration officials describe as “closing of unfair tax loopholes” including “tax loopholes for  Read More  More »

U.S. coal mining employment the past two years was the highest it’s been in 15 years, despite claims that President Barack Obama is waging war on the industry, an environmental group that studied federal data said Tuesday.  More »

The Senate has voted to endorse construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries.  More »

Envisioning cars that can go “coast to coast without using a drop of oil,” Pres. Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels.  More »

He called California’s renewable energy development “the most robust renewable energy program probably in the history of the world.”  More »

The head of General Motors called Wednesday for President Obama to create a national panel to craft a long-term energy policy, built on the nation’s newfound bounty of natural gas and tight oil.  More »

Analysts at the opening day of the CERAWeek energy conference offered a few predictions for the year: rising natural gas prices in the United States, growing diversification of China’s power sector and continued questions about how quickly the North American shale revolution will spread to the rest of the world.  More »

As calls to reform the nation’s biofuels mandate escalate, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack insisted Pres. Obama is committed to the ethanol program and will encourage Congress to maintain it.  More »

After four decades of policies based on a scarcity of energy resources, we need a plan that capitalizes on abundance, that recognizes the tremendous fortuity that increased domestic production represents.  More »