Climate and energy a focus of broader budget debate

Tea party fervor drove the House spending bill through a week of debate that finished with its pre-dawn passage [...]

Clean energy standard could be compromise in new Congress

Legislation advancing clean energy at first glance seems like a palatable option for a divided Congress, a kind of [...]

Bid to suspend California’s global warming law qualifies for November ballot

California started a high-stakes battle over global warming today, as an oil industry-backed measure to suspend the state’s aggressive [...]

Oil spill in Gulf could put renewable energy law on fast-track

President Barack Obama has prevented the BP oil spill from becoming his own Katrina-like nightmare so far, but the [...]

American Power Act

In 1860, Samuel Curtis, a Republican congressman of Iowa, sponsored a bill to create a transcontinental railroad. The debate [...]

Florida approves energy reform bill

After years of inaction, the Florida House passed a bill Tuesday with the potential to expand renewable energy in [...]

Grassley pushes new renewable energy bill to create jobs

Sen. Chuck Grassley today continued his push for job creation, introducing legislation to extend a key tax incentive for [...]

NJ Gov. signs bills promoting clean energy

Measures making it easier for clean-energy projects to receive zoning approval and for the state to deposit pension funds [...]