Management
Utility executive blasts EPA
New CEO of American Electric Power is no fan of the administration's regulatory policies.
Oversight
EPA proposes first-ever climate rules
Rule is sure to reignite a fight over climate change both in Congress and on the campaign trail.
Management
Energy secretary backtracks on high gas prices
Steven Chu retracts his now-infamous 2008 statement about boosting prices at the pump.
Oversight
EPA faces third straight year of cuts
Budget barely acknowledges the agency’s plans to regulate power-plant emissions.
Management
Obama rejects Keystone pipeline
Administration says Republicans did not allow adequate time to the project.
Defense
Embattled nuclear agency chairman verbally abused female employees, colleague says
'Of all the issues of leadership before us, I have found this the most troubling," Commissioner William Magwood says in testimony about Gregory Jaczko.
Defense
Navy seeks boost from biofuels
Announcement is part of President Obama's goal of advancing a domestic biofuels industry capable of powering vehicles that now use diesel and jet fuel.
News
Energy Secretary says politics did not influence Solyndra loan
Steven Chu also says he didn't know his department urged the company to delay announcing layoffs until after the November 2010 elections.
News
Emails suggest Energy Department put politics above economics with Solyndra
The agency, the struggling solar power company and its private investors were considering restructuring at the time of the newly released correspondence.
News
Will Energy Secretary Steven Chu stay or go?
Burgeoning Solyndra controversy could put him on the ropes.
News
Emails show Obama fundraiser involved in Solyndra
George Kaiser was involved in lobbying the White House toward the company.
Oversight
Energy stimulus money mired in investigations, bad management, IG says
The federal government’s efforts to jump-start the clean-energy economy are stymied.
Oversight
White House orders independent review of Energy-loan program
The 60-day assessment will be conducted by former Assistant Treasury Secretary Herb Allison.
Oversight
House Democrats focus on Solyndra legal memo
Democrats say document shows the administration’s legal rationale for restructuring the $535 million federal loan guarantee of the now-defunct solar manufacturer.
Oversight
House GOP: Did DOE break the law on Solyndra?
Lawmakers release e-mails citing Treasury Department concerns about loan guarantees.
News
Solyndra was banking on energy bill, emails show
The solar-power start-up could still be in business if laws promoting renewable energy had passed, correspondences suggest.
Oversight
Energy official in charge of program that gave Solyndra a loan is leaving
Secretary Steven Chu says Jonathan Silver, who is heading to a think tank, would have been welcome to stay on if he'd wanted to.
News
Emails show bitter OMB, DOE divide over Solyndra
The agencies were on the same page when DOE approved funding for the company in 2009, but OMB had concerns in 2010 about the solar manufacturer’s financial standing.
Oversight
House votes to keep government open through Nov. 18
Move sets up showdown with Senate over FEMA emergency funding.
Oversight
Solyndra language paves way for bill to keep government running
GOP strategy is to add to the continuing resolution a $100 million offset targeting the government program involved in the loan guarantees awarded to the failed energy company.
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