Defense
White House budget to expand clean energy programs through Pentagon
Putting the increases in the Defense budget makes them a less likely target for Republican lawmakers.
News
Will Energy Secretary Steven Chu stay or go?
Burgeoning Solyndra controversy could put him on the ropes.
News
Interior Department plan will include more Gulf, Alaska leases
President attempts delicate balance of trying to appease drilling proponents while avoiding the ire of environmentalists.
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
EPA chief: Agency feeling heat from right and left
Lisa Jackson says agency moves have angered people on both sides of the political aisle.
Oversight
Key Romney environment official now at Obama's EPA
Gina McCarthy, head of air pollution regulation at EPA, previously developed Massachusetts’s first climate protection action plan.
Defense
Canada-Texas oil pipeline gets preliminary State Department nod
Environmentalists oppose the project, which would create a new market for one of the dirtiest forms of energy.
Oversight
Environmentalists hail Grand Canyon ruling
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's plan bans uranium mining on more than one million acres around the Arizona site.
Defense
Pentagon unveils sweeping Energy strategy
The plan will help to cut military dependence on oil and expand its use of alternative energy.
Oversight
Boehner signals willingness to look at big oil's tax breaks
Dems say statements represent significant shift in effort at deficit reduction.
Defense
Chu says Japan crisis may top Three Mile Island
Nuclear plant's containment systems could fail, Energy secretary says, remaining noncommittal on fate of U.S. program.
Oversight
Tea partier wants to scrap Energy Department
GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky introduced a bill that would move nuclear weapons programs to the Pentagon.
Oversight
Senate confirms Lew as OMB director
Move comes after Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., lifts hold on nomination.
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