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Construction of the Alta Wind Energy Center in the Mojave Desert, in Calif
By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union, Jan. 24, 2012.
By Elizabeth McGowan, InsideClimate News

Calif. OKs Historic Electric Vehicle Mandate

California's air-quality regulator on Friday approved sweeping new rules to reduce GHG emissions from vehicles by requiring automakers to put many more electric and hybrid vehicles on the state's roads.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), center, with fellow House Republicans
By Elizabeth McGowan, InsideClimate News
Valero's Benicia refinery in Solano County, Calif.
By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

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Obama's recent trip to the EPA, the rejection of the Keystone pipeline, the long-delayed roll-out of regulations on mercury pollution and auto fuel efficiency standards suggest a strategic shift...
Canadian PM Stephen Harper on Thursday said the country's capacity to export energy is a national priority and pledged to speed regulatory approval of energy projects—a move that comes as Ottawa...
Canada is distancing itself from its own lobbying campaign to polish the image of Alberta's oil sands, following revelations that an internal strategy document labeled First Nations and...
Obama declared the United States the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas" Thursday as he plugged an energy policy that would offer incentives to companies that power their vehicles with natural gas.
Obama pushed his “all-of-the-above” energy strategy Thursday, highlighting a record to boost domestic energy production that has come under increasing attack from Republicans.
Oil and gas magnate T. Boone Pickens is celebrating Thursday after Obama used a major energy speech to tout the increased use of natural gas vehicles — a key part of the so-called Pickens Plan. It...
Obama isn't letting Solyndra scare him away from pushing a green energy agenda. Pivoting off his State of the Union address, Obama doubled down Thursday by highlighting incentives for windmills,...
Wind and solar companies are telling Congress that they cannot be truly competitive and keep creating jobs without a few more years of government support. The lobbying comes at a time when there...
An Indiana-based energy-storage company, whose subsidiary received a $118.5 million stimulus grant from the Energy Department, filed for bankruptcy Thursday.