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Ben Geman
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05/24/13 07:56 AM ET
The State Department has begun making available over 1.2 million public comments on the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
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Ben Geman and Zack Colman
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05/23/13 05:39 PM ET
STATE OF PLAY: Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will spend her second day in Portland, Ore., on Friday, where she'll announce new cooperation on energy with state officials.
“Jewell will join [Oregon] Governor John Kitzhaber and Director of the Center for Regulatory Innovation and Assistance Jesus Sanchez (representing Washington Governor Jay Inslee) to sign an agreement to expedite the review and permitting of energy generation, power transmission and other vital infrastructure projects in the Pacific Northwest,” an Interior advisory states.
She will also speak at the 76th annual Ducks Unlimited conference in Portland.
Back in D.C: Behind-the-scenes talks are afoot aimed at getting a bipartisan energy efficiency bill to the Senate floor. “Sen. Portman is working on it on his side, I am working on it on our side,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) told reporters in the Capitol, referring to the bill she co-sponsored with Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Shaheen said they’re trying to learn what amendments colleagues might want to offer. And she’s also hoping the bill won’t become a platform for battles over controversial but unrelated energy topics.
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Zack Colman
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05/23/13 02:59 PM ET
Tesla Automotive CEO and co-founder Elon Musk said climate advocates need to “reframe” the argument on climate science.
Musk, whose electric car firm repaid its $465 million Energy Department loan on Wednesday, urged attendees at a Washington, D.C., event to flip the burden of proof onto those who deny greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global warming.
“If you were to ask any scientist, ‘Are you absolutely certain’ about anything, they would say, ‘Well, no. There’s a .001 percent chance it could be different.’ So it’s better to actually say, ‘Look, how certain are you that it is not catastrophic?’ And then you’ll get the correct answer,” Musk said Wednesday night at the Climate Leadership Gala.
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Zack Colman
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05/23/13 02:19 PM ET
The contentious debate on whether hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, contaminates drinking water bubbled to the surface Thursday during a Senate panel discussion.
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) pressed environmentalists to name a specific site where fracking had polluted groundwater at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee natural gas roundtable.
“I keep hearing from the environmental groups that there are many examples of contamination of groundwater. And I keep hearing from the industry ... that they don’t know of a single incident," Landrieu said. "Please do not give me theories — just give me one site."
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Ben Geman
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05/23/13 11:26 AM ET
Rumors have long swirled that Obama might link approval of the pipeline to policies aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ben Geman
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05/23/13 07:01 AM ET
The Washington Post looks at the politics of energy in the race for governor of Virginia.
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Ben Geman and Zack Colman
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05/22/13 06:28 PM ET
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will convene a meeting Thursday on “best practices and environmental concerns.”
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Ben Geman
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05/22/13 04:17 PM ET
Vanishing Arctic sea ice and ecological threats from maritime oil traffic will present big challenges to the incoming generation of U.S. Coast Guard officers, Vice President Biden said Wednesday.
Biden, speaking at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement, said the “new fault lines” between nations are the global shipping lanes and straits that enable commerce but also bring security and environmental risks.
“You graduate into a world where our environmental security, our shorelines, our fisheries — all are threatened by this country’s need to drill in deep seas and transport hundreds of billions of gallons of oil on the high seas,” he said in New London, Conn.
“You graduate into a world where the consequences of global warming offer the possibility of ice-free passage across Arctic regions that didn’t exist when you were born — presenting entirely new challenges that will demand greater international cooperation,” Biden said, according to a White House transcript.
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Zack Colman
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05/22/13 03:42 PM ET
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) noted Wednesday that a carbon tax could generate “significant” revenues for the United States and avert “catastrophic” effects of climate change.
CBO said in a new report that there are many uncertainties about how to design and implement a carbon tax, but waiting too long to curb greenhouse gas emissions would have clear results.
“[D]elays would increase the expected damage from climate change by increasing the risk of very costly, potentially even catastrophic, outcomes. … In general, the risk of costly damage is higher as the extent of warming increases and as the pace of warming picks up; thus, failing to limit emissions soon increases that risk,” the report said.
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Ben Geman
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05/22/13 02:54 PM ET
Virginia’s Democratic Senate duo is at odds with President Obama over offshore oil and gas drilling.
They’re pushing a new bill to open their state’s coastline to leasing, which would upend Interior Department plans that keep the Atlantic Coast off-limits until 2017 at the earliest.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has introduced legislation in the past to allow drilling off his state’s coast, and now freshman Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is on board as well.
“Virginia is well positioned to be a national leader in offshore energy exploration. A comprehensive energy strategy – including oil, gas, wind, solar, tidal and other areas – can transition us to a clean energy future while bridging that transition with secure U.S. fuels we don’t have to import,” Kaine said in a statement about their new bill.
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05/22/13 11:03 AM ET
Obama's new Energy chief: Climate change ‘not debatable’
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05/22/13 09:51 AM ET
Report: Utilities slacking on cyber defenses
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05/21/13 06:59 PM ET
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Keystone battle on House floor, Day II of Moniz era, and more
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05/21/13 05:31 PM ET
Industry accuses EPA of skirting rules for public review of draft fuel regs
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05/21/13 05:17 PM ET
Moniz vows review of gas exports
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05/21/13 03:00 PM ET
White House threatens veto of Keystone bill
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05/21/13 02:43 PM ET
Moniz vows to help advance big efficiency bill, sees ‘real chance’
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05/21/13 02:07 PM ET
Senior DOE official hints more gas sales are coming
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05/21/13 12:50 PM ET
Senators warned of ‘narrowing’ opportunity to increase gas exports
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05/21/13 11:46 AM ET
Busy first day for new Energy Dept. chief
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05/21/13 11:16 AM ET
Lawmakers press Interior to slow down on fracking rules
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05/21/13 09:52 AM ET
Gov. Christie: No proof climate change caused Sandy
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05/21/13 09:17 AM ET
Dems to challenge constitutionality of GOP Keystone bill
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05/21/13 08:50 AM ET
Dems seek floor battle over Keystone pipeline exports, court review
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05/21/13 04:52 AM ET
News bites: US, Europe look to end solar trade war with China
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05/20/13 06:48 PM ET
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Moniz era to begin as Senate weighs exports
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05/20/13 04:10 PM ET
Oil industry eyes opportunity in Burma
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05/20/13 03:13 PM ET
Billionaire activist Steyer: Donors will flee Obama if Keystone XL approved
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05/20/13 01:49 PM ET
Moniz era to begin at Energy Department
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05/20/13 12:18 PM ET
Groups push Congress, White House to approve energy-efficiency bill
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05/20/13 11:35 AM ET
Report: 36 shipwrecks may pose ‘oil pollution threat’
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05/20/13 11:03 AM ET
Green group launches ad campaign against proposed Alaskan mine
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05/20/13 09:58 AM ET
Week ahead: House set to approve construction of Keystone XL pipeline
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05/20/13 06:11 AM ET
News bites: Coast Guard opens Shell hearings, fallout from Energy Dept. gas decision, and more
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05/18/13 10:14 AM ET
Bill calls on feds to address health impacts of climate change
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05/17/13 05:37 PM ET
Green group taps new chief for political arm
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05/17/13 01:30 PM ET
DOE gives green light to controversial natural gas export project
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05/17/13 12:35 PM ET
Holder urged to investigate price-fixing by oil companies
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05/17/13 11:53 AM ET
Federal judge denies rehearing on mining ban
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05/17/13 08:05 AM ET
News bites: Fracking pollution debated, refinery strike called off, and more
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05/16/13 06:46 PM ET
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: New battles for EPA pick, Obama lauds climate consensus, and more
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05/16/13 04:38 PM ET
Obama administration unveils fracking rules
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05/16/13 02:22 PM ET
Hacker group Anonymous plans attack on oil-and-gas industry
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05/16/13 11:42 AM ET
EPA to review claims of bias against conservatives amid fight over IRS
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05/16/13 06:22 AM ET
News bites: Survey shows 97 percent of scientific papers agree on global warming
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05/15/13 06:55 PM ET
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA showdown redux, Energy secretary vote arrives, and more
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05/15/13 03:27 PM ET
Top aide for Rep. Scalise lands at offshore oil and gas industry group
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05/15/13 02:58 PM ET
Dems warn sequester will lower federal oil and gas revenue
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05/15/13 12:51 PM ET
Major business group backs Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency plan
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05/15/13 10:52 AM ET
GAO: Feds should improve their help to local governments on climate change
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