Senate Committee Approves Bills Promoting Electric Cars, Modular Reactors, Solar Roofs

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee July 21 approved bills promoting plug-in electric vehicles, modular nuclear reactor designs, more…

Senate Bill Promotes Electric Vehicles, Alternative Fuels to End Oil Dependence

Legislation that would set a goal of ending overseas oil imports within 20 years by increasing production and use of electric vehicles, developing alternative…

Senate Energy Panel Slated to Mark up Bills on Solar Power, Electric Vehicles, Modular Reactors July 15

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) has scheduled a July 15 markup in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which he chairs, on…

EPA Proposal on Use of Cellulosic Biofuel Sets Lower Target Than Required in Law

A proposal to set the levels of ethanol and other biofuels required in the nation’s motor fuel supply in 2011, announced…

Fuel Efficiency Tax Credit Included in Senator Lugar’s Alternative Energy and Climate Bill

An energy and climate bill (S. 3464) introduced June 9 by Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) includes a graduated tax credit for new fuel-efficient motor vehicles based on their fuel-economy ratings…

White House Threatens Veto of Measure to Overturn EPA Endangerment Finding

The White House Office of Management and Budget June 8 threatened a veto by President Obama of a resolution (S.J. Res. 26) the Senate is scheduled to consider June 10 to overturn…

States, Automakers Support EPA in Industry Challenge to Rule on Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions

California and 12 other states June 7 filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in a lawsuit challenging a final EPA rule that sets limits on…

Environmental Groups Sue EPA over Rule Setting Criteria for Renewable Fuels Standard

Environmental organizations filed a lawsuit and an administrative petition May 25 challenging an Environmental Protection Agency final rule that established criteria for determining which…

Obama Orders EPA, Transportation Agency to Set Fuel, Emissions Rules for Trucks, Cars

Little more than one year after he announced an agreement with the automobile industry on fuel economy standards, President Obama May 21 took the initial step toward developing first-ever standards for…

California Likely to Play Prominent Role in New Federal Rules on Vehicle Emissions

California is likely to play a prominent role as the federal government develops tougher standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks over the next several years…

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