by LINYI ZHANG | Dec 7, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Additional drilling for oil and natural gas in the United States may not significantly increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions or undermine its position at the U.N. climate change conference, energy experts say. Moving ahead on oil and gas production...
by TIFFANY CHINN | Dec 5, 2012 | Environment, Politics
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on Capitol Hill. House Speaker John Boehner lit the Capitol Christmas Tree Tuesday night, ushering in the season in Washington. “Even though the weather doesn’t feel like its Dec. 4, nothing says Christmas like the playing...
by LILI TAN | Nov 16, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — It’s becoming increasingly harder for the poor to breathe due to nearby coal plants, a study released this week states. Low-income communities are disproportionately affected by health-threatening pollution from coal-fired power plants in Illinois...
by JACOB FISCHLER | Nov 14, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment
Two pro-business energy leaders said Wednesday that federal regulations and taxes are putting the U.S. oil and gas industry at risk, delaying the creation of jobs and technological innovation. “We’re making it very difficult to do the energy business here,” said Karen...
by JACOB FISCHLER | Nov 13, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — Warning of crushing economic impacts if a tax break for the wind energy industry expires at the end of the year, a bipartisan group of governors joined Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Tuesday in urging Congress to renew the tax credit. Iowa Gov....
by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Nov 9, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment, Sports
WASHINGTON — Green is more than a team color for the Philadelphia Eagles. By the end of the year the team’s stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, will generate enough energy from 14 wind turbines and 11,000 solar panels to power every home game. “One of the...
