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Feb 17, 2022 12:00pm Report The U.S. is now energy independent  Article RP 
Mar 09, 2021 04:15pm News Granholm says Energy Department to ‘double down' on efforts to speed EV adoption  Article IndyGeorgia 
Sep 04, 2019 10:40am Rule Change Trump rolls back regulations on energy-saving light bulbs  Article RP 
Jun 11, 2019 01:05pm Report US report finds sky is the limit for geothermal energy beneath us  Article RP 
May 31, 2019 10:25am Proposed Legislation Ohio lawmakers pass bill to cut renewable requirement, help nuclear and coal  Article RP 
Nov 12, 2018 06:55pm Study Gas to overtake coal as world's second largest energy source by 2030: IEA  Article IndyGeorgia 
Aug 19, 2018 08:50am News U.S. Does Not Need to Conserve Oil, Trump Administration Says  Article IndyGeorgia 
Jun 01, 2018 07:10am Report Department of Energy recommends bail out of failing coal plants  Article RP 
Feb 01, 2017 05:35pm Proposed Legislation House Kills Requirement For Energy Companies To Disclose Payments To Foreign Governments  Article RP 
Nov 12, 2015 03:00pm Report Fossil Fuel Subsidies Top $450 Billion Annually, Study Says  Article RP 
Aug 02, 2015 12:00pm Editorial Utilities love the free market, until they don’t  Article RP 
Jul 18, 2013 12:35pm Commentary Collision Between Water and Energy Is Underway, and Worsening  Article RP 
Jun 17, 2013 04:00pm News Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb  Article Scott³ 
May 23, 2013 12:00pm News California teenager invents device that can charge cell phone in 20 seconds - flat  Article kal 
Dec 16, 2011 10:00am Amusing Hatch: Obama is a 'scaredy cat'  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Sep 09, 2011 12:00am News Huge power outage leaves 5 million sweltering in California, Arizona, Mexico  Article Scott³ 
Aug 20, 2011 03:00pm General Getting ready for a wave of coal-plant shutdowns  Article kal 
Jun 16, 2011 04:00pm News Senate kills off ethanol tax credits in possible break with tax pledge  Article ArmyDem 
Jun 16, 2011 07:00am General Pay TV boxes hike electric bills, waste energy   Article kal 
May 06, 2011 07:00am Editorial The Return of ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’  Article ArmyDem 
May 01, 2011 06:00pm General Obama keeps up push to end gas, oil tax breaks  Article kal 
Apr 13, 2011 10:00am Analysis Energy up in Smoke: The Carbon Footprint of Indoor Cannabis Production  Article RP 
Apr 07, 2011 01:20pm Editorial Editorial: Obama's Do-Nothing Oil Policy Hurts  Article Jason 
Mar 13, 2011 11:10am Analysis Deaths per TWH by energy source  Article Scott³ 
Jan 28, 2011 05:00pm News Cold truths about electric cars' cold-weather shortcomings  Article Scott³ 
Nov 30, 2010 12:00pm Blog Entry Bipartisan group of senators calls for ethanol subsidies to expire  Article Patrick 
Oct 14, 2010 10:00pm News U.S. allows more ethanol in gasoline for newer cars  Article particleman 
Jul 30, 2010 01:00pm Proposed Legislation America's Climate Bill Dies Slow Death in Senate  Article Jason 
Jul 22, 2010 02:40pm Proposed Legislation Democrats Abandon Sweeping Energy Plan  Article RP 
Jul 12, 2010 11:00am Speculative The Energy and Climate Whip Count [U.S. Senate]  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jun 02, 2010 04:00am News Louisiana lawmakers move on renewable energy bills  Article kal 
May 23, 2010 05:50pm General Scientists accuse Obama over oil spill  Article kal 
May 21, 2010 03:10am General Obama shifts energy narrative away from offshore drilling to clean-energy plans  Article Jason 
May 05, 2010 11:00am Study Republicans won't be nudged into cutting home energy   Article RP 
Apr 27, 2010 09:00pm Announcement BP announces mega profit surge amidst rolling bad news from oil disaster  Article Jason 
Feb 22, 2010 05:00am General Honda makes a big drive into solar power  Article kal 
Feb 03, 2010 10:20am News Obama Says Senate May Drop Cap and Trade, Pass Energy-Only Bill   Article Eddie 
Jan 27, 2010 03:00pm General Obama Likely to Rebrand Climate Bill   Article Monsieur 
Dec 11, 2009 10:00am Blog Entry Cap and Trade Polls Well (For Now)  Article ArmyDem 
Nov 23, 2009 05:00pm Report Clean Energy for the Wild Blue Yonder  Article ArmyDem 
Nov 03, 2009 07:00am General Solar power from Sahara a step closer  Article kal 
Aug 17, 2009 07:00pm General New battery could change world, one house at a time   Article kal 
Jun 16, 2009 04:15pm Strategy England market produces green energy with ‘kinetic plates’  Article RP 
Jun 05, 2009 07:00pm General If We Only Had a Leader with Guts: What a State-Run GM Could Do  Article kal 
May 30, 2009 05:00pm General Giant Laser Reactor Unveiled in California  Article kal 
May 09, 2009 08:00am General Hydrogen Car Goes Down Like the Hindenburg: DoE Kills the Program  Article kal 
May 05, 2009 05:00am News White House to Step Up Ethanol Efforts   Article Jason 
Mar 30, 2009 10:00pm News Efficiency Of Blue Organic Light-emitting Diode Boosted By 25%  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 29, 2009 05:00am General Ice that burns could be a green fossil fuel   Article kal 
Mar 25, 2009 11:00pm News Device Provides Household Energy Savings of 12%  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 25, 2009 04:00pm General Feinstein wants desert swath off-limits to solar, wind projects  Article kal 
Mar 19, 2009 02:00pm News New Material Could Help Cut Future Energy Losses  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 16, 2009 05:00am General Lasers to create mini sun in hunt for clean energy  Article kal 
Mar 15, 2009 12:35pm General University of Miami physicist develops battery using new source of energy  Article kal 
Feb 25, 2009 07:00pm News Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending  Article ArmyDem 
Feb 05, 2009 11:00pm News Obama Orders New Rules to Raise Energy Efficiency  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 25, 2009 06:10pm News Energy Costs Generating Light-Bulb Solutions  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 07, 2009 02:00pm General Marathon Announces Natural Gas Discovery in New Area of Oklahoma's Woodford Shale Resource Play  Article kal 
Jan 06, 2009 11:00am Event Europe plunged into energy crisis as Russia cuts off gas supply via Ukraine  Article RP 
Dec 31, 2008 05:00pm News America's Untapped Energy Resource: Boosting Efficiency  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 26, 2008 11:00am Profile No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’   Article RP 
Dec 17, 2008 08:35am Report Energy agency: Oil demand slowing, causes are many  Article RP 
Dec 14, 2008 07:00am Blog Entry Stanford study, Part 1: Wind, solar baseload easily beat nuclear and they all crush “clean coal”  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 10, 2008 04:00am General Crystals turn roads into power stations   Article kal 
Dec 06, 2008 02:00pm News Cities Give Waste-to-Energy Plants a Second Look   Article Jason 
Oct 05, 2008 02:00pm News Amish leading the way on embracing solar energy  Article Karma Policeman 
Sep 25, 2008 10:00pm News Newport Wave Energy Test Called A Success  Article WesternDem 
Sep 13, 2008 05:30am General Democrats’ latest idea: gas stamps   Article kal 
Sep 11, 2008 05:00pm Proposed Legislation Senate energy "gang" grows to 20  Article RP 
Sep 08, 2008 09:00am Blog Entry Energy efficiency, Part 5: The highest documented rate of return of any federal program  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 30, 2008 09:15am General Bubble Fusion Vindicated in Flagship Nuclear Journal  Article kal 
Aug 09, 2008 02:05pm Opinion Flush With Energy  Article RP 
Aug 06, 2008 07:00pm General How Kites Could Power the Future  Article kal 
Aug 06, 2008 08:00am News An Energy Diet for Power-Hungry Household PCs  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 26, 2008 08:00am General Gassing Up With Garbage  Article kal 
Jul 23, 2008 05:00pm General £37bn plan to power EU with the Saharan sun  Article kal 
Jul 14, 2008 11:35pm News Governors stop short of backing climate change fixes  Article particleman 
Jul 09, 2008 05:00pm Statement Pelosi: Tap emergency oil reserve to lower prices  Article Patrick 
Jul 08, 2008 10:05am Blog Entry Who got us in this energy mess? Start with Ronald Reagan  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 08, 2008 08:00am Opinion Wish Upon A Pump  Article RP 
Jul 06, 2008 09:00am General American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 01, 2008 07:30pm Editorial McCain's energy record is on/off  Article RP 
Jun 24, 2008 03:05pm Speech OBAMA'S 'DIFFERENT VISION' FOR U.S. ENERGY  Article RP 
Jun 22, 2008 07:00am News Inventors: Solar Dish Could Revolutionize Energy Production  Article kal 
Jun 05, 2008 08:00pm General How Compressed Air Could Power the Future  Article kal 
May 24, 2008 10:20am General Green survivalist movement grows in U.S.  Article Monsieur 
May 22, 2008 06:00am News New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge  Article kal 
May 13, 2008 10:05pm News Light Emitting Diodes Save Energy And Can Now Concentrate Light Precisely Where Needed  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 28, 2008 09:00am News Low-Carbon Electricity is Needed To Power Plug-in Hybrids  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 26, 2008 12:00am General Natural-gas vehicles hot in Utah, where the fuel is cheap  Article particleman 
Apr 11, 2008 10:05am Report Public 'Sees' Collusion to Halt Energy Alternatives  Article Servo 
Mar 26, 2008 10:00pm Blog Entry Clean tech soars in 2007  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 20, 2008 10:00pm News States’ Battles Over Energy Grow Fiercer With U.S. in a Policy Gridlock  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 21, 2008 06:00pm News A Big Drop In Emissions Is Possible With Today's Technology  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 20, 2008 03:00pm News Power Switch  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 20, 2007 01:00am News Energy law pulls plug on Edison's light bulb  Article Gerald Farinas 
Dec 13, 2007 04:00pm Study Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Dec 06, 2007 03:00pm News House Brushes Aside Veto Threat, Passes Energy Bill  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 04, 2007 02:00pm Proposed Legislation White House Signals That It Might Veto Energy Bill  Article RP 
Nov 26, 2007 09:00am News 'Cleantech' Investing Gets Its Day in the Sun  Article ArmyDem 
Sep 02, 2007 07:00pm News Power to the People: Run Your House on a Prius  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 21, 2007 08:00am General Eco-millionaires see boom times ahead  Article Imperator 
Aug 05, 2007 09:25pm News House Passes Broad Bill On Energy  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 18, 2007 10:15am News Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report  Article Servo 
Jul 03, 2007 04:00pm News Dems home in on energy policy during week’s recess  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 02, 2007 05:00am Perspective Test your Energy IQ  Article Imperator 
Jun 11, 2007 12:00am News Climate looks ripe for energy bills  Article ArmyDem 
May 26, 2007 06:00am News US: No New Refineries in 29 Years  Article kal 
Apr 05, 2007 05:00am General TXU threatens to shut plants  Article DFWDem 
Mar 28, 2007 05:20pm General [TX] PUC recommends $210 million fine against TXU  Article DFWDem 
Mar 12, 2007 03:00pm General TXU manipulated market, improperly profited, regulators say  Article DFWDem 
Jan 08, 2007 02:00am Blog Entry Lubrigate Update: Reports to Hit Interior Dept  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 07, 2007 12:00pm News NRA Pressured To Resist Bush Energy Policies  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 04, 2007 02:00pm Proposed Legislation Democrats Hope to Take From Oil, Give To Green Energy  Article RP 
Jan 03, 2007 01:05pm Report Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science  Article RP 
Dec 11, 2006 02:45pm Analysis Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense  Article RP 
Oct 23, 2006 03:00pm Analysis In Deregulation, Plants Turn Into Blue Chips  Article RP 
Aug 16, 2006 09:00pm News Analysts Question Oil's 'Acts of God'  Article Servo 
Aug 02, 2006 10:00am News CEOs, military leaders to push for new energy policies  Article Servo 
Jul 24, 2006 06:00pm Analysis Will Mexico Soon Be Tapped Out?  Article RP 
Jul 22, 2006 01:00am News Silicon Valley Takes On Detroit  Article Penguin 
Jul 10, 2006 02:00pm Commentary Imagine No Gasoline  Article Servo 
Jun 30, 2006 05:00am Proposed Legislation House approves coastline oil and natural gas exploration  Article kal 
Jun 15, 2006 06:00pm Announcement Major oil discovery in northern Iraq  Article kal 
May 31, 2006 07:00pm Analysis Bush Energy Plan Whacks Conservation  Article RP 
May 30, 2006 06:00am General Sweet success for pioneering hydrogen energy project  Article kal 
May 19, 2006 10:40pm News Vote in House Seeks to Erase Oil Windfall  Article ArmyDem 
May 19, 2006 06:00am General House Votes to Keep Offshore Drilling Ban  Article kal 
May 17, 2006 07:00pm Press Release Democrats Announce Sweeping New Energy Legislation: Fact Sheet and Letter to President Bush  Article RP 
May 16, 2006 06:15pm Editorial When two poor countries reclaimed oilfields, why did just one spark uproar?  Article RP 
May 14, 2006 06:35pm News Military Plans Tests in Search for an Alternative to Oil-Based Fuel  Article ArmyDem 
May 10, 2006 11:00pm News U.S. energy research is declining  Article Guy 
May 02, 2006 03:00pm General Forget everything you think you know about oil  Article SC Moose 
Apr 24, 2006 05:00pm Commentary The Price of Our Addiction  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 16, 2006 11:30pm General A Future Without Oil?  Article ArmyDem 
Mar 27, 2006 12:00pm Analysis Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil  Article RP 
Mar 12, 2006 08:00pm Analysis Electricity Deregulation: High Cost, Unmet Promises  Article RP 
Feb 26, 2006 06:00pm Analysis A Magic Way to Make Billions  Article RP 
Feb 21, 2006 12:00pm Oops Bush Blames Cuts at Energy Lab on Mix-Up  Article RP 
Feb 08, 2006 11:45pm News Exxon: Bush's energy goal 'not feasible'  Article Servo 
Feb 08, 2006 11:00pm News Sweden plans to be world's first oil-free economy  Article Servo 
Feb 08, 2006 01:00pm Editorial Bill Berry: Carter was right on energy all along  Article Guy 
Feb 01, 2006 09:00pm News Administration backs off Bush's vow to reduce Mideast oil imports  Article ArmyDem 
Feb 01, 2006 04:00pm News U.S. execs to discuss Cuban oil reserves  Article Servo 
Feb 01, 2006 11:00am News Opec issues warning on Bush oil pledge  Article Servo 
Feb 01, 2006 10:00am News National Grid Surcharges Due To Warm Weather  Article Servo 
Jan 31, 2006 02:15pm Commentary An Energy Revolution  Article Servo 
Jan 29, 2006 09:00am Blog Entry Kuwait's Oil Reserves  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 23, 2006 11:00pm News As Profits Soar, [Energy] Companies Pay U.S. Less for Gas Rights  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 22, 2006 04:00pm News 'Blue' States Tackling Energy On Their Own  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 02, 2005 09:00am News Rumsfeld: Offshore Drilling 'Incompatible'  Article Guy 
Dec 01, 2005 10:00pm News Top Oil Company Executives Retool Responses on Energy Task Force Roles  Article ArmyDem 
Nov 21, 2005 11:00am General Seeking Clean Fuel for a Nation, and a Rebirth for Small-Town Montana  Article RP 
Nov 18, 2005 03:00pm General How to Beat the Big Energy Chill  Article ArmyDem 
Nov 16, 2005 12:00am News Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force  Article ArmyDem 
Oct 28, 2005 12:00am News 7 Cool New [Energy] Ideas  Article ArmyDem 
Oct 11, 2005 06:00pm News Cuts in Energy Spending May Prove Elusive  Article ArmyDem 
Oct 07, 2005 02:20pm News House Passes Bill to Boost Refineries  Article RP 
Oct 03, 2005 07:00pm Commentary George vs. Jimmy on Energy  Article RP 
Sep 07, 2005 02:00pm Press Release Hydrogen storage  Article RP 
Aug 31, 2005 12:00pm News New Rules Could Allow Power Plants to Pollute More  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 08, 2005 04:00pm News Extra daylight savings may confuse the gadgets  Article User 13 
Jul 22, 2005 10:00pm News US lawmakers may extend daylight-saving from 2007  Article Classical Liberal 
Jun 28, 2005 08:00pm Blog Entry Exponential Enrons Ahead  Article RP 
May 01, 2005 08:00pm Editorial Energy policy/Bush offers more of the same  Article RP 
Apr 27, 2005 01:00pm News Bush push on energy: Draft old military bases  Article PragCon 3.0 
Apr 21, 2005 09:00am News House grapples over subsidies, other energy issues  Article Servo 
Apr 07, 2005 11:00am News Congress may extend daylight-saving time  Article Guy 
Mar 29, 2005 06:00pm Commentary Energy insanity  Article RP 
Jun 03, 2004 12:00am Analysis THE COMING ENERGY CRUNCH  Article RP 
Nov 25, 2003 12:00am News Fight Over Energy Bill Dooms It This Year  Article Ced 
Nov 17, 2003 12:00am General With Energy Bill, Industries to Cash In  Article Ced 
Oct 10, 2003 12:00am Analysis What's wrong with the electric grid?  Article RP 
Aug 19, 2003 12:00am Analysis Company in Blackout Probe Big GOP Donor  Article RP 
Aug 17, 2003 12:00am Opinion A Responsible Energy Policy Enhances-Not Suppresses-Domestic Supplies  Article Tony82 
Aug 01, 2003 12:00am News Energy Bill Long Way From Final Passage  Article Ced 

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