Management

Utility executive blasts EPA

New CEO of American Electric Power is no fan of the administration's regulatory policies.

Oversight

EPA proposes first-ever climate rules

Rule is sure to reignite a fight over climate change both in Congress and on the campaign trail.

Management

Energy secretary backtracks on high gas prices

Steven Chu retracts his now-infamous 2008 statement about boosting prices at the pump.

Oversight

EPA faces third straight year of cuts

Budget barely acknowledges the agency’s plans to regulate power-plant emissions.

Management

Obama rejects Keystone pipeline

Administration says Republicans did not allow adequate time to the project.

Defense

Embattled nuclear agency chairman verbally abused female employees, colleague says

'Of all the issues of leadership before us, I have found this the most troubling," Commissioner William Magwood says in testimony about Gregory Jaczko.

Defense

Navy seeks boost from biofuels

Announcement is part of President Obama's goal of advancing a domestic biofuels industry capable of powering vehicles that now use diesel and jet fuel.

News

Energy Secretary says politics did not influence Solyndra loan

Steven Chu also says he didn't know his department urged the company to delay announcing layoffs until after the November 2010 elections.

News

Emails suggest Energy Department put politics above economics with Solyndra

The agency, the struggling solar power company and its private investors were considering restructuring at the time of the newly released correspondence.

News

Will Energy Secretary Steven Chu stay or go?

Burgeoning Solyndra controversy could put him on the ropes.

News

Emails show Obama fundraiser involved in Solyndra

George Kaiser was involved in lobbying the White House toward the company.

Oversight

Energy stimulus money mired in investigations, bad management, IG says

The federal government’s efforts to jump-start the clean-energy economy are stymied.

Oversight

White House orders independent review of Energy-loan program

The 60-day assessment will be conducted by former Assistant Treasury Secretary Herb Allison.

Oversight

House Democrats focus on Solyndra legal memo

Democrats say document shows the administration’s legal rationale for restructuring the $535 million federal loan guarantee of the now-defunct solar manufacturer.

Oversight

House GOP: Did DOE break the law on Solyndra?

Lawmakers release e-mails citing Treasury Department concerns about loan guarantees.

News

Solyndra was banking on energy bill, emails show

The solar-power start-up could still be in business if laws promoting renewable energy had passed, correspondences suggest.

Oversight

Energy official in charge of program that gave Solyndra a loan is leaving

Secretary Steven Chu says Jonathan Silver, who is heading to a think tank, would have been welcome to stay on if he'd wanted to.

News

Emails show bitter OMB, DOE divide over Solyndra

The agencies were on the same page when DOE approved funding for the company in 2009, but OMB had concerns in 2010 about the solar manufacturer’s financial standing.

Oversight

House votes to keep government open through Nov. 18

Move sets up showdown with Senate over FEMA emergency funding.

Oversight

Solyndra language paves way for bill to keep government running

GOP strategy is to add to the continuing resolution a $100 million offset targeting the government program involved in the loan guarantees awarded to the failed energy company.