Defense

White House budget to expand clean energy programs through Pentagon

Putting the increases in the Defense budget makes them a less likely target for Republican lawmakers.

News

Will Energy Secretary Steven Chu stay or go?

Burgeoning Solyndra controversy could put him on the ropes.

News

Interior Department plan will include more Gulf, Alaska leases

President attempts delicate balance of trying to appease drilling proponents while avoiding the ire of environmentalists.

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

EPA chief: Agency feeling heat from right and left

Lisa Jackson says agency moves have angered people on both sides of the political aisle.

Oversight

Key Romney environment official now at Obama's EPA

Gina McCarthy, head of air pollution regulation at EPA, previously developed Massachusetts’s first climate protection action plan.

Defense

Canada-Texas oil pipeline gets preliminary State Department nod

Environmentalists oppose the project, which would create a new market for one of the dirtiest forms of energy.

Oversight

Environmentalists hail Grand Canyon ruling

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's plan bans uranium mining on more than one million acres around the Arizona site.

Defense

Pentagon unveils sweeping Energy strategy

The plan will help to cut military dependence on oil and expand its use of alternative energy.

Oversight

Boehner signals willingness to look at big oil's tax breaks

Dems say statements represent significant shift in effort at deficit reduction.

Defense

Chu says Japan crisis may top Three Mile Island

Nuclear plant's containment systems could fail, Energy secretary says, remaining noncommittal on fate of U.S. program.

Oversight

Tea partier wants to scrap Energy Department

GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky introduced a bill that would move nuclear weapons programs to the Pentagon.

Oversight

Senate confirms Lew as OMB director

Move comes after Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., lifts hold on nomination.