"President Barack Obama will nominate former federal prosecutor Norman Bay, now the head of enforcement at the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to be the agency’s chairman."
"WASHINGTON — The White House says a new environmental assessment from the State Department isn't the last step in deciding whether the Keystone XL pipeline can be built."
"The question of whether to export crude oil stands to be the next major debate in U.S. energy policy."
"U.S. EPA is preparing buyouts for hundreds of employees in its regional offices, as part of an effort to pare its workforce in the face of budget constraints."
"A coalition of business, energy and farm groups are spending millions of dollars to fight the Obama administration’s effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other sources."
"Engineering firm Kellogg Brown & Root has been awarded a project and construction management contract for the US’ first commercial-level oil sands project."
"ASHEVILLE — The Environmental Protection Agency will establish rules for coal ash disposal, handing environmental groups a long-sought win and setting the stage for debate over whether coal ash should be regulated as hazardous waste."
"Women who live near natural gas wells in rural Colorado are more likely to have babies with neural tube and congenital heart defects, according to a new study."
"WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation collects relatively small civil penalties against the railroads it regulates, as concern grows over the safety of shipping large volumes of crude oil and ethanol in tank cars long known to be deficient, federal documents show."
"WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is sticking to a fossil-fuel dependent energy policy, delivering a blow to a monthslong, behind-the-scenes effort by nearly every major environmental group to convince the White House that the policy is at odds with his goals on global warming."
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