Energy In America - Page 77

December 23, 2015

AEHQ Issues: Rising gas prices spark voter questions on candidates' solutions

With the political conventions now less than two weeks away, voters are asking what the candidates are pledging to do to keep gas prices from spiking again and slowing down the economic recovery. 

December 23, 2015

Kansas conference focuses on energy policy

The entire Kansas congressional delegation is expected to join a discussion of energy policy at a conference of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.

December 23, 2015

Romney promises energy independence by 2021

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has promised voters in coal-rich eastern Ohio that America won't have to buy oil from Venezuela or the Middle East by the time his second term ends in 2021.

December 23, 2015

Debate joined on Medicare; Romney, Obama go at it

Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama in person and in TV advertising Tuesday of cutting Medicare "to pay for Obamacare," launching a strong counterattack to Democratic charges that he and running mate Paul Ryan would radically remake the popular health care program that serves tens of millions of seniors.

December 23, 2015

After federal grant, US battery-maker taken over by Chinese firm

A company that two years ago was one of the most promising U.S. innovators in the clean-fuel auto industry was rescued from collapse Wednesday. Its buyer: A Chinese auto-parts company. 

December 23, 2015

Obama says Romney’s energy plan shows a ‘disdain for green energy’

President Obama told Associated Press in an interview Saturday that Mitt Romney’s new energy plan shows a ‘disdain for green energy.’ The President said ‘Romney will make good on his vow to end tax credits for wind power projects.’

December 23, 2015

US court voids rule on coal pollution

A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected the Environmental Protection Agency's latest effort to limit soot- and smog-forming air pollution that blows across state lines, providing a short-term lifeline for aging coal-fired power plants and removing a significant accomplishment from the Obama administration's environmental resume.

December 23, 2015

Rep who led Solyndra charge wants probe into Massachusetts wind farm

After more than a decade of push and pull, the nation's first offshore wind farm got the green light -- but longtime opponents of Massachusetts' Cape Wind claim they have a smoking gun that shows the Obama administration applied "pressure" to get the project approved. 

December 23, 2015

Car dealers fear Obama fuel standards will make new vehicles unaffordable

The White House is expected to OK federal standards in the next few weeks that will nearly double vehicle gas mileage for vehicles by 2025, as automotive dealers warn the changes could slam the recovering retail car industry because they will come with sticker prices that will keep buyers off their lots.

December 23, 2015

Coal industry warns proposed EPA rule could force fourth of plants to close

The EPA's latest coal rule imposes a standard for emissions that many older plants can only attain by installing an expensive new technology that's not commercially available, potentially threatening jobs and the plans that provide them.