http://www.mail.com/organizations/15492-us-department-energy.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/15492-us-department-energy.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2157694-official-solar-plane-to-help-energy-use-ground.html CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. When it's in flight, there's no roar of jet engines. It's strangely quiet. And as it crisscrosses America, the spindly plane doesn't use a drop of fuel. Day, and even night, it flies on the power of the sun. ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:06:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2157694-official-solar-plane-to-help-energy-use-ground.html 2013-06-17T22:06:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144026-doe-report-faults-450k-payments-to-ex-rep-wilson.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson collected nearly half a million dollars in questionable payments from four federally funded nuclear labs after she left office, the Energy Department's inspector general says in a new report. Wilson failed to provide documentation for the work she did to earn $20,000 a month from the Los Alamos and Sandia ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:14:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144026-doe-report-faults-450k-payments-to-ex-rep-wilson.html 2013-06-11T17:14:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2143166-price-oil-edges-downward-96-barrel.html Oil prices edged down Tuesday after a credit-rating upgrade of U.S. government debt led investors to speculate that the U.S. central bank might consider scaling back its aggressive monetary policies. Benchmark oil for July delivery fell 42 cents to $95.35 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 26 cents on M... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:34:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2143166-price-oil-edges-downward-96-barrel.html 2013-06-11T10:34:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2141804-oil-slightly-market-awaits-demand-outlook.html NEW YORK (AP) — Oil stalled Monday, after last week's 4 percent gain, as traders await the latest readings on oil supplies and updated forecasts for demand. Benchmark oil for July delivery fell 26 cents to close at $95.77 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil rose $4.06, or 4.4 percent, last week and closed at $96.03 a barrel on Friday. Trad... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:23:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2141804-oil-slightly-market-awaits-demand-outlook.html 2013-06-10T19:23:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100250-moniz-lng-exports-hold-until-data-reviewed.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices. Moniz, who was sworn in Tuesday as the nation's new energy chief,... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:47:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100250-moniz-lng-exports-hold-until-data-reviewed.html 2013-05-21T20:47:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2093442-energy-dept-backs-texas-lng-export-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas. The action would allow Freeport LNG Expansion L.P. to export up to 1.4 billion cubic feet of liquefied... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:49:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2093442-energy-dept-backs-texas-lng-export-plan.html 2013-05-17T21:49:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and aut... Mon, 13 May 2013 08:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html 2013-05-13T08:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2040898-obama-administration-missed-clues-fisker.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department did not realize for four months that troubled automaker Fisker Automotive Inc. had missed a crucial production target that was required as part of a half-billion dollar government loan, documents released Wednesday show. The mistake allowed Fisker to obtain an additional $32 million in government funding before the loan was suspended i... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:33:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2040898-obama-administration-missed-clues-fisker.html 2013-04-25T02:33:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2037948-energy-dept-seizes-21m-electric-car-maker.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has seized $21 million from troubled automaker Fisker Automotive Inc. just weeks after the company laid off three-fourths of its workers amid continuing financial and production problems. Fisker had received $192 million in federal loans before a series of problems led U.S. officials to freeze the loan in 2011. I... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:20:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2037948-energy-dept-seizes-21m-electric-car-maker.html 2013-04-23T01:20:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015156-greenhouse-gases-high-temps-hotter-china.html WASHINGTON (AP) — China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. China emits more of the greenhouse gas than the next two biggest carbon polluters — the U.S. and ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:48:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015156-greenhouse-gases-high-temps-hotter-china.html 2013-04-12T14:48:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2013698-oil-falls-94-barrel-demand-forecast.html NEW YORK (AP) — Oil fell below $94 a barrel Thursday after the International Energy Agency lowered its forecast for global oil demand. Benchmark oil for May delivery dropped $1.13 to finish at $93.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It had gained about $2 a barrel in the first three days of the week. Meanwhile, U.S. drivers are seeing the che... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:52:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2013698-oil-falls-94-barrel-demand-forecast.html 2013-04-11T20:52:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008516-moniz-backs-natural-gas-revolution.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even as the nation seeks to boost domestic energy production. Ernest Moniz, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said "a stunning increase" in production of domestic n... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:23:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008516-moniz-backs-natural-gas-revolution.html 2013-04-09T19:23:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000876-fisker-to-cut-three-fourths-work-force.html DETROIT (AP) — Troubled electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. has laid off about three-fourths of the workers at its California headquarters as it struggles with financial and production problems. The Anaheim, Calif.-based company confirmed the layoffs in a statement on Friday, saying it is pursuing "strategic alternatives" to get through financial ch... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:51:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000876-fisker-to-cut-three-fourths-work-force.html 2013-04-05T17:51:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1993714-nuclear-board-warns-hanford-tank-explosion-risk.html YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Underground tanks that hold a stew of toxic, radioactive waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site pose a possible risk of explosion, a nuclear safety board said in advance of confirmation hearings for the next leader of the Energy Department. State and federal officials have long known that hydrogen gas could build up insi... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:28:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1993714-nuclear-board-warns-hanford-tank-explosion-risk.html 2013-04-03T00:28:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988556-wyo-power-plant-stalls-17-years-faces-skepticism.html WRIGHT, Wyo. (AP) — In Wyoming, folks call it the "No Elk" plant, an $800 million project that — once finished — was meant to supply coal-fired power to 100,000 homes and support dozens of full-time jobs on the rolling prairie of northeast Wyoming. Megawatts from the Two Elk Energy Park originally were supposed to begin flowing back when Bill Clinton was ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:21:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988556-wyo-power-plant-stalls-17-years-faces-skepticism.html 2013-03-30T18:21:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1980582-politics-rule-everyday-govt-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A sea of marchers in red and yellow T-shirts flowed through the capital's main downtown boulevard, paralyzing traffic while state TV cameras stood ready to record every second. The crowd had come out to show their support for the late President Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro, but they weren't student activists or community organizers. ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:23:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1980582-politics-rule-everyday-govt-venezuela.html 2013-03-26T19:23:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Removing radioactive waste from underground tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site has proven to be technologically vexing for years, and recent word that six tanks are leaking has only added pressure to the efforts to empty them. A proposal to ship some of that waste to New Mexico to ultimately stem the leaks earned a... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:31:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html 2013-03-07T18:31:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1923062-doe-budget-cuts-slow-nuclear-waste-cleanup.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cleanup of radioactive waste at nuclear sites across the country — including one in Washington state where waste tanks may be leaking 1,000 gallons per year — would be delayed under automatic spending cuts set to take effect Friday. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the cuts would delay work at the department's highest-risk sites, includi... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:10:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1923062-doe-budget-cuts-slow-nuclear-waste-cleanup.html 2013-03-01T00:10:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1895566-hanford-nuclear-tank-wash-leaking-liquids.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The long-delayed cleanup of the nation's most contaminated nuclear site became the subject of more bad news Friday, when Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that a radioactive waste tank there is leaking. The news raises concerns about the integrity of similar tanks at south-central Washington's Hanford nuclear reservation and puts ... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:19:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1895566-hanford-nuclear-tank-wash-leaking-liquids.html 2013-02-15T23:19:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854808-wanxiang-panel-approves-a123-sale.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. said Tuesday that a federal panel has approved its purchase of most assets of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc. The approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) came more than a month after a Delaware bankruptcy judge signed off on the deal, valued... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854808-wanxiang-panel-approves-a123-sale.html 2013-01-29T20:55:00Z