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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Double dose of DOE in the House

ON TAP TUESDAY: Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will get the chance to keep his Capitol Hill charm offensive rolling Tuesday at a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing. Moniz will explain the Energy Department’s (DOE) science and technology ... [Published E2-Wire - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Ernest Moniz, Wind Power, Obama Administration

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

GOP bill would cut renewable energy spending in half

House appropriators want to slash green energy projects to help cover increased spending on nuclear security. ... [Published E2-Wire - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Renewable Energy, Republican Party (US), Nuclear

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Energy Department warns House of limits on natural gas testimony

A senior Energy Department (DOE) official is warning House lawmakers of constraints on what he can discuss at Tuesday’s Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on natural gas export proposals.Christopher Smith, the acting head of the DOE’s fossil energy ... [Published E2-Wire - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Natural Gas, Testimony, Christopher Smith

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

McCain: Secret email accounts fuel distrust

In a letter, McCain criticizes policy that allows Cabinet members to keep private email accounts for official business. ... [Published E2-Wire - 13 hours ago]

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

News bites: Obama leaves climate tool ‘on shelf,’ North Dakota’s oil surge, and more

Reuters reports that President Obama is leaving one tool to help address climate change on the shelf for the time being. The Wall Street Journal looks at how Iran’s presidential election could affect the nation’s energy sector.Bloomberg reports ... [Published E2-Wire - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Climate, Ron Wyden, Natural Resources, Oil Production

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

The week ahead: Gas exports in focus, Keystone battle heats up, and a big dose of Moniz

This week brings a flurry of activity on and off Capitol Hill — sometimes way off. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will wade into battles over proposals to expand U.S. natural gas exports. The title of Tuesday’s hearing conveys the majority ... [Published E2-Wire - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Natural Gas, United States, Market

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Al Gore

Al Gore presses Obama on power plant carbon rules, calls Keystone ‘atrocity’

Al Gore is urging President Obama to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, a step the White House has not publicly embraced to date.Gore made the case for Environmental Protection Agency regulations for new and currently operating ... [Published E2-Wire - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Al Gore, Power Plant, Barack Obama, Carbon

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

White House, EPA at odds over savings produced by emissions regulations

How much do new regulations cost? It depends on whom you ask. ... [Published E2-Wire - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Emission, White House

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Baucus sees carbon tax interest ‘creeping up,’ but Camp says no way

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said interest in carbon taxes among senators is “creeping up,” but his House GOP counterpart flatly said he’s not open to the idea.Baucus, the top Senate negotiator in tax code overhaul talks, said ... [Published E2-Wire - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Max Baucus, Carbon Tax, Republican Party (US)

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

DOJ, Arkansas sue Exxon for pipeline spill

The Justice Department (DOJ) and the state of Arkansas are suing Exxon Mobil Corp. for the Pegasus pipeline oil spill that occurred in March. The nearly 70-year-old pipeline ruptured March 29, spurting 5,000 barrels of oil that contaminated 22 homes ... [Published E2-Wire - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Mayflower, Oil Spill, Exxon Mobil Corporation

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Energy Secretary creates cybersecurity council

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said he has created a cybersecurity council to bring together various Energy Department branches, a move that underscores increasing political and policy focus on cyber threats.“What we are trying to do is to make sure that ... [Published E2-Wire - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Ernest Moniz, Cyber Security, Nuclear, Cyber Threat

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

OVERNIGHT ENERGY: For energy chief Moniz, the honeymoon is not over

STATE OF PLAY: There’s plenty of time for new Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to fall out of favor with top Republicans.But after his first Capitol Hill hearing as secretary, Moniz drew praise from a senior GOP lawmaker who collided with his predecessor.“I ... [Published E2-Wire - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Ernest Moniz, Ed Whitfield, Republican Party (US), Steven Chu

Quotes

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Maryland warehouse is plagued by "deplorable conditions,” the inspector general found. "

Watchdog finds new TVs, unused furniture at filthy EPA warehouse [Published E2-Wire - Jun 03 2013]

"He has notified the White House of his intention to resign. The White House has indicated they would like him to stay until his replacement is nominated and confirmed by the Senate; he has agreed to do so,” a FERC official told The Hill in an email."

Electric grid regulator Wellinghoff to step down [Published E2-Wire - May 29 2013]

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