GAO says US failed on energy guidelines
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WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy has missed all 34 deadlines set by Congress for requiring energy efficiency standards on everything from home appliances to power transformers, auditors said yesterday.
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Leaders of the committee writing  energy legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives backed  away on Monday from controversial elements of the bill,  including new fuel economy standards for automobiles.
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Many US businesses are already introducing greenhouse gas reduction programs despite their government&#39;s failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
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By the time he soon leaves, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham will have led his department longer than any of his predecessors. His greatest disappointment, though, is his failure to deliver on the Bush administration's high priority of getting Congress to enact a broad energy agenda.
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The United States failed again today to persuade the International Atomic Energy Agency that it should refer Iran&#39;s suspect nuclear program to the United Nations Security
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US criticised by Germany and China, but minister says emissions wrangle 'should not overshadow progress'
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The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to the meeting.
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The government's record on delivering renewable energy is under attack.
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The Senate yesterday rejected two additions to an energy bill that would have pumped billions of federal dollars into efforts to ramp up production of a coal-based fuel for cars and trucks, which proponents had called an important alternative to petroleum.
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected  contentious incentives to convert coal into liquid transport  fuels, as tax-writers proposed giving $32.1 billion in new  incentives to produce cleaner energy, and sticking Big Oil with  most of the bill in the form of new taxes.
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that 225 counties in 20 states and the District of Columbia failed federal air standards because of microscopic soot from
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An appeals court ruled Thursday that federal energy regulators shirked their duty when they declined to order power companies to refund consumers for overcharges during
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The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree to tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to the meeting.
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The cybersecurity efforts of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in some situations do not meet federal guidelines -- leaving the agency vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to the Energy Department's Inspector General.
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U.S. customs officials did not have  proper technology to detect depleted uranium shipped into the  country in 2002 and 2003, an internal audit showed on Thursday  as it urged changes in the inspection process.
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U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the 2003 invasion were "fatally flawed," a retired British general said, adding that the U.S. administration had refused to listen to British concerns about postwar planning.
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By JIM MYERS  WASHINGTON -- The Senate rejected a proposal Wednesday by Sen. Jim Inhofe designed to streamline the permitting process for refineries and offer economic incentives to Indian tribes and communities hit by base closings to build such facilities.