Investing: Democrats May Give Alternative Energy a New Push
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The fortunes of alternative energy companies have been linked to two factors outside their control: oil prices and politics.
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Homeowners should get better financial rewards when generating power through solar panels, the Green Party says.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON - Three powerful lobbying forces - automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry - are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy.
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When farmer Greg Bryant first heard about plans for windmills along a swath of mountain ridges in this northeastern Vermont hamlet, he was all for it. The idea of tapping a plentiful natural resource for power was appealing.
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Examine the upside and down of wind, geothermal, solar and synfuel.
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Some Democratic faithful have visions of a dream ticket that marries Obama's energy with Clinton's expertise. But it's only a dream
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For nearly two decades, Alan Greenspan was hardly a proponent of raising taxes on energy to encourage conservation. Until now.
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Larger supplies, more energy alternatives, and a slowing economy could be factors.
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A group of Senate Democrats from coal-rich states is drafting an amendment to proposed energy legislation that would provide as much as $10 billion in federal loans to pay for capturing and storing greenhouse gases produced by plants that would turn coal into liquid transportation fuels or...
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It was a great year for energy investments, but what can we expect in the year ahead?
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When oil prices rise, public interest in alternative energy often does, too. But the logic is evidently escaping Wall Street.
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House Democrats are already gearing up for 2008, and they are eyeing suburbia as fertile territory for more pickups to increase their gains from November.
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Some experts say that moving solar energy from niche to mainstream is unlikely without big breakthroughs.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  next week could weigh legislation that extends tax incentives  to use renewable energy sources like wind and solar and slaps  new taxes on big energy companies, Democratic aides said on  Friday.
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Democrats planning a hefty increase in fuel-economy requirements for cars face opposition from one of their own, John D. Dingell.
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With oil reaching a record-high &#36;54 a barrel and natural gas doubling in price in the last two years, renewable energy is looking a lot better &#151; not just on environmental merits but on price.
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Senate Democrats, eager for a vote on energy legislation, ran into staunch Republican resistance Thursday to requiring that utilities use more wind, solar and other renewable sources to produce electricity.