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Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, announced that he is planning to draft a cap-and-trade bill that would distribute billions of dollars in pollution credits to U.S. industries for free.  Power companies and other industrial companies are lobbying Congress to enact such ...

In response to an influx of new plant proposals, which could open the biggest building boom since the 1970s, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is expanding.  Within two years, the NRC could receive 29 application for new reactors in 20 states.  Bill Borchardt, director of the new NRC office called the Office of New Reactors ...

On September 17th, Judge Martin Jenkins, a federal judge in San Francisco, ruled that the courts do not have the authority or the expertise to decide injury lawsuits concerning global warming.  The decision dismissed a suit which had been brought against six car companies by the State of California.  This is good news for automakers, ...

There is growing public support for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEVs) that could provide consumers with vehicles that get 100 miles a gallon, use no gasoline at all for local errands, switch to conventional fuel for long trips and quickly recharge at electric outlets at home.  Automakers are touting the technology, but engineers are ...