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A key Senate Democrat is trying to get two programs aimed at boosting solar, wind and other renewable energy extended through the end of next year.

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Republican senators stand to lose nearly $2 billion in project money they requested, if they stick with their leadership. Read more…

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A takeover of Saskatchewan-based PotashCorp could slash the provincial government’s revenues by at least $2 billion over the next decade while having little or no net effect on employment, according to a report done for the province.

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House Minority Leader John Boehner gives some clues about what would happen if Republicans won the House and he was elected Speaker

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BP Plc would be barred from new U.S. offshore leases based on past violations under an amendment approved today by a House panel.

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A Congressional Budget Office review of the energy and climate bill co-sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., revealed Wednesday that the bill could reduce America’s deficit by over $19 billion over ten years. The CBO predicted that over the 2011-2020 period the legislation would increase revenues by about $751 billion and increase spending by $732 billion, resulting …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing a new rule to tighten restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants in the eastern half of the country, a key step to cut emissions

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EPA says new air pollution rule would cut smog from coal-fired power plants

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DENVER – Colorado would create thousands of jobs with legislation requiring large utilities to increase their use of renewable energy, a study released Tuesday by Environment Colorado said. But Republicans are questioning how much the measure would impact the state’s economy, as well as the number of long-term jobs that have been created under previous renewable energy requirements. Colorado …

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Utility companies in Kentucky would be required to get as much as 12.5 percent of their electricity from renewable sources — like wind, water and the sun — by 2020 under a bill filed this week in the General Assembly.

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