Zack Colman

Energy and Environment

Obama climate policies needed to meet emissions goal, State Department report says

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January 3, 2014 5:00 am

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission signed a pair of agreements. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Regulators strike cooperation deal to target power market abuse

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January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

With Keystone XL looming, oil train crash ignites rail-versus-pipeline debate

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January 2, 2014 5:00 am

There has been a downturn in wind power installations this year. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Wind credit to float away, but maybe not for long

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December 31, 2013 5:00 am

A flock of geese fly past the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the sun sets near Emmett, Kan., in 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Energy and Environment

Energy Department rejects ‘social cost of carbon’ challenge

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December 31, 2013 5:00 am

$This Dec. 6, 2012 aerial photo shows a natural gas well, right, drilled by Range Resources, but now operated by another company, near homes in rural Parker County near Granbury, Texas. Environmental groups say the White House is siding with the natural gas industry over its own Environmental Protection Agency following a report this week from the EPA's internal watchdog about an investigation of potential groundwater contamination in Parker County from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.ÃÂ (AP Photo/LM Otero)$