Energy

An excavator loads a truck with oil sands at the Suncor mine near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada in 2009. Environmental groups that oppose oil sands mining have pointed to delayed and canceled projects as a sign of recent success.

Environmentalists Push To Keep Canadian Crude In The Ground

11:29am January 08, 2015

by Jeff Brady

Many groups that oppose the Keystone XL pipeline also want, more broadly, to stop pollution-heavy extraction of crude from Canada's oil sands. They point to canceled or delayed projects as success.

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Cape Cod's Offshore Wind Project In Jeopardy

6:17pm January 07, 2015

by Sean Corcoran

A controversial offshore wind project under development in Cape Cod has lost both of the buyers for its power. Without financing, Cape Wind is missing deadlines to deliver.

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Obama Will Veto Keystone XL Legislation, White House Says

7:25pm January 06, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The House, which has a Republican majority, is expected to vote on the controversial pipeline this week. The GOP-dominated Senate is considering a similar measure, which has bipartisan support.

Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Another Chance With New Congress

6:39pm January 06, 2015

by Scott Horsley

With the new Congress sworn in and the GOP in charge, votes to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline are the first order of business.

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Utilities Fight For Revenue Lost To Solar Power

2:20am January 05, 2015

Solar energy had a banner year in 2014, but as more U.S. households make their own electricity, they're paying electric utilities less. Utility companies across the nation are fighting back.

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Water vapor, which looks like smoke, is seen rising from a power plant near Hengshui in China's Hebei province. In November, President Obama announced a landmark carbon-cutting deal with China — the world's leading producer of greenhouse gases. And the

2014 Brought Lasting Action On Climate Change Policy

4:19pm January 04, 2015

by Scott Horsley

The EPA moved ahead with far-reaching polices to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. And the president struck a landmark deal with China to curb its carbon output as well.

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Low heating oil prices mean New Englanders don't have to bundle up at home this year, but they will have to watch their rising electric bills.

Heating New England Homes: The Good And Bad News

3:55pm January 04, 2015

by Sam Evans-Brown

Low heating oil prices mean New Englanders don't have to bundle up at home this year, but they will have to watch their rising electric bills.

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Congress Could Find Energy Compromise With Hydropower

6:23pm January 02, 2015

by Dan Boyce

With the Republicans in the majority in both the House and Senate in Washington, there will be changes in energy policy in the next few years. Republicans are pledging to approve the Keystone XL pipeline and to delay or derail the Obama administration's clean air proposals.

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High Electric Bills Gobble Up Savings From Cheap Oil In New England

11:10am December 27, 2014

by Sam Evans-Brown

Falling oil prices are perhaps nowhere more welcome than in northern New England, where most homes burn heating oil in their furnaces and high electricity prices are going up.

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Many States Now Have $2 Gasoline, Analyst Says

4:21pm December 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

An analyst from GasBuddy.com says 24 states have at least one station with the price per gallon at $1.99 or less.