alternative energy

Obama: Spend oil money on alternatives to oil

Mar 15, 2013

The surge in oil and natural gas production in the U.S. offers real economic opportunities. How much are royalties from offshore drilling growing, and what could be gained by taking some of that money to help fund alternative energies?

Posted In: Oil, alternative energy

At Hagel hearings, 'green' Pentagon could make some lawmakers see red

Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Jan 31, 2013

Lawmakers are likely to raise alternative fuel costs at Hagel confirmation hearing.

Posted In: Pentagon, alternative energy, Homeland Security, Military and Energy

U.S. to become world's top oil producer

Interview by

Jeff Horwich

Nov 12, 2012

The International Energy Agency is forecasting that the U.S. will become the biggest oil producer in the world within the next decade.

Posted In: Oil, Saudi Arabia, alternative energy

Obama-backed battery maker goes bankrupt

Eve Troeh

Oct 17, 2012

Mitt Romney claims battery maker A123's bankruptcy is another example of Obama's bad record of picking winners, but has the administration really performed as poorly as the GOP says?

Posted In: electric cars, alternative energy, Barack Obama

One animal's waste is another man's treasure

Romi Levine

Jun 8, 2012

Here in the United Kingdom, retail giants like Wal-Mart and grocery store chain Tesco are food waste into green energy.

Posted In: alternative energy, waste

T. Boone Pickens: 'Natural gas has been a disaster'

Interview by

Jeremy Hobson

May 21, 2012

Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens explains why he recently left natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy, and what he thinks of a federal energy policy in the United States.

Posted In: T. Boone Pickens, natural gas, alternative energy

Military feels heat on green energy

Scott Tong

Mar 27, 2012

Two hearings in the House this week will question whether the Pentagon's efforts to go green are worth the cost.

Posted In: Military and Energy, alternative energy, military

Do Americans approve of Obama's energy plan?

Interview with

Frank Newport

Mar 22, 2012

President Obama is touting a new "all of the above" energy plan that supports more of both oil and alternative energy production. What do Americans want in an energy policy?

Posted In: Barack Obama, energy, Oil, alternative energy