Energy and Environment

As winter approaches, energy prices continue to rise because of world market conditions and overregulation by the EPA. Read more »

“Cooperation, cooperation – but there is no cooperation,” said Congressman Griffith. Read more »

An energy company that received a $43 million loan guarantee through the same federal program that backed Solyndra has followed the path of the failed solar firm and filed for bankruptcy. Read more »

A House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican alleged Monday that the White House is setting up the Energy Department for a fall in the controversy over DOE’s loan programs. Read more »

The Treasury Department Friday declined to say whether it believes the Energy Department acted illegally when it decided earlier this year to rework a federal loan to Solyndra LLC in an effort to keep the struggling company afloat. Read more »

Moving its way through Congress, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act has received bipartisan approval in the House, leaving Senate approval the last step in passage of legislation that would grant the EPA much-needed time to improve the flawed Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rules. Read more »

The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday night that would delay new rules to control pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators, part of a Republican effort to roll back or repeal federal regulations that they consider harmful to the economy. Read more »

Today’s historic bipartisan vote is a positive step in the fight for jobs. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said Walton’s ruling is an important step in stopping the EPA from making up “illegal processes designed to withhold mining permits.” Read more »

At the Sept. 14 hearing, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), himself a lawyer, said to Silver that "common English always trumps legal mumbo jumbo. And the common English makes it clear you are not to subordinate. But in January, when you were at the helm, your people subordinated $75 million of this money, American taxpayer dollars, to private investors." Read more »