Read more Department of Energy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30972/department-of-energy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60113/would-be-car-battery-kings-jostle-over-24b-from-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 165 companies and states are battling for a $2.4 billion Obama administration grant aimed at making the US a leader in electric-car batteries, the Wall Street Journal reports. General Motors, Dow Chemical, and General Electric are among the firms vying for the money; states like Michigan, Kentucky, and...http://www.newser.com/story/60113/would-be-car-battery-kings-jostle-over-24b-from-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 9:23:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57693/white-house-staffer-caught-flu-in-mexico.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn administration staffer who worked at a dinner President Obama attended during his trip to Mexico likely contracted the H1N1 virus there, the Washington Post reports. The unnamed Energy Department security worker has since transmitted the flu to his wife, son, and nephew, though he has been cleared of the...http://www.newser.com/story/57693/white-house-staffer-caught-flu-in-mexico.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 15:46:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50976/carbon-dioxide-gets-buried-in-midwest-experiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConstruction began this week on an Energy Department project that aims to bury a million metric tons of carbon dioxide beneath Illinois' surface by 2012, Wired reports. While that's peanuts compared to the billions of tons emitted each year, the project—the largest such injection to date—could pave the...http://www.newser.com/story/50976/carbon-dioxide-gets-buried-in-midwest-experiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Feb 2009 15:07:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47826/chu-vows-to-boost-energy-efficiency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEnergy Secretary-designate Steven Chu told a Senate panel today that he would pursue an expansion of nuclear and clean coal power if confirmed, Politico reports. Chu had been criticized for calling coal “my worst nightmare.” Barack Obama has also been vague about his nuclear energy policy. But while accepting the...http://www.newser.com/story/47826/chu-vows-to-boost-energy-efficiency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Jan 2009 17:34:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28781/high-costs-put-clean-coal-on-back-burner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmbitious plans to combat global warming by pumping carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants into the ground have been delayed or canned due to spiraling costs, the New York Times reports. Scientists now fear that the next generation of coal-burning plants will be built using old, emission-spewing technology, spelling disaster...http://www.newser.com/story/28781/high-costs-put-clean-coal-on-back-burner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 May 2008 2:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28171/us-can-drive-55-and-should-greens-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEscalating fuel prices and fear of global warming are rekindling debate over the nation's maximum speed limit—and environmentalists are urging Congress to slow the US back down to 55 mph, Wired reports. Advocates say going back to the speed limit set during the oil crunch of the 1970s will...http://www.newser.com/story/28171/us-can-drive-55-and-should-greens-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 May 2008 21:15:21 CDT