by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The House approved two amendments to a 2013 spending bill late Tuesday night that would prohibit the government from enforcing federal light bulb standards that Republicans say are too intrusive. In a voice vote, the House approved an amendment to the Energy and Water...
by Jane Richey | May 18, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The U.S. Energy Department says it has half-a-million dollars to spend this year to test technologies that may be able to harness energy from ocean waves. The goal is to someday supply clean, renewable power to highly-populated coastal regions. The $500,000 in...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, in Denver on Wednesday, called on Congress to act on extending clean-energy tax credits, which he said will help American companies create jobs and produce clean, renewable power. “America can’t afford to miss out on...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The federal government, now in the process of “reforming” what happens inside hospitals, is also offering advice on how new hospitals should be built. On Tuesday, the Energy Department released the final installment of its four-part series on designing...
by Jane Richey | May 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
In a Mar. 16 memorandum, Energy Secretary Steven Chu outlined plans to restructure the marketing of federal hydropower operations in an effort to advance the Obama administration’s green energy agenda, which apparently would raise electricity costs, critics charged on...
