BERLIN -- Energy provider Vattenfall AG fired up its carbon capture lignite plant Tuesday, the latest effort in the industry's attempts to make coal-fired energy synonymous with clean air.
Senate Democrats promised a series of votes next week on offshore oil drilling as Republicans agreed Monday to let the Senate proceed on a defense bill that had been bottled up because of partisan disputes over the country's energy priorities.
LONDON (Reuters) - UK gas producer BG Group admitted defeat in its hostile bid for Australian coal-bed methane producer Origin Energy, but analysts said BG may shift its focus to another target or become a target itself.
With public opinion shifting toward offshore drilling, Democrats are looking to defuse the volatile election issue by allowing oil companies for the first time to explore off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Virginia to Florida -- but only if they foot the bill for new alternative energy programs.
