WASHINGTON — The Obama administration yesterday unveiled a spending plan that would increase funding for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration to $11.2 billion in the next fiscal year (see GSN, Jan. 29).
The agency, a semiautonomous branch of the Energy Department, would receive a 13.4-percent budget increase in fiscal 2011 to maintain the country’s nuclear [...]

The last notable amount of highly enriched uranium in Turkey has been withdrawn and shipped back to the United States as part of Washington’s global effort to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear material, the National Nuclear Security Administration said yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 15, 2009).
To remove the final 11.9 pounds of uranium from Turkey, the [...]

By Hope Deutscher
In response to a request by President Barack Obama to expedite the implementation of programs to assist the development of biofuels, the USDA has moved forward with several 2008 Farm Bill provisions that could serve to benefit ethanol producers.
The Repowering Assistance Program provides $35 million in fiscal year 2009, and authorized $15 million [...]

The president has allocated more than $467 million for research, development, and use of both geothermal and solar energy.
President Barack Obama has announced plans to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal and solar energy throughout the United States.
Taking more than $467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, [...]

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada, May 28, 2009 (ENS) - President Barack Obama Wednesday announced over $467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal and solar energy across the United States.
The funding is intended to help the solar and geothermal industries overcome technical [...]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed solar energy as a cost saver for a major Air Force base, one stop on a Western trip devoted to raising political money and promoting his economic policies.
Obama said his $787 billion economic stimulus package has “saved or created nearly 150,000 jobs” including “jobs building [...]

French president says he wants to help UAE stabilize world oil prices
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged both oil-rich nations and industrial powers Tuesday to work to stabilize world oil prices, noting that the global economy cannot afford major price swings while it works to recover from the [...]

WASHINGTON D.C.: President Barack Obama’s budget plan could have a major effect on oil and gas companies, cutting back on tax breaks and royalty relief for the industry.
The budget proposal will use a new excise tax on offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico to close what the administration termed “loopholes that [...]

American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Projects Largest Solar Conference Turnout In 38-Year History; Conergy’s SolarSuccess! for Start-upsTraining Is At Capacity; Few Seats Remain for FastTrack! Training Sessions for Experienced Solar Installers
Boulder, CO (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 8, 2009 — Thousands of small business owners, investors, solar professionals and business leaders are flocking to Buffalo next [...]

By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate are demanding the Obama administration provide scientific and legal evidence to support its decision not to store nuclear waste at the long-planned Yucca Mountain depository in Nevada.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified at a congressional hearing in March that Yucca Mountain was no longer [...]