Jim Tankersley

It was only three years ago that then-Sen. Barack Obama voted for a delicate political compromise to pay Wyoming and other coal states $1.5 billion in future years from a...

The Chevy Volt, the electric car of the future being developed by General Motors, is too expensive to survive in the marketplace. GM is still relying too much on high-margin...

President Barack Obama made his most forceful break yet from his predecessor's controversial scientific agenda on Monday, opening the door to a major expansion of government-funded research on embryonic stem...

Bush rule reversed: President Barack Obama overrode the Bush administration Tuesday on a key step in administering the Endangered Species Act, restoring a requirement that federal agencies consult with experts...

By signaling Monday that he'll let California and other states regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, President Barack Obama appears to be laying the groundwork for a single federal carbon...

President Barack Obama's first week in power was a whirl of activity, but the orders and pronouncements flowing from the White House had little to do with the central mission...

Bailout cash: Despite widespread dissatisfaction with the way the Bush administration used the first half of the $700 billion financial bailout fund, the Senate on Thursday voted to trust President-elect...

The massive economic stimulus bill taking shape in Congress could include a controversial billion-dollar boost for Illinois: the resurrection of an experimental coal power plant in Mattoon. Members of the...

The Cabinet of President-elect Barack Obama is a largely centrist and pragmatic-minded collection of politicians and technocrats without a pronounced ideological bent. Liberals are satisfied but not delighted. Conservatives say...

Breaking America's foreign-oil addiction was all the rage on Capitol Hill when gas cost $4 a gallon. Now that it's under $2 and falling, history suggests the enthusiasm for alternative...