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Rumors are swirling over whether or not Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be announcing that he will step down, perhaps as early as next week. However, a DOE spokesman says that “Dr. Chu is focused on his job as Secretary each day and hasn't made any announcements about his future plans.”

Leaving the Senate after 36 years, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., wants to stay engaged in issues that have marked his public career

A dozen members of the House delivered a bipartisan letter to the House Agricultural Committee asking for reauthorization of key energy title programs as the committee prepares to take up the Farm Bill.

The amount spent on biofuels is a drop in the bucket compared to the total military fuel budget

A coalition of over 125 agricultural, conservation, environmental, energy, forestry, hunger, and rural stakeholders sent a letter to Senate leadership today urging them to bring the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 to the Senate floor as soon as possible.

The president of the National Corn Growers Association today told a House Agriculture subcommittee that "it's important to acknowledge that farm bill conservation programs have had significant positive impacts over the past several decades

More people should be more interested in making more energy from manure.

More than 100 organizations sent a letter to leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Agriculture Committees asking for reauthorization and funding of energy title programs from the farm bill.

The Governors Wind Energy Coalition asks the White House to seek the extension of tax credits that boost wind energy development.

Every energy program in the current Farm Bill will lose mandatory funding rights after the expiration date of the 2012 Farm Bill.