Obama is pushing for a green agenda (again). Following a series of symbolic votes by the newly reenergized Republican Party, including one to repeal the health care law, this week saw a GOP-led effort to roll back the Environmental Protection Agency’s ambitious green …

HydroVolts, a Seattle-based developer of hydropower turbines able to generate electricity from small streams and canals, has secured an undisclosed amount from strategic investors in a Series A round of venture funding. HydroVolts says this inaugural round was oversubscribed and investors included two Seattle …