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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Bailout’s tax breaks aid ‘dirty fuels’
Business |
October 4, 2008
The renewable-energy tax incentives tucked into the financial bailout package passed by the House on Friday include billions of dollars in breaks for old-fashioned fossil-fuel processes such as liquefying coal and squeezing petroleum out of sand and rock. Read more
Friday, August 29, 2008
Opening the spigot for liquid natural gas imports
Business |
August 29, 2008
With the help of Mexico President Felipe Calderon, San Diego-based Sempra Energy on Thursday inaugurated its $1-billion Energia Costa Azul gas import terminal to serve fast-growing energy demands in the southwestern U.S. and Baja California. Read more
Monday, July 7, 2008
Campus innovations point to green future
California | Local |
July 7, 2008
There’s a green sheen settling over colleges and universities. Read more
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Nigeria attacks disrupt oil flow
World |
June 29, 2008
Amid surging demand for oil, a severe bottleneck has developed in production of high-quality West African crude, alarming world leaders and demonstrating a new vulnerability in fragile oil markets. Read more
Monday, May 5, 2008
Expansion of utilities’ loan program is urged
Business |
May 5, 2008
California regulators want to expand a pilot program under which utilities offer interest-free loans to small businesses that want to buy energy-efficient gear. Read more
Monday, April 14, 2008
Coal at heart of climate battle
National |
April 14, 2008
Every time a new coal-fired power plant is proposed anywhere in the United States, a lawyer from the Sierra Club or an allied environmental group is assigned to stop it, by any bureaucratic or legal means necessary. Read more
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Measure on energy draws fire
California | Local |
April 8, 2008
Should two Arizona billionaires tell California, arguably the nation’s greenest state, how to run its electricity business? Read more
Monday, March 24, 2008
‘Corridors’ of power are finding resistance
National |
March 24, 2008
There is wide agreement that the nation needs to upgrade the aging system that delivers electricity from power plants to consumers – a grid that is already overtaxed and facing a 43% increase in demand over the next two decades. Read more
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Senate does the math for stimulus plan
National |
February 3, 2008
As the Senate begins debate on who should benefit from a more-than-$150-billion economic stimulus package, Democrats have put two groups at the top of their list: senior citizens living on Social Security and Americans struggling to pay their energy bills. Read more
Blackouts rack S. Africa
World |
February 3, 2008
Across Africa, people know what to do when the lights go out: Life chugs along thanks to generators, candles, wood fires, paraffin lamps and windup radios. Read more
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Nuclear gets push from both parties
National |
December 30, 2007
On the brink of a nuclear power resurgence in America, the
once-vilified industry is buoyed by a slate of presidential
candidates who seem ready to embrace – or at least consider – a
nuclear energy future. Read more
Friday, December 14, 2007
Senate approves energy reforms
National |
December 14, 2007
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a broad energy bill
that would impose the most significant increase in vehicle
fuel-economy standards in three decades, and the White House said
President Bush would sign it. Read more
Soaring energy costs fuel retail sales
Business |
December 14, 2007
Soaring energy costs helped fuel a record jump in wholesale
inflation and an unexpectedly strong gain in retail sales, government
reports showed Thursday, sending mixed signals about the state of the economy. Read more
Thursday, December 13, 2007
PG&E criticizes revamped Calpine power pact
Business |
December 13, 2007
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Read more
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Why the world still warms to coal
Science |
November 18, 2007
Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is the crack cocaine of the
developing world. Read more
Friday, November 16, 2007
Bid to make buildings greener OKd
California | Local |
November 16, 2007
The Los Angeles Planning Commission on Thursday approved one of
the most ambitious green building programs of any big city in the
nation, requiring large new developments to be 15% more energy efficient. Read more
Thursday, November 15, 2007
How fat is my home?
Home & Garden |
November 15, 2007
HERE at Greenbuild, the world’s largest conference on
environmentally responsible design, former President Clinton packed a
ballroom with a rapt audience of 8,000 that began lining up for seats
two hours before he took to the stage. Read more
Monday, November 12, 2007
BRIEFLY - Energy drinks give heart a jolt too
Health |
November 12, 2007
The increasingly popular high-caffeine beverages called energy
drinks may do more than give people a jolt of energy – they may also
boost heart rates and blood pressure. Read more
Friday, November 9, 2007
Black holes spit high-energy rays
Science |
November 9, 2007
An international team of scientists said Thursday that they have
tracked down the origin of the mysterious “Oh-My-God” particle – a
cosmic ray bearing energies millions of times larger than the most
powerful particle accelerator can produce on Earth. Read more
