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The Great Warming

The Great Warming is a moving documentary film about global warming that urges action on climate change and ecological issues.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

A Fuel-Good Story At Summer’s End

The declining prices of crude oil and ethanol combined with rising gasoline supplies have brought a bit of welcome relief at the pump as the summer driving season draws to a close.
Original post by Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Chris Kirkham

Alternative fuel vehicle sales growing

With high prices and rising energy costs, more Americans are buying alternative fuel autos, including diesel, hybrids, and ethanol fuel vehicles.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

Getting off the grid

Getting off the grid is a term that refers to a home using alternative energy and not consuming any electricity from the local electric company’s grid.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

Chad Plans to Evict 2 Oil Firms Over Unpaid Taxes

N’DJAMENA, Chad, Aug. 26 — Chad’s president on Saturday ordered two oil companies, Chevron Corp. and Petronas, to leave the country, saying that neither had paid taxes and that his country would take responsibility for the oil fields they have overseen.
Original post by Madjiasra Nako

Photovoltaic solar energy

DuPont is building a $50 million photovoltaic solar energy facility to meet the high demand for photovoltaic solar energy materials.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

California one million solar roofs plan

Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that is designed to have one million solar roofs built in California by 2018.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

Hybrid cars break even

The auto web site, Edmunds.com, is now saying that some hybrid cars are worth their premium price tag due to higher gas costs and tax credits from the government.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

Ex-Yukos Executive Calls Russian Probe ‘Retaliation’

MOSCOW, Aug. 22 — When Steven M. Theede joined the Yukos oil company in 2003 as chief operating officer, he was signing on with one of the shining stars of Russian industry, lauded for its Western-style corporate governance and potential as one of the most powerful stewards of Russia’s vast energy…
Original post by Peter […]

Wind power an alternative energy source

Wind power is a safer and increasingly cheaper alternative energy source for the future. Believe the forces of the marketplace - which are right more often than editorial writers.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

Brazil’s Road to Energy Independence

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Record oil prices have made the world’s energy landscape a darkly foreboding place this year, inhospitable to optimism and celebration. Except in Brazil.
Original post by Monte Reel

Yukos Probe Widens To Include Westerners

MOSCOW, Aug. 17 — The Russian prosecutor’s office announced Thursday that it had opened a criminal probe into allegations of money laundering and embezzlement by Steven M. Theede, the American former chief executive of the embattled Yukos oil company, and three other expatriate executives.
Original post by Peter Finn

Ethanol e85 in Texas gas stations

H-E-B stores have started selling E85 ethanol at select gas stations around the central Texas area. The e85 blend is 60 cents cheaper than regular unleaded at these select gas stations.
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

Solar electric power to get more affordable

This solar technology will make solar power competitive with conventional electricity, but when will the average person get it?
Original post by KTVA Anchorage and software by Elliott Back

Regulators Look to Plug Holes in Pipeline Rules

Even as BP PLC works to patch up its image and its leaky Alaska pipelines, environmentalists, the oil industry, Congress and federal officials are trying to figure out how to plug the holes in petroleum pipeline regulations.
Original post by Steven Mufson