There’s a revenue-neutral way to treat our oil addiction.
Original post by Richard G. Lugar

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States dropped by 43 this week to 1,472. Of the rigs running nationwide, 1,150 were exploring for natural gas and 309 for oil, …
Original post by Log Cabin Democrat

CINCINNATI - Duke Energy line crews worked into the night to restore power to all Ohio and Kentucky customers. Duke finished ahead of our estimated time of restoration and has now returned to normal … [WebWire - Saturday, January 31, 2009]
Original post by KATC-TV Lafayette

With a third contract offer rejected, some 24,000 refinery workers from the Gulf of Mexico to Montana prepared to head to the picket lines Saturday just hours before an existing labor agreement expires.
The nation’s biggest refiner, Valero, said it would shut down some facilities if workers strike. So did European oil company BP.
Shell Oil Co., […]

You hardly hear about biofuel from algae. The answer it offers us is usually drummed out by the noise from other alternative fuels such as, gasoline/electric hybrids, ethanol, biodiesel and propane. The algae biofuel packs quite a punch and is inexpensive to cultivate.
Original post by Creek-In-The-Valley

Is the Fisker Karma the answer to Plug in Hybrid car technology that has eluded us? Plug in hybrid vehicles like the Tesla, the Volt, hang in front of us like fruit from a tree…but this green hybrid dream has been difficult to realize.
Original post by Creek-In-The-Valley

window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Car rental companies are going green with hybrid cars, Earth Talk Magazine tells us. In response to consumer demand for hybrid cars (there’s that old supply and demand rule in effect!) Hertz, Avis, Budget and Advantage Rent A Car are all turning their rental fleets green.
Original post by Creek-In-The-Valley

Business leaders attending the World Economic Forum have begun a $100 million fund-raising campaign to fight malaria in Africa.
Original post by Penticton Herald

Enerplus Resources Fund said Friday that persistently low oil prices are prompting the company to reduce cash distributions to unit holders for the second time in as many months.
Original post by Sympatico Finance

Indian Oil Corporation’s third quarter stand-alone net profit surged 41.5 per cent to Rs2,958.59 crore against Rs2,090.69 crore year-on-year even as the state-run oil refiner-retailer expects its total …
Original post by Domain-B

Wall Street was set for a slightly higher open Friday after data showed the U.S. economy shrank less than expected in the fourth quarter but still contracted at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years.
Original post by InformationWeek

I am In Canada but the interest rates for borrowing went down and so did gas…by quite … Hammas issues as well as OPEC drastically cutting production to try and increase Oil prices
Original post by ECAB

window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Exxon Mobil finished a roller-coaster year in the oil markets with an all-time record $45.2 billion in profits, despite fourth-quarter earnings that were a third lower than the same period a year before.
Original post by Steven Mufson

Stocks turned lower Friday as investors worried that the economy, though perhaps not as troubled as feared in late 2008, is only getting worse.
Original post by The Daily Breeze

Honolulu-based solar energy company Sopogy Inc. will be part of a California demonstration project that aims to showcase six new solar technologies.
Original post by Array