Future water shortages will likely eclipse energy problems The Providence Journal | Q: I just heard a radio program about future energy problems, and one of the speakers said she thought water shortages would be more a problem in the coming years than energy shortages. If this happens, what can we do now to prevent this? | A: I tend to agree with what you heard, especially since ...
Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand Khaleej Times | LONDON - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to industry analysts. | Crude prices surged last week to strike a record high above 126 dollars per barrel, boosted by tightening supp...
Anthony Doesburg: Mustering energy to face the powers that be NZ Herald | Clean electricity is fine in theory, but making it reality means leaping a few bureaucratic hurdles | In politics, a year is an eternity. But in the quest for cleaner sources of energy, it's the blink of an eye. The paradoxical part is that the two...
Speculation rages over energy giant Canada Dot Com Published:Â Sunday, May 11, 2008 | Canada's largest oil and gas producer is set to make a major announcement today. | Amid speculation ranging from takeovers to reorganization of the company, officials from Calgary-based energy giant EnCana Corp. rem...
EnCana restructures to create two energy companies Canada Dot Com | Canada's largest energy company by market value, Calgary-based EnCana Corp., is splitting itself in two, creating an integrated oilsands firm and a natural gas-focused exploration and production company. | Both publicly traded companies would be am...
Some of North America's top economic minds see an energy market bull with plenty of kick Canada Dot Com Published:Â Sunday, May 11, 2008 | Twenty short weeks ago, the world was struggling to digest the idea of $100 US oil. | Today, with oil prices breaching new records almost daily, even ordinarily circumspect soothsayers are talking about the prospect...
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Energy Dept. unveils retooled plans for clean coal plants Examiner ST. LOUIS (Map, News) - The Energy Department unveiled its blueprint Wednesday for spending up to $1.3 billion on multiple clean-coal power plants that would capture carbon emissio...
Global Food/Energy Crises and the Middle East Middle East Online BEIRUT -- The convergence of six trends in the Middle East -- food, energy, water, population, urbanization and security-dominated politics -- is likely to create conditions that w...
Farmer pioneers green energy practices in Ohio AOL BROOKVILLE, Ohio (AP) - When he was laid up in the hospital recovering from knee surgery, farmer Ralph Dull picked up a thick notebook dropped off by a friend that detailed how win...
Food, energy inflation squeeze economy: FBR chief at LCCI Dawn | LAHORE, May 10: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Muhammad Abdullah Yousaf says the economy is under severe pressure owing to unprecedented increase in petroleum products and food prices. | Addressing industrialists and businessmen at the Lah...
Little sacrifices can save big on energy bill The State | Not all energy-saving measures require big sacrifices. Here are some easy ways to cut energy use from a recent issue of Mother Earth News. | • Use a computer's energy-saving setting so the machine goes into hibernation after a set period of inactiv...
Democrat calls for GOP to alter energy policy Contra Costa Times WASHINGTON — The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country's energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday. | ...
Dollar value, fuel catch fishermen NZ Herald | The NZ Seafood Industry Conference gets underway in Wellington this week as fishing companies struggle with the high kiwi dollar and ever-rising fuel costs. | The conference is being held at Te Papa from Wednesday to Friday and opens with a celebration of 50 years of the NZ Federation of Commercial Fishermen. | Seafood Industry Council chief exec...
WSSC deal a huge boost to wind power The Washington Times | The WSSC's contract to buy power from a wind farm is one of the biggest by a local government agency. | ANNAPOLIS - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission officials said yesterday that they now will buy one-third of their electricity from a Pennsylvania wind farm, a record deal for the purchase of renewable energy. | Agency officials expect to s...
