| Energy bill lobbying costly http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Energy Articles Detroit Free Press - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. auto industry and its allies opened their wallets last year to lobby Congress and the Bush administration during the fuel economy debate, boosting their spending by more than $12 million from the year before. According to a ... |
| ENERGY: Fermi 2 output down http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Energy Articles Detroit Free Press - DTE Energy Co., owner of Michigan's largest utility, reduced output by 7% at its Fermi 2 nuclear reactor in Monroe County after a lubrication oil leak from a system that controls steam that drives the generator. The leak has been repaired and ... |
| Iberdrola Renovables to sell wind energy to California over 18 years http://www.cnbc.com/id/2317... Energy Articles CNBC - MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Iberdrola Renovables SA has signed an agreement to supply the electricity produced at its wind park in Pebble Springs, Oregon, to the Southern California Energy Agency for a period of 18 years. In a statement, the company ... |
| France Says New Iran Resolution Imminent http://www.latimes.com/news... Energy Articles Los Angeles Times - Iran insists it never had a weapons program and that its uranium enrichment is aimed at energy production. Francois Gere, an Iran specialist and head of the French Institute of Strategic Analysis, said he was "a little skeptical" that a third ... |
| Oil Tumbles to Six-Week Low as Shares Slump on Recession Risk http://www.bloomberg.com/ap... Energy Articles Bloomberg - Oil led a drop across commodity markets as gold and copper fell on concern slower economic growth will curb demand for energy and metals. Asian stock markets fell the most since September 2001, continuing a global equity rout. ``These ... |
| WORLD OF HURT http://www.nypost.com/seven... Energy Articles New York Post - The rout also set the stage for lower crude prices on projections that a slowing global economy would use less energy. Crude fell $2.01, or 2.2 percent, to $88.56 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The euro plunged to ... |
| Crude oil falls on U.S. recession concerns http://www.chicagotribune.c... Energy Articles Chicago Tribune - OPEC is "reluctant to open its taps too wide, especially with a weakening U.S. economic outlook," the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies said in a monthly report. "Ministers might veer in the opposite direction and cut production." U.S ... |
| Super Bowl Scufflers: Celtics And Knicks Deliver Warm-Up Act http://sports.espn.go.com/n... Energy Articles ESPN.com - ... 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and might have doubled his four assists were it not for botched finishes. James Jones (10 points on seven shots) and Channing Frye (nine points and seven boards) also had solid games, helping make up for a low-energy ... |
| UPDATE 2-Oil tumbles below $87 on U.S. recession fears http://www.forbes.com/reute... Energy Articles Forbes - Energy (nasdaq: USEG - news - people ) Secretary Sam Bodman repeated a call for more oil from top exporter Saudi Arabia to try to bring down prices further, but ministers from Latin America said they saw no need to take action. ... |
| Ford to unveil upgraded '09 hybrid Escape http://www.usatoday.com/mon... Energy Articles USA Today - An energy law signed by President Bush will require the companies to meet an overall fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Ford said overall fuel efficiency for the gasoline versions of the 2009 Escape and Mariner would increase by 1 mpg ... |