Energy

Paying Our Climate Debt

Daphne Wysham | December 4, 2008 Editor: Emily Schwartz Greco So we've heard the inconvenient truth: climate change is a really big problem, and we need to get serious about it. The World Bank estimates the cost could be as...

Airline Stocks: Oil prices fall for fifth day, boosting sector

Airline stocks jump as oil prices fall for fifth day By Christopher Hinton, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks were having a volatile Thursday morning as investors weighed economic data that consumer spending...

Bush, Pelosi Deadlocked Over Bailout for Automakers (Bloomberg)

Alison Fitzgerald Alison Fitzgerald – 56 mins ago Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pelosi and Bush agree General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC shouldn’t be allowed to go bankrupt. GM, Chrysler and Ford Motor Co. are stuck in the middle,...

Barnett Shale drilling at 2-year low

The number of drilling rigs working in the Barnett Shale has fallen to its lowest level in about two years as energy companies pull back in the face of lower natural gas prices. As of Nov. 21, the latest count available, there...

Gov. Bill Ritter: Surviving the downturn in Colorado

As the end of the year approaches and the national financial crisis deepens, more Coloradans are worried about how they are going to survive this slowdown. Fortunately, Colorado is faring better than many other states, thanks...

‘Reality’ Coalition Launches Campaign Debunking ‘Clean Coal’ Myth (PR Newswire)

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Giselle Barry of The Reality Coalition, +1-650-543-7300 Calls on Coal Industry to Live up to the Promise of So-Called Clean Coal MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today,...

Minister Calls for Noczim Overhaul

A SENIOR government official has recommended the transformation of the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM) into a regulatory board overseeing the petroleum industry instead of maintaining its dual role of importing and...

Schlumberger Opens Technology Center in Calgary

Facility to focus on efficient heavy oil recovery in Alberta and Alaska CALGARY, Alberta, December 3, 2008 - Schlumberger today inaugurated a new oilfield technology center in Calgary, Alberta. The state-of-the-art center will...

As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL STERKSEL, the Netherlands — The cows and pigs dotting these flat green plains in the southern Netherlands create a bucolic landscape. In releasing its latest figure on emissions last month, United Nations...

Ameren scrambles to recruit new power line workers

Utility companies (locally and nationally) are struggling to find workers willing to do utility line work. St. Louis Community College is working with AmerenUE to launch a program that would channel potential workers into this...