Energy
Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground
The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. When it's in flight, there's no roar of jet engines. It's strangely quiet. And as it crisscrosses America, the spindly plane doesn't use a drop of fuel. Day, and ...
Anti-fracking groups rally outside NY Capitol
About 2,000 opponents of a natural-gas drilling process that involves blasting chemical-laden water deep into the ground rallied outside New York's Capitol on Monday as a new statewide poll showed a slight increase among voters who are against it. The Siena College poll of about 800 registered voters showed 44 ...
Anti-fracking groups rally in Albany, urge ban
As about 2,000 opponents of fracking rallied Monday outside New York's Capitol, a new statewide poll showed a slight increase in voters statewide who oppose the method of drilling for natural gas. The demonstrators cheered announcement of the poll results while urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing ...
Soybeans drop as weather boosts crop prospects
Soybeans dropped as improving weather across the Midwest boosted the outlook for this year's crop. November soybeans fell 12.75 cents, or 1 percent, to $12.855 a bushel Monday. Cold, wet weather forced farmers to delay their soybean planting this spring, keeping prices for the crop higher over the past two ...
Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials
Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 17 Supreme Court's gene patent ruling was overdue It seems obvious that a company shouldn't hold a patent on something that the human body produces. Proprietary patents, after all, protect the exclusive rights to make, use or sell a creation or invention — not something that ...
Oil posts small loss after hitting high for year
The price of oil fell slightly after it climbed to a high for the year Monday, as the market waits to see the results of this week's Federal Reserve policy meeting. Benchmark oil for July delivery fell 8 cents to finish at $97.77 a barrel on the New York Mercantile ...
Agency wants NV Energy to refund S. Nev. customers
Saying that NV Energy is already successful enough, a state agency wants the utility to refund southern Nevada customers for some money saved through energy conservation. The Bureau of Consumer Protection within the Nevada Attorney General's Office plans to file an argument with the Public Utilities Commission July 17, asking ...
Shumlin signs energy efficiency bills in Vt.
Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed three bills that promote energy efficiency and clean energy for homes, farms and businesses. The legislation signed Monday creates new financing programs for residential and commercial sectors. It allows the Vermont Economic Development Authority to borrow up to $10 million from the state Treasury to ...
$10,000 in copper wire stolen from W. Pa. turbines
State police say $10,000 worth of copper wire has been stolen from two disassembled wind turbines being stored on property in southwestern Pennsylvania. Troopers from the Somerset barracks say 150 feet of one-inch thick coated wire was cut from the turbines, which are owned by AES Wind Generation of Dallas. ...
Oil rises past $98 on Syria, ahead of Fed meeting
The price of oil climbed to above $98 a barrel Monday amid concerns over an escalation in the civil war in Syria and as traders awaited a critical meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the week. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was up ...
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