Energy Industry General

Western governors: 'Obama, act quickly on energy'
By Brock Vergakis — Governors of the nation's largest energy-producing states are encouraging Obama to quickly adopt a national energy policy that will reduce greenhouse gases
Nov 29 2008, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA (BLOOMBERG)

Energy 2008: The Coming Economic Meltdown
By William Weronko — U.S. energy policy seems designed to purposely and artificially raise prices to the consumer by throttling supply
Apr 15 2008, KLAMATH, OREGON, USA (KLAMATH BASIN CRISIS)

Energy Charts
By NowAndFutures — Crude oil, natural gas, gasoline, heating oil
2008, USA (NOWANDFUTURES.COM)

Gasoline

Canadian Petroleum Sector: The Squeeze Is On
By Peter McKenzie-Brown — Global meltdown is the killer blow in a credit squeeze within Canada’s petroleum sector that has been developing for three years
Dec 03 2008, CANADA (SEEKING ALPHA)

Gas Prices Hit 3-Year Low
By Gigi Barnett — After months of peak prices at the pump, the pain may be over as gas prices hit a three-year low
Dec 03 2008, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA (WJZ-TV)

Sector Snap: Oil sector falls on crude prices
By News Staff — Shares of oil companies fell on Monday along with the broader market as crude prices slipped on bleak numbers
Dec 01 2008, NEW YORK, USA (FORBES)

Coal

The Financial Meltdown and Our Energy Future
By Martin Rosenberg The way we burn coal today is not compatible with a carbon-constrained world
Nov 24 2008, AURORA, COLORADO, USA (ENERGY CENTRAL NETWORK)

Report says pandemic will threaten coal, power supplies
By Robert Roos — University of Minnesota reports warns a pandemic could disrupt the coal industry, endangering the nation's significantly coal-dependent electric power system
Nov 20 2008, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA (CIDRAP)

Home Heating

Economy sparks a rebound for wood-burning furnaces
By Chris Coates — Average heating billS this winter will reach about $1,000, according to a federal Energy Information Administration estimate
Dec 02 2008, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA (SUBURBAN)

How to Save Hundreds of Gallons of Home Heating Oil Annually
By News Staff — How to Increase Efficiency and Lower Costs from an Industry Insider
Nov 20 2008, TARRYTOWN, NEW JERSEY, USA (MARKET WATCH/WSJ)

Natural Gas

Can the natural gas economy become a reality?
By News Staff — Can natural gas live up to prophesies as the fuel of the future, filling the gap when oil declines?
Apr 22 2008, USA (SCITIZEN)

Solar

Solar industry pleads for more federal help
By Lindsay Riddell — Solar companies called on U.S. government to do more to help the stalling solar industry
Dec 03 2008, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA (BUSINESS TIMES)

Bio-fuels

Homemade Fuel Raises Concerns
By News Staff — No, it's not a meth lab, it's a homemade biofuels lab! Get ready for more gov't regulation...
Nov 22 2008, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA (NEW YORK TIMES)

Food or Fuel?
By Siv O'Neall — The relative costs and benefits of ethanol biofuels subject to doubt
Jun 10 2007, USA/CANADA (AXIS OF LOGIC)

Alternative Energy

Alternative Energy Overview
By National Center for Policy Analysis — Recommendations for the President-Elect's transitional policy staff
Nov 10 2008, DALLAS, TEXAS, USA (NCPA)