Economy Briefs: More expensive gas pushes prices up The Washington Times Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:43 PM PDT Higher gas costs drove up U.S. consumer prices in September for the second straight month. Outside energy, there was little sign of inflation. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent last month, matching the August increase. In the past 12 months, ... | Stimulus-funded battery makerâs failure another blow to Obama clean-energy plan The Washington Times Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:43 PM PDT The bankruptcy filing Tuesday by a startup electric-car battery company that received hundreds of millions of dollars of economic-stimulus funds from the Obama administration is the latest sign that the president's high hopes to spur a clean-energy economy is in big trouble. A123 Systems Inc., the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company that ... | Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears Marcellus Shale case The Morning Call Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:37 PM PDT PITTSBURGH â" The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a natural gas case that could create chaos for major energy companies and thousands of leaseholders. But the questions from the justices suggested they may be reluctant to cause such disruptions by significantly modifying existing law. | Ergon Energy to cut 500 jobs across Qld ABC via Yahoo!7 News Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:36 PM PDT Queensland regional electricity supplier Ergon Energy says it will axe 500 jobs by the end of the current financial year. | Obama and Romney clash on stage Associated Press via Yahoo! News Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:36 PM PDT President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have had a number of pointed exchanges during the second presidential debate, challenging each other on energy policy, pointing fingers and often speaking over one another. | Romney, Obama spar on energy policy Associated Press via Yahoo! News Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:33 PM PDT Republican Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama's energies policies and said his rival "has not been Mr. Oil or Mr. Gas or Mr. Coal." | UK & World News: Call for review of energy bills icNewcastle - Sunday Sun Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:31 PM PDT The Prime Minister should launch an urgent, independent review into the rising cost of household energy bills, consumer body Which? says. | | |
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