W.Va. forum focuses on water quality, energy
WVVA Bluefield Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:41 AM PDT
How to balance the protection of water resources with the production of energy is the focus of this year's Water Research Conference in Morgantown. |
Scientists link deep wells to deadly Spain quake
Seattle Times Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:38 AM PDT
Farmers drilling ever deeper wells over decades to water their crops likely contributed to a deadly earthquake in southern Spain last year, a new study suggests. The findings may add to concerns about the effects of new energy extraction and waste disposal technologies. |
Group sells cheap gas to protest fed energy policy
Greenwich Time Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:32 AM PDT
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) â€" Motorists got a deal on their fill-ups after a conservative political action group paid a New Hampshire gas station to offer cheap gas in criticism of President Barack Obama's energy policies. |
BP backs deal to swap TNK-BP for Rosneft stake
Provo Daily Herald Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:31 AM PDT
The board of U.K. energy company BP PLC has struck a deal to swap its profitable but troublesome Russian oil venture TNK-BP for a big stake in Rosneft, the Kremlin-controlled energy company, a… |
Tariffs row shows UK's energy market is broken
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:31 AM PDT
Switching tariffs benefits those who put in the legwork but at the cost of other consumers left on dud tariff deals It was an extraordinary statement . AÂ Conservative prime minister declares that (a) competition and markets fail and (b) state intervention is necessary to regulate prices. Thank you, David Cameron for telling the truth about the UK's energy market, even if it was a slip up. Just ... |
How to fix energy price hikes
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:31 AM PDT
As households are hit with the news that four of the 'big six' are set to push fuel bills up to £1,300 a year, we shed light on what to do now to minimise the impact You know that winter has started when the power companies put their prices up. All but two of the big six firms have announced above-inflation rises that will typically add around £100 to a year to annual energy gas and electricity ... |
Hot topic - wood burning stoves can bring fuel bills down
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:30 AM PDT
As energy prices go up and up, consumers are finding new ways to save With energy prices on an ever upward trajectory, Britons are increasingly turning to wood-burning and other solid fuel stoves to heat their homes â€" in some cases running them on home-grown or recycled wood. Last year more than 180,000 UK homes had a stove installed, and sellers say this week's domestic gas and electricity ... |
Npower tardy in handing back pensioner's money
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:30 AM PDT
Npower owed me £187 â€" so why was it so slow to pay? In June I switched energy supplier, from npower to E.ON, and at the time I was told by npower that I had a credit of £150 on my electricity account and a smaller sum for gas, though they wouldn't tell me how much. Since the switch I have phoned npower regularly to get the credit paid back to me. Each time they fob me off with "we'll raise an ... |
Letters: Cameron fuels new energy debate
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:29 AM PDT
While David Cameron attempts to legislate a solution for Britain's energy problems, Professor Dieter Helm is pushing for gas and carbon capture ( Comment , 19 October). Yes, gas is better than both coal, which produces twice as much CO2, and nuclear, with its serious safety issues. But Helm says gas is in near limitless supply. If so, why are energy companies now pushing to use fracking to ... |
Ofgem energy plans do not go far enough, says No 10
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:29 AM PDT
Downing Street says regulator's plan to make firms inform customers of cheaper deals is welcome but not sufficient Downing Street has insisted it will press ahead with controversial legislation to require electricity companies to put some customers on cheaper tariffs, saying plans from the gas regulator, Ofgem, outlined on Friday did not go far enough. No 10 said that while it had been aware ... |
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