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Yahoo News
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Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a $32 billion package of tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies.
Democrats came three votes short of overcoming a threatened GOP filibuster that wa..
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Los Angeles Times
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When an angry Enrico Mattei coined the phrase the "Seven Sisters" to describe the Anglo-Saxon companies that controlled the Middle East's oil after World War II, the founder of Italy's modern energy industry could not have imagined the profound shift in p..
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Forbes
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For nearly a month now, President Bush has been touting his new energy proposals, calling for a reduction in dependence on foreign oil, an expansion of domestic drilling for oil and natural gas, and a doubling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. All of wh..
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New York Times
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As a way to cut energy use, it could not be simpler. Unscrew a light bulb that uses a lot of electricity and replace it with one that uses much less...
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BusinessWeek
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From an economist's point of view, the "core" rate counts more than the "headline." But the Fed will have to pay attention to both
If there's one thing Americans don't like, it's a cheater. And as far as many people are concerned, it's cheating to calc..
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BusinessWeek
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The energy giant is a powerful profit-making machine—but BW's Gene Marcial says its shares remain undervalued
John D. Rockefeller, and the heirs to his Standard Oil fortune, would probably all agree on one maxim: Nothing succeeds like success. And so..
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BusinessWeek
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Many funds in this category are seeing inflows as investors shun high risk and look for a diversified way to play energy
Like virtually all equity mutual funds, socially responsible investment (SRI) funds got beaten down in the first quarter. However,..
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CNN
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An anti-corruption group has rated more than 40 energy companies on the transparency of their dealings, handing a low grade to ExxonMobil but praising Shell and Petrobras. The Transparency International report published Monday places 42 oil and gas compan..
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BusinessWeek
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The remaining Presidential hopefuls talk of transforming the economy to save the environment. But who would actually get the job done?
Jason Grumet has a simple criterion for judging how to pick the best Presidential candidate. Grumet is the director o..
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BusinessWeek
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The prospect of new limits on carbon emissions is driving demand for clean technology in the energy sector. But investors need to take the long view
For most of its nearly four-decade history, Earth Day has been a call to safeguard such precious resour..
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SF Gate
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Executives from San Ramon's Chevron Corp. and four other major oil companies defended their record profits Tuesday before a hostile Congress, led by Democrats who criticized the oil giants for doing little to cut gas prices or invest in renewable energy...
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BusinessWeek
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Without a fully funded, federal alternative energy policy, the U.S. risks squandering the potential of a powerful economic engine and will continue to depend on foreign energy resources
It's been a year since Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth packed thea..
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BBC News
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Ukraine has settled a commercial dispute with Russian gas firm Gazprom, averting the risk of having its most important supply of energy cut off.
The Russian firm had threatened to stop supplying its neighbour unless a $1.3bn (�650m) bill was paid thi..
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BusinessWeek
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Eco-friendly Web developers are designing in dark colors to save energy. But going black only saves watts on old-style CRT monitors, not LCDs
For most Web site publishers, the phrase "gone dark" has the worst of all connotations. It means a site is no..
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Washington Post
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Dominion Resources, a Virginia energy producer, said yesterday that it was selling natural gas and oil reserves in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, a deal that would take the company almost completely out of the exploration and production business.
Dominion..
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BusinessWeek
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It looks like the London energy company has formed a strategic alliance with state-owned Gazprom that will improve the situation for both
The deal announced by BP (BP) and Gazprom on June 22 resolving the dispute over the Kovykta gas fields is probably..
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BusinessWeek
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The sudden rise in interest rates may weigh on financial and utility companies, but energy and food stocks should fare better
A variety of economic data, especially reports showing a solid job market, spread the view that inflation fears could prevent..
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BusinessWeek
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The EU wants to secure energy supplies by pledging aid; Russia and China are countering with a different tack; and Turkey has a renewed interest in the region
Russia and China are trying to counter EU efforts to secure fresh energy supplies in Central..
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FOX News
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Consumer prices last month shot up by the largest amount in nearly a year, driven by big increases in the cost of gasoline and other energy products.
The closely watched Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in March, the biggest increase since a simil..
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MSNBC
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Surging energy prices pushed consumer inflation up by the largest amount in nearly a year in March.
Meanwhile, industrial output fell for the second time in the past three months, reflecting a big drop in production at the nation’s utilities because..
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