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Seasonal Factors Temporarily Drive Down Diesel Costs

Interesting news if you regularly fill your tank with diesel fuel instead of gasoline! For the first time in six years, average diesel prices are...

A brighter future … and getting there

Between the American labor market hitting a brick wall, high levels of oil imports pushing the trade deficit to nearly a three-year high, gas...
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10 Energy Savings Tips for Traveling This Summer

Before you leave for your summer vacation, make sure you're following these ten energy saving tips: 1. Unplug before you go! Even when they’re not turned...

Impact of Gulf drilling restrictions may be worse – and more widely felt –...

Over the past year, we’ve devoted several blog posts to the state of the Gulf economy and the ways it has been hurt, first...

Not so independent

There’s a poignant irony about the upcoming July 4th holiday. We’re celebrating Independence Day at a time that so many Americans are suffering from...

Progress on lifting the drilling ban. Sort of.

The good news is that public opposition to the ban on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is growing, and becoming more organized. Over...
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Recycled Roads? Los Angeles is Testing Plastic Asphalt

Potholes are the worst. Luckily, California based company TechniSoil Industrial has a solution. They've created a process that allows for current roads to be...

Top 5 Stories in Energy This Week

Massive Power Outage Returns Most of Puerto Rico to Darkness (via UPI) The island of Puerto Rico cannot seem to catch a break. In the...
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Top 5 Energy Stories This Week

In celebrity headlines this week we sadly lost former Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna; but happily, Netflix gave us Taylor Swift’s...
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Over 10 Million without Power – Here Are 5 Ways to Prepare for a...

How to Prepare for a Power Outage As Hurricane Irma continues to affect millions of Americans in the southern United States, and particularly Florida, access...