Advisory commission, county planning director recommend approval
By D. Dion
Editor, Norwood Post
The approximately 250 people who filled the Nucla High School gym last week were there to witness a different kind of rivalry than the basketball games that usually inhabit the venue. Instead, they came to debate the proposed uranium mill in Paradox Valley, a project [...]

PRAGUE (Dow Jones)–Czech power utility CEZ AS (BAACEZ.PR) and Slovak state-owned Nuclear and Decommissioning Company, or Javys, Friday signed a contract to form a joint venture to build a new nuclear power plant in Slovakia.
The new plant is expected to have a generating capacity of up to 1,600 megawatts and will be located 60 [...]

By Edward McAllister
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil rose to a six-month high above $66 per barrel on Friday, marking its largest monthly percentage gain in more than a decade, after U.S., Japanese and Indian data suggested the economic downturn may be easing.
Oil prices jumped around 30 percent this month, the largest monthly rise since March [...]

By Dionna Harris
ESCANABA - Looking for ways to reduce electrical costs has led to a feasibility study for solar energy use at the Delta County Airport.
As part of the study, an assessment conducted by UP Sustainable Solar of Bark River provided the county with a basic analysis at a cost of $240.
According to Gerry [...]

POUGHKEEPSIE - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation ranks among the top five public and private utilities in the eastern region of United States in support of solar energy in 2008, according to the Solar Energy Power Association.
For new customer installations in 2008, Central Hudson ranks fourth in total installed solar capacity and fifth in [...]

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oil and gasoline prices continued a recession-defying march higher yesterday, doubling in the past six months largely on optimism that the economy is strengthening.
The predictions for just how high oil can reach this year, as in 2008, continue to creep upward just five months removed from crude priced about $32 per barrel.
Benchmark crude [...]

By Russell Gold
Oil prices are on the march, again, surprising many observers by reaching $66 a barrel in the midst of a global downturn.
Next stop? Respected oil-market analyst Paul Horsnell of Barclays says $75. “When the market as a whole starts to believe that $75 is pretty much inevitable, then it might as well go [...]

By Edward McAllister Edward Mcallister – Fri May 29, 3:44 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil rose to a six-month high above $66 per barrel on Friday, marking its largest monthly percentage gain in more than a decade, after U.S., Japanese and Indian data suggested the economic downturn may be easing.
Oil prices jumped [...]

In a recent statement in London, Obama administration US Energy Secretary Steven Chu suggested impact of lightening roofs and roads in urban environments would be equivalent to not having any cars in the world running for 11 years. Tim McLoughlin, President of KTM Roofing in Atlanta suggests Chu’s theory is science fiction and has some [...]

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to two major renewable energy measures, including one that was revised to extend tax incentives to geothermal power companies.

One bill renews tax abatements that were set to expire in July 2009. Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, and other lawmakers worked to ensure [...]