U.S. Gas Fields Go From Bust to Boom
CADDO PARISH, La. — A massive natural-gas discovery here in northern Louisiana heralds a big shift in the nation’s energy landscape. After an era of declining production, the U.S. is now swimming in natural gas.
Even conservative estimates suggest the Louisiana discovery — known as the Haynesville Shale, for [...]

As WU takes initiative, issue on mind of University community
Several Washington University environment and energy experts came together to critique clean coal and to discuss problems with the University’s funding of a Missouri clean coal initiative.
“This notion of clean coal is an oxymoron,” said Bill Lowry, professor of political science. “Coal is going to inevitably [...]

As many Kansas Citians prepare to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, they have plenty to be thankful for at the pump.
As of Tuesday, this area had the cheapest fuel in America — $1.47 a gallon for regular, on average — as compiled by GasBuddy.com. While Missouri had the lowest prices of all states, Kansas was [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new Congress probably will not approve legislation to raise the federal tax on gasoline, the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee said on Monday.
Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman said he was aware of arguments that a “variable tax” should be put on U.S. gasoline to prevent falling pump prices from encouraging Americans [...]

By Judy Dempsey
Published: October 29, 2008
BERLIN: From the Baltic to Bulgaria, governments in Eastern Europe are increasingly looking toward a revival of nuclear power generation to meet growing energy demand.
The renewed interest in nuclear energy in a region that has been under intense pressure from the European Union to close unsafe older-generation plants coincides with [...]

But do these systems make sense in the Pacific Northwest?
By Steve Law
Some people look to the sun to shrink their home’s carbon footprint.
Wendell Pierce is looking under the ground.
Pierce, an orthopedic surgeon relocating from Boston, plunked down $25,000 to install a geothermal heating system at the home he’s renovating in the South Tabor neighborhood. He [...]