LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — The year of 2008 has seen the United States taking critical steps in developing renewable energy to meet the national goal of achieving 25 percent renewable energy by 2025.
But most important of all is that the November election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drivers are paying the lowest gasoline prices in five years heading into a Christmas holiday week, the government said on Monday.
The national price for regular unleaded gasoline is $1.65 a
gallon, down just over half a cent from the previous week and $1.33 less than a year ago, the federal Energy Information [...]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — U.S. researchers have taken one step closer to creating high-efficiency solar cells using cheap plastic with a dash of silicon, it was announced on Saturday.
The solar cells, being developed by researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), have significantly greater sunlight absorption [...]

Because of lower demand, the average price of a gallon of self-served and unleaded gasoline fell to its lowest level since January 2005 in the Los Angeles area on Thursday.
The average price is 2.557 dollars less than the record high of4.626 set on June 21, the Oil Price Information Service reported.
The average price has fallen [...]

The average price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded gasoline fell below $2.50 in Los Angeles County today for the first time since early February 2007.
The average fell 2.7 cents to $2.491 — 20.1 cents less than a week ago, 92.8 cents less than at this time last month, 86.8 cents less than at this [...]

By Mark Shenk and Samantha Zee
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil fell for a second day after the U.S. dollar climbed to 20-month high against the euro, reducing the appeal of commodities as a hedge.
Investors looking for protection against the dollar’s decline earlier this year helped lead crude oil, gold, corn and gasoline to [...]

LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 (Reuters) - PPL Corp (PPL.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a new nuclear power reactor at the site of an existing power station in Pennsylvania, the company said on Friday.
PPL has also filed for for federal loan guarantees allowed in [...]

By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline prices fell 15 cents a gallon over the last week, dropping below an average $3.50 a gallon for the first time in six months, the government said on Monday.
The national price for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.48 a gallon, up 71 cents from a year [...]

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline nationally falls 11.7 cents to $3.718. In California, the cost is down 7.9 cents to $3.725.
By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The price of crude oil jumped dramatically Monday as the dollar’s value fell and traders jockeyed on the last day of [...]

By Miguel Helft
Google and General Electric said Wednesday that they would work together on technology and policy initiatives to promote the development of additional capacity in the electricity grid and of “smart grid” technologies to enable plug-in hybrids and to manage energy more efficiently. The companies said their goal is to make renewable energy more [...]