Energy firms feel government heat
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Business & money: Gordon Brown expresses concern over the impact of rising fuel bills
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There are some indications that frustration over higher heating bills may spill over into the political arena in November.
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Energy industry executives are looking for deals across the power and oil and gas sectors, but with valuations and asset prices running at high levels, many have narrowed their deal criteria to exclude large link-ups.
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The staying power of wind energy companies is dependent on tax benefits from the capricious hands of lawmakers in Congress.
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Watchdog Energywatch says it is time the energy industry was referred to the Competition Commission.
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Conflicting reports about the timing and the size of any output reduction sent energy markets on a roller coaster.
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Despite talk of an energy crisis and the need for independence from foreign oil, Congress seems to be in no mood to open more of the country&#039;s coastal waters to energy development.
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A prominent energy research firm takes a swipe at "peak oil" theory.
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Solar power has the potential to be a growth industry in China but the nation's government does not seem keen on providing the support the sector needs, according to observers.
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Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling has called for a meeting with the country's energy regulator amid concern at steep rises in domestic fuel prices, British newspapers said Monday.
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Manufacturers are still worried about energy prices having seen costs jump 30% in the past year, a report says.
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Governments around the region are warning that rising oil prices have started to hurt their economies.
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The sharp rise in oil prices which recently creeps towards $60 per barrel has put many energy industries and those reliant on energy on the edge for fear of the adverse affects of escalating prices.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON - Three powerful lobbying forces - automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry - are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy.
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U.S. coal mining companies, which for years have been branded the bad guys of global warming, are fighting back.
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An unseasonal chill had some cabinet ministers shivering in their short-sleeved shirts as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched Japan&#39;s annual &quot;Cool Biz&quot; fashion campaign to save energy and fight global warming.
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Even with a boost from higher oil prices and growing concern about global warming, the payoff on most alternative energy technologies seems a ways off.