by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | Apr 5, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — Over the past decade, Ford Motor Co. has set out to reduce the amount of an important natural resource it uses in the production of its vehicles. What precious liquid has the automotive company set its sights on? The humble three-atom compound H2O....
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | Mar 29, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — As the Senate voted 51-47 against a bill that would remove billions of dollars in oil company tax breaks, members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources pressed a panel of experts on the nation’s rising gas prices. “Most...
by Matt Mansfield | Dec 2, 2011 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON – A controversial pipeline from Canada that the White House delayed last month would bring jobs and increase energy security in the United States, industry and union leaders said Friday. “Time is absolutely of the essence to obtain the approvals we need so...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 17, 2011 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — Nelson Roe is no stranger to natural gas production. A shallow well collected gas from on his 59-acre property in Cambridge, Ohio since when his grandfather owned the land until the gas ran low and the well was abandoned in 1991. Now an advancement...
