Profits dwindle for gas-station owners even as fuel prices soar ...Longtime operators say this is the most difficult year they have ever seen. They face nearly nonexistent profits on gasoline, rapid growth in credit-card fees, and new competition from nontraditional
The great oil shock of 2008 is bad enough for us. It poses a mortal threat to the whole economic strategy of emerging Asia. The manufacturing revolution of China and her satellites has been built on cheap transport over the
BERLIN (AFP) — The German government wants to build up to 30 offshore windfarms in a bid to meet its renewable energy targets, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said in an interview published Sunday. Tiefensee told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper
Wind farms are an important part of the future when it comes to power generation and will help to cut energy bills according to the latest pronoucement from Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the subject. The county is in the
Public discourse these days focuses a lot of attention on issues of immediate interest to many Americans: high and rising gasoline prices, rising food prices, overly expensive health care, war in Iraq and other troubles in the Middle East, terrorism
The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say. Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with generally ailing populations from a combination of global
Ahead-of-the-curve planning, technological breakthroughs and government incentives have helped Colombia emerge as the No. 2 producer of ethanol in Latin America, behind Brazil, and a leader in the manufacture of biodiesel. "We took the initiative years ago and became a
Next time you take to the skies you may find there are fewer pages in your in-flight magazine, your fork is slimmer and your plate feels different. Blame it on soaring oil prices. The seat you are sitting on may
These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes. "Energy savings were not exactly a hot topic among customers last
As the food crisis hitting the world's poor forces food security onto the agenda at today's meeting of G8 leaders in Japan, across the world in Ethiopia it has taken its toll on their most common source of nutrition. Poor
South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor on Sunday lowered its domestic sales target for 2008 due to weakening demand amid rising prices of oil and raw materials, company officials said. Hyundai said in a revised forecast that it expects to
In the wake of next week's G8 meeting in Japan, India released its first action plan for climate change earlier this week.The plan lacks a budget and plan of action at this point, but a Council on Climate Change, with
