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In six months the investment tax credits, meant to stimulate investment in solar energy, and the production tax credit, meant to encourage investment in wind energy, are set to expire unless congress makes them a priority and renews them. More.
A water supply alert was declared by the Metropolitan Water District's board of directors on Tuesday. Read more.
Hypothesis: Some gas stations' pumps are not reflecting the amounts of gas you put into your tank. So, a call to action is requested. Read more.
The cost of oil keeps screaming higher while reports keep showing that demand for oil is down. Even the Saudis admit that their product is overpriced, yet oil and gas markets remain more volatile than ever.
At issue is the fact that the market mania has been driven by two factors: a weak U.S. dollar and speculators trading paper barrels with paper money. Let's look briefly at each factor: Read more
On April 24th, the California Public UtilitiesCommission, made a ruling on AT&T Tariff Rule 12 that will have a significant impact on AT&T marketing abilities. The ruling gave validity to Advice Letters 28800 and 28982 written in 2006 by AT&T. Read more.
You know things are getting dire when people start "bartering" instead of using currency, and when consumers start eschewing modern luxuries such as flushing their toilets or eating meat in order to save money. Now, apparently, poor farmers in Tennessee and Mississippi are using mules instead of tractors to harvest their crops. MORE.
A Danville woman has gone to extremes by trying to burn down local gas stations. Frankly, we expect this trend to continue. Analysis.
Verizon and Alltel are merging, but is it good for consumers?
The damaging consequences of water storage projects are often severe -- and unnecessary. Read this account of just such a storage project, located in Yosemite National Park. Read it and weep.
If gas prices have you fuming, you're not alone - many of us are driving on fumes and AAA's numbers prove it. Today as I drove to work I had to stop traffic to allow five good samaritans access to a Chevron. They were pushing a pregnant woman in a mini-van who had run out of gas. Then, as I turned off 5th Avenue, I saw another hiker with a red gas can in hand. Fortunately, there is a solution to running your tank dry, which can create costly repairs - it's called "hypermiling" and UCAN explains it in a guide that's free to all San Diego residents.
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