Archive for ‘oil’
Oil Prices Climbing Across Country
March 3rd, 2008
Gas prices are creeping up, and Marylanders are feeling the pain as they pay an extra 19 cents per gallon on average.
Glow in the Dark Cats
February 21st, 2008
Exxon posts sets a new record for profits in 2007, the Water Cube embraces the idea of bubbles, and scientists clone cats that glow in the dark.
America’s oil war heats up
February 15th, 2008
The demonstration came on the same day that the Venezuelan Congress passed a motion to pull out of an international body arbitrating in a multibillion-dollar fight with Exxon. The battle over oil threatens already thorny ties with Washington,
Ecuador official: protect Indians from oil drilling
February 10th, 2008
Ecuador’s attorney general Saturday urged the government to negotiate with oil firms to stop drilling for crude in a protected area deep in the Amazon jungle where Indian tribes hide from the outside world.
The Ooze Invades New York
February 7th, 2008
Americas largest oil spill seeps up from the New York sewer system and we talk about easy ways to save water.
Did oil canals worsen Katrina’s effects?
January 20th, 2008
Service canals dug to tap oil and natural gas dart everywhere through the black mangrove shrubs, bird rushes and golden marsh. From the air, they look like a Pac-Man maze superimposed on an estuarine landscape 10 times the size of Grand Canyon National Park.
French oil giant Total fined in Erika oil spill disaster
January 16th, 2008
A Paris court Wednesday fined France’s largest company, the oil giant Total, 375,000 euros (556,000 dollars) for negligence in the country’s worst-ever ecological disaster, the 1999 sinking of the tanker Erika, French radio reported.
President Bush Asks OPEC To Keep Oil Prices Low
January 15th, 2008
President Bush has traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with OPEC to plea the United States’ case for keeping oil prices low.
Harmarville Co. Gets Grant For Alternative Fuel
January 14th, 2008
A company in Harmarville received a grant to develop a more efficient way to develop fuel from alternative sources;
Energy And Environment Plan
January 13th, 2008
Barack talks about his plan for decreasing our dependence on foreign oil and preventing global climate change.
Pros and cons of Tata’s $2,500 People’s Car
January 8th, 2008
India’s Tata Motors Ltd unveils the world’s cheapest car in New Delhi on Thursday. Dubbed the “People’s Car”, it will sell for about $2,500 and should be in dealers’ showrooms by September.
2007 – when oil prices hit a record high
December 26th, 2007
The oil price came within a whisker of the 100-dollar mark per barrel in 2007, a record never broken. While high prices benefit some — oil majors and some oil producers — those on the receiving end of expensive petroleum felt the squeeze, which could get even tighter in 2008. An AFPTV year-ender.
Persian Gulf pollution problems
December 19th, 2007
Coral reefs and dolphins are under threat from pollution in the Persian Gulf which has heavy oil tanker traffic.
Formula 1 Racing Bans Gasoline
November 29th, 2007
In this episode Jess focuses on Formula 1 racing banning gasoline in favor of alternative fuels, how the Batter Blaster might boost your breakfast, and holiday wrapping made from elephant dung.
