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Gas prices projected to be lower than last summer
SOUTH BEND — Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, a season with typically higher gas prices. It’s also a heavy travel weekend. And this Memorial Day weekend, about nine out of ten holiday travelers will take to the nation’...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Holidays, Washington, DC, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, AAA
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Judge OKs New Energy sale
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The New Energy Corp. ethanol plant cost more than $180 million to build in the early 1980s. But when it was sold at auction last week as part of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the winning bid came in at just $2.5 million....Tags: Renewable Energy, Lawyers, Economy, Business and Finance, Biofuels, Companies and Corporations
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Huge travel weekend likely for Labor Day
South Bend TribuneIf you were planning on hitting the road this weekend and thought that maybe a rise in gas prices might hold traffic down a little, don't count on it. According to AAA, 33 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this weekend, a 2.9 percent...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Washington, DC, Tropical Storms, Travel, Hurricane Isaac (2012)
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DOE finalizes loan to build vehicles in Mishawaka
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy says it's finalized a $50 million loan to a Miami-based company that has a contract with AM General to build wheelchair accessible vehicles in northern Indiana. The Energy Department said...Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Indiana, Natural Gas, Steven Chu
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Climate change could slash snowfall in Southern California mountains
Climate change is likely to wipe a lot of the white from those postcard winter scenes of Los Angeles ringed by snow-capped mountains, according to new research. A UCLA study released Friday projects a significant decline in snowfall on the ranges that...
Tags: Global Change, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Science and Technology, Global Warming
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Special Report: Lack of a prenup imperils oil billionaire's fortune
ReutersOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The divorce of oil baron Harold Hamm has had its dramatic moments. Among them: allegations that Harold was unfaithful - and a heated debate over whether the court should order his wife, Sue Ann, to turn over secret video and...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, U.S. Department of the Interior, Conservation, Finance
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Hagerstown workshop aims to show customers how to conserve energy, cut costs
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comArea business people learned how to conserve energy and reduce costs Thursday at the 2013 Potomac Edison Customer Workshop and Trade Ally Seminar at the Ramada Plaza in Hagerstown. Representatives of Potomac Edison’s Energy Efficiency Incentive...Tags: Energy Saving, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), General Electric Company, Environmental Issues, Energy
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READER SUBMITTED: Glastonbury Claims Prize From The Neighbor To Neighbor Energy Challenge
GlastonburyOn Tuesday, June 11, leaders from Glastonbury and representatives from The Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge gathered at the River Front Community Center to celebrate the success of the energy challenge, a three year community energy savings program...Tags: Energy Saving, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Home Energy Saving, Glastonbury, Environmental Issues
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Police car venture ends in bankruptcy
INDIANAPOLIS -- A company that had planned to build high-tech police cars in a vacant plant that once housed a Rust Belt city's largest employer has filed for bankruptcy, dashing the hopes of a community desperate for economic rejuvenation. Carbon...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Plant Openings
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Energy event looking for speakers
Speakers and exhibitors are needed for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 and XPO. The Irvine-based Orange County Great Park has been selected to host the October event, which will be organized outside Washington, D.C., for the first...Tags: Washington, DC
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