History of Oil Prices

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"oil prices and the economic and political events that shaped the price: wars, domestic policy, embargoes and price control"

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New Technology Turns Food Leftovers Into Electricity, Vehicle Fuels

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"Starting today, tons of table scraps from the Bay Area's finest restaurants will be turned into clean, renewable energy at a new UC Davis research and technology demonstration facility."

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Lightning Volcano

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"A lighning storm illuminated clouds in such a way as to make it look almost likea volcanic eruption. Moonlight helped capture the motion of the clouds duringthe time exposure to accentuate the look, Monument Peak, Payson, Arizona"

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Home Depot Selling Solar Power to Mainstream America

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"The Home Depot has teamed up with BP Solar to provide solar installation service to customers. It is offering its customers the ability to sign-up online for free, in-home consultations."

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Group Congo Park Hippos Face Extinction

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"The last remaining hippos in eastern Congo face extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of a national park by the end of the year due to intense poaching by militiamen, conservationists said Saturday."

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Vt Island Features Oldest Coral Reef

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"To the uninitiated, the flat rock slabs found across the center of this island at the northern end of Lake Champlain appear to be nothing more than giant stones."

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Loss of species that pollinate is cause for global alarm, researchers say

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"Birds, bees, bats and other species that pollinate North American plant life are losing population, according to a study released Wednesday by the National Research Council. This "demonstrably downward" trend could damage dozens of commercially important crops, scientists warned, because three-fourths of all flowering plants depend on pollinators."

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