World & Nation
Incentives to buy alternative-fuel vehicles and energy-efficient homes are among the ways that the nation’s sweeping new energy law will touch the daily lives of consumers.
Oct. 29, 1992
Business
Electricity: After a decade of dwindling government support, alternative power gets a boost from improved technology to ease strain on state’s overtaxed grid.
Sept. 12, 2000
Politics
Consumers who use mass transit, buy homes or plan to shop for alternative-fuel automobiles or energy-efficient appliances would benefit from the sweeping energy bill that passed the Senate on Thursday.
Aug. 1, 1992
President Bush’s proposed National Energy Strategy, released Wednesday, warms the hearts of the oil, nuclear and auto industries.
Feb. 21, 1991
California
California’s alternative-energy program under scrutiny
Oct. 13, 2013
Billions spent on wind, hydrogen, cow manure projects are questioned after some investments go bust, but the program is expected to grow. It could surpass current state support for the UC system.
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens wants California to invest $5 billion to promote a plan with limited consumer benefits.
Sept. 25, 2008
Politics: Vice president’s proposal is similar to California efforts, which have produced little so far. But environmentalists say his initiative has pluses.
July 1, 2000
Spending: Job training, renewable energy, health care access are targeted. Timing is questioned.
April 6, 2001
The petroleum market is glutted, the member states of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are bickering among themselves even more than usual and gasoline pump prices are lower in real terms than in the 1950s heyday of the finned Caddy.
June 7, 1998