Energy

A powerful use for spoiled food

2013-05-15 18:40:00

What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? At Ralphs, one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains on...

Lower energy and food costs fuel big drop in wholesale prices

2013-05-15 07:37:00

WASHINGTON -- Big drops in the cost of food and energy pushed wholesale prices down 0.7% in April, the largest monthly decline in more than three years, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The slide in the producer price index, the largest since...

Brown, senator at odds over clean energy money

2013-05-10 11:33:00

SACRAMENTO -- Six months after voters approved new taxes to fund clean energy projects, Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers remain at odds over how to spend the money on improving energy efficiency at public schools and community colleges. Brown, who is...

Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel find common ground in USC debate

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Despite bitter attacks in recent weeks, the two candidates for mayor of Los Angeles grudgingly conceded in a debate Sunday night that their rival was (mostly) honest and not so different on many of the plans they have for leading the city. That didn't...

Obama, Mexico leader to avoid hot topics, at least publicly

2013-05-01 18:30:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama will seek to cement relations with Mexico's new president, Enrique Pe�a Nieto, over the next two days with vows of neighborly kinship and future cooperation. But the true test of their ability to work together may be...

Eurozone's unemployment climbs to 12.1%, a fresh record high

2013-04-30 06:45:00

WASHINGTON -- The Eurozone's unemployment rate hit a record high of 12.1% in March as the region continued to struggle with recession, government officials said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate for the 17-nation group topped the previous...

Assembly panel backs halt to fracking

2013-04-30 07:05:00

SACRAMENTO -- Plans to halt fracking in California advanced in the Legislature on Monday, when a key committee approved three measures that would prohibit the practice until the state can study it further. The votes were a victory for environmentalists,...

China's Middle East footprint

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Security in the Forbidden City across the street from the Great Hall of the People was tight last month when Li Keqiang was installed as premier of China. But the uniformed guards weren't armed with automatic weapons. Instead, they were equipped with fire...

Fisker used political connections to get loan, U.S. lawmakers say

2013-04-24 16:26:00

WASHINGTON — Top executives from failed hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. denied claims in Congress that the company had used political connections to secure $192 million in government loans to finance a flawed business plan. The...

A regulation that might actually reduce California gasoline prices

2013-04-18 07:35:00

California's strict low-carbon fuel standard could help reduce gasoline prices in the state, the opposite of what many have predicted, by encouraging the use of a relatively cheap and relatively clean U.S. crude oil, some experts now say. The standard...

'Wake-up call' sounded on stalled renewable energy initiatives

2013-04-17 13:15:00

WASHINGTON -- The push to produce more energy from renewable sources has stalled, and “the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago,” according to Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the...

Villaraigosa, in city address, notes gains, chides Garcetti and Greuel

2013-04-09 22:04:00

In one of his last major speeches as mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday took credit for creating a safer, greener and more livable city, while also scolding the candidates running to replace him for not saying enough about how they will...

Carl Stills, interim energy manager at Imperial Irrigation District, talks about the renewable energy industry during the panel The New Realities for the Renewable Energy Industry on Thursday in Holtville.

2013-03-14 23:49:00

Carl Stills, Interim Energy Manager at Imperial Irrigation District, talks about the renewable energy industry during the panel on �The New Realities for the Renewable Energy Industry� at Barbara Worth Resort and Country Club in Holtville on Thursday.

2013-03-14 21:59:00

Protesters of a wind energy project just outside of Ocotillo stand alongside Interstate 8 watching 18-wheelers bring in materials to the construction site Saturday morning.

2012-09-30 01:30:00