Template:Featured article/April, 2006
From Environmental Technology
By Robert Aronen
The Bush administration is telling consumers to brace for gas prices averaging $2.62 a gallon this summer. Consumers are complaining, and the outrage has a new set of senators lining up to blame Big Oil for the increase. That may be the politically popular thing to do, but blaming Big Oil does not explain why gas prices are on the rise.
U.S. Department of Energy
DETROIT , MI - Secretary Bodman announced a three-year, $52.5 million solicitation to support new innovations in hydrogen technology. The solicitation, to be released later this month, supports President Bush’s Advanced Energy Initiative - which seeks to reduce dependence on foreign oil - and will support research to assist in overcoming the scientific challenges associated with the production, use and storage of hydrogen.
Energy Department Provides $140.3 Million to Low-Income Families for Home Weatherization
U.S. Department of Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today announced $140.3 million in weatherization program grants to 31 states and the Navajo Nation to make energy efficiency improvements in homes of low-income families; weatherization can reduce an average home’s energy costs by $358 annually. Total Fiscal Year 2006 funding is $243 million and will provide weatherization to approximately 96,560 homes.
DOE Gasoline Price Watch Website and Hotline
U.S. Department of Energy
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today is reminding consumers about the Department of Energy’s (DOE) gasoline price reporting system. Consumers can report activity at local gasoline filling stations that they believe may constitute “gouging” or “price fixing” by visiting http://gaswatch.energy.gov/.
DOE Strategic Petroleum Reserve Contractor Receives the Baldrige Award
U.S. Department of Energy
WASHINGTON, DC – Vice President Richard Cheney today presented DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company, operator of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), with the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige award is the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence and ...
