propane

Propane conversion kits for cars, trucks and other vehicles have become popular since gasoline is hovering around $4 per gallon and this alt fuel is about half the price, plus it reduces emissions and extends life of the engine as well.

The wound is still fresh for many of North Toronto's residents.  Earlier this week Sunrise Propane's North Toronto facility blew up in a massive fireball that rocked Toronto and left two dead. 

This hearing examines how manipulation is affecting energy markets, including oil and natural gas. The hearing discusses, among other topics, the case of Amaranth, a $9 billion hedge fund that manipulated natural gas prices and ultimately came under investigation. Another topic is what the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) -- two agencies that share jurisdiction over these matters -- have done to address the problem of energy market regulation.

Representatives from states across the U.S. speak in a conference cosponsored by the National Association of State Energy Officials about their challenges facing a winter with rising heating and fuel costs, particularly trouble low-income Americans will have paying heating bills with diminishing grants available at the same time of rising heatingcosts.