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The `Fall` Energblog.com has Hit the Electronic News Stands

After building a career as a attorney, John Reaves is giving something back.

(SOLANA BEACH, Calif.) - The "Fall" energblog.com has hit the electronic news stands. The blog highlights "Efficiency First," the transition to renewable energy that saves money, provides value to home and commercial real estate owners, and reduces our carbon footprint.

Ted Torre-Bueno leads off with a post which by its title, "What is Empowered Energy Solutions?", one might think rather simple. Why a guy starts a company. But with Ted, there's just a little more to it as one might expect.

Is Manmohan Singh the Perfect Economic Hit Man?

India's Prime Minister is far more lethal than any economic hit man that ever strode in any country.

(NEW DELHI, India) - It seems that the Indian Prime Minister is far more lethal than any economic hit man that ever strode in any country. He has not only presided over the most corrupt regime India has ever seen but is now serious compromising its national security itself.

The sheer scale, depth, and spread of corruption are mind-boggling.

Baja California News- Prisoners of the Grid

US authorities are reportedly investigating the precise reason for the problem at the San Diego Gas and Electric company substation that set-off the cross-border energy crisis.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The September 8 blackout provoked by a failure at a private utility company substation in Yuma, Arizona, rolled across the border and affected more than 1.3 million people in northern Mexico, according to press accounts.

For more than ten hours, chaotic scenes unfolded in the states of Baja California and part of neighboring Sonora. Workplaces ground to a halt, classes were canceled, traffic lights stopped functioning and water service was interrupted.

Merkley Urges Obama to Include Mortgage Help, Energy Efficiency Programs in Jobs Agenda

"...the single best way we can manage our debt is to get Americans back to work. " - Merkley

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Next week, President Barack Obama plans to lay out an agenda to jumpstart the American economy and create jobs.

Oregon’s Jeff Merkley is urging him to use that opportunity to take aggressive action to keep families in their homes.

U.S. Swipes Money from Libyan Accounts to Fund Pro-American Oil Rebels

Nothing like throwing gasoline on a burning fire.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Many have already heard that the United States' latest effort to kill and maim people in far off lands will take place in Libya to the tune of $30 billion in seized assets.

The move fits the criteria of habitual American behavior; the U.S. only goes after former friends like Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein and Usama bin Laden. Even Ho Chi Minh aided the United States during WWII in its fight with Japanese forces occupying Vietnam.

US Orders News Blackout Over Crippled Nebraska Nuclear Plant

Report notes the “cover-up” of this nuclear disaster by President Obama is based on his “fantasy” of creating so-called green jobs which he (strangely) includes nuclear power into.

(MOSCOW ) - A report prepared by Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency states that the Obama regime has ordered a “total and complete” news blackout relating to the near catastrophic meltdown of Nebraska' Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant.

U.S. Senate: Unusual Coalition of Interest Groups Combine to End Ethanol Subsidies

The subsidy repeal is opposed by corn growers and ethanol producers, pitting alternative energy interests and environmental policy groups against each other.

(BERKELEY, Calif. MapLight) - On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, the Senate is expected to vote on an amendment introduced by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, which subsidizes the production of ethanol.

On March 9, 2011, a coalition of organizations representing issues traditionally at odds with one another drafted a letter voicing their support for ending ethanol subsidies.

The Hidden Cost of Corruption and Scandal

If these individuals cannot be trusted by their spouses, by their constituency, by their neighbors, and by their peers, they certainly do not belong where they are.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - There has always been a certain amount of corruption and scandal involving elected officials in the United States.

It goes back almost to the nation's discovery and involve Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Senators, Congressional Representatives, various Cabinet members, State Governors, Supreme Court Judges, and many lesser officials.

Reactor Reax: Weekly Roundup of Nuclear Stories

Catch the latest media reports from around the world about nuclear energy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - What is the world to do with an ever accumulating supply of spent, dirty radioactive waste?

Senate Bill S.940 re: Closing Big Oil Loopholes

As far as big oil is concerned, enough is too much...

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - The Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill to end some tax breaks for Oil Companies grossing over $1 billion.

The full content of this bill can be easily read in less than 10 minutes. Once you read it, you will see that it makes sense and does not punish Oil Companies for making a reasonable profit.