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Global Community Communications Alliance encourages everyone to proclaim their independence from fossil fuels on the 5th day of every month until gas prices are brought down significantly. The campaign's slogan is: “Freedom, not Fueldom.”

Every time the price of gasoline goes up a penny it costs the U.S. Postal Service $8 million.

Mark Wolfe, Executive Director, National Energy Assistance Directors Association, is interviewed about how rising energy prices is making it harder for low-incomeAmericans to pay their home heating and cooling bills. He also talks about efforts in Congress and the states to deal with the problem.

Energy use is rapidly becoming a major concern for business and computers are increasingly seen as a major power guzzler. Energy saving measures in IT can be implemented with a minimum of cost and disruption to normal operation. This article gives some good advice on how.

Marji Philips of the utility PSE&G outlines the increased costs utilities must take on to comply with environmental regulation.

NOT a pitch for CitizenRE, but rather an explanation of how, for homeowners in some parts of the US, it's cheaper to install a solar system through a home improvement loan than to continue to pay utility rates.