Price	Change
WTI Crude Oil ($/bbl)	145.29	+1.72
Henry Hub Natural Gas ($/MMbtu)	13.58	+0.19

  SOURCE: Money.CNN.com

France to build second new-generation nuclear reactor (AP)

3 Jul 2008

AP - France will build a second new-generation nuclear reactor, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday, pledging a "new industrial revolution" in an era in which fossil fuels have grown too expensive.

Iraq says competition deciding factor in oil deals (AFP)

3 Jul 2008

AFP - Iraq on Thursday said it would be guided by the principle of competition when awarding contracts to global energy companies hoping to cash in on the country's vast oil and gas fields.

Energy experts puzzled over oil prices (AP)

2 Jul 2008

AP - As crude soared to a new record, the head of the International Energy Agency declared that the world was in the grip of an "oil shock," and the president of OPEC acknowledged he could not say whether prices would flatten out or continue to soar.

Oil prices hold above 142 dollars ahead of US energy report (AFP)

2 Jul 2008

AFP - Oil prices breached 142 dollars per barrel again on Wednesday, nearing recent record heights, as traders awaited the latest weekly snapshot on energy stockpiles in the United States.

Oil trades near record levels in Asia (AFP)

1 Jul 2008

AFP - World oil traded higher in Asia near record levels Wednesday after OPEC's president talked of uncertainty surrounding future investment in energy facilities to boost crude output.

Gas prices change views on energy (AP)

1 Jul 2008

AP - High gasoline prices have dramatically changed Americans' views on energy and the environment with more people now viewing oil drilling and new power plants as a greater priority than energy conservation than they did five months ago, according to a new survey.

UN reports big jump in `green energy' investment (AP)

1 Jul 2008

AP - Global investors plowed $148 billion into new wind, solar and other alternative energy assets last year, in what the United Nations describes as a "green energy gold rush" gaining speed the last several years.

Qaeda targets U.S. oil interests in N.Africa: report (Reuters)

1 Jul 2008

Reuters - Al Qaeda's growing north Africa network plans to attack U.S. interests seeking control of the region's energy riches, its Algerian-based leader said in remarks published on Tuesday.

New record crude prices up pressure on oil industry (AFP)

30 Jun 2008

AFP - Oil prices surged to new highs Monday as leading figures from the energy industry gathered in Madrid amid growing public anger at the high cost of fuel and increasing concerns about inflation.

Experts urge states to invest in CO2 carbon capture and storage (AFP)

30 Jun 2008

AFP - Capturing and storing carbon emissions from power generation holds the key to managing climate change amid rising use of polluting oil, gas and coal, an international CO2 conference heard in The Hague on Monday.