Money Morning submits: By Jack Barnes If you are looking for a mining company that generates energy with its own diversified refinery division, wholly owned pipelines, and a retail gas station network, then Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) should be at the top of your list. Here are just a few reasons why: Suncor offers diverse [...]

Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos The nuclear plant might be one of the most advanced technologies ever invented, but their underlying budgets sound like something straight from the age of the pyramids. “Sixty percent of the costs of building a plant in the U.S. come from labor,” said Lucas Davis, a professor at the [...]

Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks) submits: Power and automation giant ABB, Ltd. (ABB) was named Cleantech Corporation of the Year at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco. The company has been focused on acquiring start ups in the cleantech space for the last couple of years, with two significant ones in 2010: Ventyx, a provider of IT [...]

Dian L. Chu submits: In early March, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley told NBC that the Administration was considering releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) if it deems the high oil prices would threaten the U.S. economic recovery. President Obama, in a press conference on March 11, also reiterated that a [...]

Brian L. Wilson submits: I’ve been surprised how far crude oil has come up since the Egyptian crisis. Mubarak’s resignation initially seemed to quell the surge in oil prices, but the current prices are simply not justified on an intrinsic supply and demand equilibrium. Demand is not going to justify 2/bbl crude for very long. [...]