• The Northern Lights happen when incoming solar radiation hits the earth's upper atmosphere and excites atoms to a new energy state, emitting colours which is energy in the form of light.

    BBC: Aurora Borealis

  • "That's been my forte as the governor of an energy producing state and as a former chair of the, of the energy regulator -- entity up there in Alaska, " she said.

    CNN: Palin discusses potential plans for America

  • Dr Cirac and Dr Romero-Isart therefore propose putting the virus inside a microscopic cavity and cooling it down to its state of lowest energy (ground state, in physics parlance) using a piece of apparatus known as a laser trap.

    ECONOMIST: An old thought experiment may soon be realised

  • Cohen : Despite all of its other problems, California is the most energy efficient state in the United States.

    FORBES: Sustainability Lessons for the Big Apple

  • For just about any energy producing state, this would be a valid goal, but for a country that relies on oil and gas for just about every public expense, this was about survival.

    FORBES: Fresh Trouble for Algerian Oil and Gas

  • GuardianEdge data protection solutions have been deployed by leading organizations including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lincoln Financial Group, and The Hertz Corporation as well as numerous government agencies including the U.S. departments of Veteran Affairs, Defense, Energy, State and Education and the California Department of Healthcare Services.

    FORBES: Symantec Acquires Encryption Provider PGP For $300 Million

  • Among the people required to attend Disaster Preparedness Commission meetings but didn't was Francis Murray, president of the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority, according to state records.

    WSJ: Poor Training Fueled Gas Shortage After Sandy

  • So while Republican presidential candidates flock to Florida and attack the anti-energy policies of the Obama administration, they will be meeting in a state where Republican-appointed bureaucrats are stifling affordable energy production in a state where citizens are already paying too much for their electricity.

    FORBES: The GOP Presidential Debate Highlights The Irony Of Florida Energy Policy

  • For nearly six months the Public Utilities Commission of Texas and an independent market monitor have been investigating whether the Dallas-based energy giant manipulated the state's wholesale energy market by briefly withholding production in order to drive up prices during the summer of 2005.

    FORBES: Report Says TXU Abused Market Power

  • But in 2008, having judged that the ultimate power in Russia lay with state energy companies, BP went behind the backs of its private Russian partners to negotiate a deal with Gazprom, the state-controlled gas behemoth.

    ECONOMIST: BP in Russia

  • Energy Minister Greg Barker told him: "We firmly believe that the right decision-maker for major strategic energy infrastructure in England and Wales is the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change".

    BBC: Welsh Tories flagging on energy: Minister rejects plea

  • The government will have to do better with the forthcoming sale of state banks and energy companies, including Petrom, the state oil company.

    ECONOMIST: Romania's reforms

  • We believe that this one big reasons why Indian state energy firms are keen on this resource.

    FORBES: An Indian Consortium Shows Interest In ConocoPhillips' Alberta Oil Sands Assets

  • And while it provides a relatively good snapshot of state energy efficiency measures, it has a few drawbacks.

    FORBES: Greener Than Thou

  • Then there are intelligence operators at the Department of Energy, the State Department, and even at the Treasury.

    ECONOMIST: The world's most thankless job

  • Investors in the so-called public-private partnership include Russian Railways, national power utility Unified Energy System and state-controlled pipeline operator Transneft.

    FORBES: Russia Reportedly Planning to Build Tunnel Under Bering Strait

  • Besides driving away the multinationals, these deprived the region's state energy firms of revenues they needed to invest in exploration.

    ECONOMIST: More drilling, less subsidising

  • Private oligopolies and state energy monopolies still survive in Mexico, for example.

    ECONOMIST: Efficiency drive

  • But the gas is piped in from Bolivia, where President Evo Morales has recently threatened Brazilian interests by nationalising facilities owned by Brazil's state energy firm, Petrobras.

    BBC: Air chaos is new blow to Brazil's image

  • He urged Iraqi leaders to move quickly to alleviate current tensions in order to refocus energy on critical state-building challenges, including preparations for provincial and local elections next year.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • In the past couple of years Chinese state energy firms have struck multi-billion-dollar shale deals in America with Chesapeake Energy, mainly for shale oil, and with Devon Energy Corp for gas.

    ECONOMIST: Global reserves

  • In late May, the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense reported that a Chinese patrol boat slashed a submerged cable of a oil and gas survey ship operated by PetroVietnam, the state energy firm.

    CNN: Explainer: South China Sea - Asia's most dangerous waters

  • It has directed national governments, notably in Spain and France, not to protect former state energy monopolies--now private and meant to stand as "national champions"--when they are the target of foreign bids.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Signaling less confidence among foreign firms, Algeria has recently faced a steady decline in interest among international partners, thanks in part to unfavorable revenue-sharing agreements and accusations of rampant corruption in state energy offices.

    FORBES: Algerian Raid Casts Long Shadow Over Energy Appeal

  • Mr. Maduro reconfirmed several ministers in their posts including Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who also heads state energy monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Defense Minister Diego Molero, Foreign Minister Elias Jaua and Vice President Jorge Arreaza.

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  • The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is funding a program that gives businesses subsidies to pay for TomTom devices that the company says will improve productivity and reduce fuel consumption.

    FORBES: Tracking Behavior Behind The Wheel

  • In 2005, the government passed a controversial hydrocarbons law that imposed significantly higher royalties and required foreign firms then operating under risk-sharing contracts to surrender all production to the state energy company in exchange for a predetermined service fee.

    FORBES: Bolivia

  • Head of state energy firm replaced.

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  • Kazakhstan's state energy company will double its stake in the venture, while Italy's Eni will share the operation and development of the field with the venture's other shareholders Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and Total when the oil starts flowing in 2011.

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