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Lehigh Valley residents can expect to pay more -- way more in most cases -- to heat their homes this winter, according to a government report issued Wednesday. Home heating oil and natural gas customers will get hit the hardest, the U.S. Energy...

Ideally, consumers in cold regions have winterized their homes by now in an effort to save energy and money. But for busy people, back-to-school season soon becomes Halloween, and before you know it Thanksgiving is approaching, and the winterizing to-...

Gasoline prices in Connecticut have been steadily falling — down $1 Friday since peaking in July — and so have diesel fuel prices. Just not as much. Diesel still costs about 76 cents a gallon more than regular gas in Connecticut, according...

Thousands of us are watching our energy bills go up this fall.  So is now the time to invest in a better home heating system?  That's a tough call in our unsettled economy.  But some experts say making that investment now could save you some big money...

As our weather gets colder, a lot of us are finding a new way to heat up our homes. Local companies say the ''bio-heat business, with its green, alternative fuel has grown tenfold in our area in just the past few years. Many customers say in the short run...

If you walked outside this morning, you know it's a little chilly.  It's a true sign that colder days are on the way.  And in these rough economic times, more and more people are having trouble paying to heat their homes. It's cold and so now everyone...

      CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's independent oil dealers are looking to the federal government to help them weather a credit crunch.       A trade group is asking the federal government for help in accessing credit. Dealers say they need help to...

DEP and the Coast Guard are at the scene of the Oil Spill along the CT River. DEP responded to a Oil spill at Tri-Ram, which is a Oil Terminal, located at 171 Brownstone Ave. in Portland at 4:30 p.m. An equipment malfunctioned on a 1200 gallon upright...

WASHINGTON - The price of oil gyrated yesterday after the federal government released data that showed a growing domestic supply of gasoline and other fuels, along with rising demand. July light sweet crude futures fell 97 cents to settle at $53.63 a...

NEW YORK - Gasoline futures rose yesterday amid expectations that today's weekly snapshot of U.S. inventory data will show gasoline supplies at near critical levels, largely because of a shortage of production in the Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane...

by Jill Zuckman In his weekly radio address, Sen. John McCain poked fun at himself for being cast to the side while his rival went on a world tour. "With all the breathless coverage from abroad, and with Senator Obama......

by Ben Meyerson Faux-pundit Stephen Colbert's fans are a notoriously active bunch, influencing everything from a Hungarian bridge to Wikipedia at the host's command. Colbert's latest effort aimed to put the Comedy Central host where no late-night funnyman...