Articles by Greg Mazurkiewicz

Before it adjourned and left for the holiday recess, Congress did decide to act on bills to improve homeland security and to fight bioterrorism.

The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives failed to resolve their differences and chances of an economic stimulus bill being passed this year have fallen by the wayside.

The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives failed to resolve their differences and chances of an economic stimulus bill being passed this year have fallen by the wayside.

In searching for cooling options for Cornell University, a team of New York engineers turned to the “cold, deep water of Cayuga Lake.”

Although the Florida Governor’s Energy Study Commission report supports electricity deregulation in the state, it is expected that the report and deregulation will not be brought up in the legislature because of the effects of deregulation in California, the failure of Enron, and other issues.

Siemens Solar Industries L.P. (Camarillo, CA) has introduced its earthsafe™ 20 solar electric system.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has reported that housing starts rose 8.2% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.65 million units.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it will allow small businesses with gross receipts of $10 million or less to use the cash method of accounting, a change which the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) said will save small contracting businesses both time and money.

It has been a long-standing campaign in Illinois against joint advertising and marketing by gas utilities and their affiliated companies, but Chris Colditz, president of Northern Illinois Air Conditioning Contractors of America, reports that a battle has been won.

Heating customers are seeing the prices of natural gas and heating oil drop substantially this season, which a major economist says will help boost the sagging U.S. economy.