Web sites steer drivers to cheapest gas

Before Akshay Dodeja stopped to fill up the gas tank of his Acura Integra, the 22-year- old Portland, Ore., computer-engineering student checked his cell phone.

Oil could hit $200 a barrel, analyst says

Chrysler hopes gas offer fuels sales

Chrysler is offering to subsidize the cost of gasoline for car and truck buyers, but its biggest rivals - General Motors, Toyota and Ford - said Tuesday they have no plans to match it.

Chrysler offering to subsidize gas costs

Chrysler is offering to subsidize the cost of gasoline for car and truck buyers, but rivals — General Motors, Toyota and Ford — said they have no plans to match it.

24 GOP senators ask EPA to waive ethanol targets

Senate Republicans have asked environmental regulators to use their power to halt the country's plans to expand ethanol production amid rising food prices.

Economist: Trim use of biofuels

The U.S. and European Union should reconsider a shift to biofuels that has helped increase food prices worldwide by turning agricultural land over to energy crops, American economist Jeffrey Sachs said Monday.

Xcel fees in cross hairs

State regulators are investigating a growing number of fees and surcharges that Xcel and other utilities are tacking onto customer bills.

Farm to fridge

A gallon of Robinson's milk sells for $4.19 at a convenience store on South Federal Boulevard.

Exxon Mobil Q1 profit up 17 percent

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday that record crude prices helped its first-quarter profit climb 17 percent to $10.9 billion - the second-biggest U.S. quarterly corporate profit ever.

Big guns hired in severance-tax fray

Well-known local political consultants will square off over a ballot initiative to increase oil and gas tax revenue and create a huge college scholarship fund.

Xcel's profit rises 28 percent in Q1

Xcel Energy Inc. said today its first-quarter profit rose 28 percent, attributing the gain to higher electric and natural gas margins.

Watchdog pushes Xcel for efficiency

Colorado’s consumer watchdog says it wants Xcel Energy to make an even stronger push to encourage energy efficiency and to accelerate its acquisition of renewable resources.

Potash bears fruit for intrepid investor

When Scott Sweet heard that a maker of one of the hottest products in America was going public, he jumped at the chance to buy some shares. The stock: an obscure Denver company called Intrepid Potash Inc.

Old mine promises pure scientific gold

A former gold mine that yielded riches for more than a century is poised to spend the next half-century offering scientific prospectors a deeper understanding of the universe.

Less reliance on coal could be costly

If Colorado slashed its reliance on coal by a third, it would say goodbye to 27,500 jobs and $1.7 billion a year in household income.