COLUMBIA — Recent cool breezes carry sweet relief from the summer heat, but wind has also become a valuable commodity for investors in a new Missouri wind farm that will be dedicated Monday and is already supplying wind power to Columbia. 
 

 
BEIJING -- China is planning to quadruple its strategic oil reserves to 12 million tons within three years and secure roughly the equivalent of one month's import by 2010, state media said Thursday.
 
By 2020, reserves will be further raised to the equivalent of three months' import, the Shanghai Securities News said, citing Chen Deming, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top planning agency.
 

Athens, Ga. – A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips.