May 20, 2005

Rising Fuel Prices Worry Colleges

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Conservation efforts have helped, but they only go so far, officials say

Table: The price for natural gas from March 2001 to March 2005

The University of Iowa is fueling up on fiber. It's not a new fad diet, but part of a strategy for battling the spike in energy costs.

Faced with rising prices for the coal it uses to provide heat and electricity on its campus, the university retrofitted one of its two power

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