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May, 2010
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It has been a busy week on the energy front.
Events in the Gulf continue to unfold, with BP moving through its ‘top kill’ procedure as President Obama took to the podium to, as the Washington Post put it, “quell doubts ab...
Posted Friday, May 28th, 2010 at 8:33 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply, Legislation
On the very day that bipartisan, bicameral legislation to spur the spread of electric vehicles in the U.S. -- enhancing our energy security by reducing our dependence on petroleum -- was introduced, President Obama reminded us t...
Posted Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 3:16 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Oil Dependence
Oil prices have fallen precipitously since early April, closing at around $70 a barrel on Monday. It is widely known that ups and downs in the major oil exporters’ political power abroad and control over the opposition at home c...
Posted Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 at 1:59 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil Prices
LeBron James’ pending Free Agency and the debate over energy policy have taken center stage in headlines this week. Regardless of punditry and public interest, both seemed destined for a similar result - wait and see.
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Posted Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 11:14 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
One of the biggest half-truths in politics these days is the statement that "the science of climate change is not settled." That's true in the sense that there is uncertainty about the science, but untrue in the implication that...
Posted Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 8:17 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment
Energy and water are inextricably linked. This relationship is already under considerable strain and will be exacerbated by population and economic growth, and global climate change. More water-intensive energy development pro...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 7:54 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Environment
John Broder has a good piece in today's NYT on the unveiling of the Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy bill (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/science/earth/13climate.html?ref=todayspaper). Multiple other media sources cover as ...
Posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010 at 5:54 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Oil Dependence
In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal today, Holman W. Jenkins Jr. criticized government support for expanded deployment of electric vehicles (“Welfare Wagons”). No doubt, it initially appears to be a compelling pi...
Posted Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 9:20 am | Filed in: Electrification, Oil Dependence
After a period of bullish, ebullient reporting on China’s economic growth amid a world still mired in recession, China hasn’t had a great week in the press. The Shanghai stock market is at an 8-month low, the property market b...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 at 11:27 am | Filed in: Electrification, Oil Dependence, Transportation
Last week, former Secretary of the Interior and two-time Alaska Governor Walter Hickel died at the age of 90. As Secretary of the Interior in from 1969-1970, he played an important role in our nation’s energy and environmental...
Posted Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 2:13 pm | Filed in: Energy Supply, Legislation
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