Weekly Political Roundup–The Future After The Gulf Coast Spill

All eyes in the energy world this week remain on the Gulf of Mexico as efforts to contain the spill continue.  Here in Washington, unsurprisingly, the political calculations over the fallout are also well underway. This mornin...

Posted Friday, May 7th, 2010 at 10:44 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Legislation

Coal and carbon; energy security and climate change

With so much attention focused on the oil spill in the Gulf, let's take heart from a key interagency task force meeting today in Washington that's focused on a different energy and environmental issue:  how to deploy carbon cap...

Posted Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 8:02 am | Filed in: Environment, Legislation

Moving Ahead 2010

Today is the final day of an innovative conference at Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, Ohio, “Moving Ahead 2010: Sustainable Transportation Solutions for the 21st Century.” The conference is focused on long-term sol...

Posted Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 8:22 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Demand

What is Next in the Gulf?

Two weeks after the initial accident on the Deepwater Horizon, it is worth thinking about what may happen with respect to offshore drilling policy in response to the accident and the spill. The President has called the oil spil...

Posted Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at 11:03 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Oil Prices