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July, 2010
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This week, House democrats released their oil spill response plan, and shortly thereafter, Senator Harry Reid published the Senate’s legislation, the “Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010.”
In Thur...
Posted Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 10:45 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
The deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and the potential of “electromobility” are hot topics in political and economic arenas around the world. Major carmakers, including Daimler AG, Toyota Motor Corp, General Motors Corp...
Posted Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 2:21 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Transportation
The notion of having the government intervene to spark growth in new industries has received a lot of attention lately, particularly in Congressional debates around whether or not to support the development and deployment of el...
Posted Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 6:20 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Legislation
General Motors today announced the pricing of the eagerly-anticipated Chevy Volt. Once federal tax rebates are taken into account, the Volt will cost approximately $33,500. The Volt—a plug-in hybrid with a 40-mile electric-o...
Posted Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 10:45 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
The distinction between domestically produced and imported oil has been a subject of considerable debate and confusion. From an energy security standpoint, a common argument goes that increased production of oil in the United St...
Posted Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 12:49 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
After months of waiting, this Thursday, Washington finally received reports of the energy plan that Senator Harry Reid would bring to the floor of the US Senate. With the far left still clamoring for a “Carbon Cap” and the f...
Posted Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Environment, Legislation
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved by a 19-4 vote Senate Bill 3495, the Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010, designed to advance the wide-scale deployment of electric vehicles and infrastructure n...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 10:49 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electricity, Electrification, Oil Dependence, Policy
Central city decline, urban collapse, traffic congestion, air pollution and high oil demand are all problems linked to excessive dependence on automobiles. Many cities rely on transit to diminish such burdens, given the virtues of...
Posted Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 at 12:39 pm | Filed in: Oil Dependence, Transportation
Today, it is widely recognized that domestic shale/tight gas and hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) represent a key resource and technology to the future energy supply and economy of the United States. What does foreign shal...
Posted Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 10:50 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Natural Gas
As the August recess approaches, Harry Reid stands in the middle of a heated energy debate, with interests tugging at him from all sides. The hot topic in Washington this week is whether Senator Reid can keep an energy plan aliv...
Posted Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 11:15 am | Filed in: Legislation
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