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Dina Maron reports in this morning's ClimateWire that: "Ethanol is once again in the hot seat." We say, "good!"
One positive outcome of the current focus on our federal deficit and debt woes is that attention must be paid t...
Posted Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 8:06 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Oil Dependence, Policy, Renewables
As oil prices dance around $100 per barrel due to unrest in the Middle East (and isn't that a surprise!), threatening our slow and jobless recovery, and a new report shows Americans drove more miles than in any year since 2007 --...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 at 10:46 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, National Security, Oil Dependence
Justin Lahart in today's WSJ: "Rising Oil Prices Raise the Specter of a Double Dip." Yep. A year ago, energy-minded folks were wondering whether spring would bring Middle East chaos caused by an Israeli preemptive strike on ...
Posted Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 6:50 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Gas Prices, Legislation, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Some remember the crafty strategy President Clinton and his advisers ran on during the 1996 re-election campaign, when the Gingrich revolution had taken the House in '94 and proceeded down a path of budget cuts and a government sh...
Posted Thursday, February 17th, 2011 at 8:45 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Renewables
Today's NYT has an important piece by Matt Wald describing the funding trajectory of companies who received funding under the new Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program at US DOE. ARPA-E was authorized by t...
Posted Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security
In Tuesday's State of the Union, President Obama set a goal of "80 by 35" -- 80% clean electricity by 2035. This deserves more attention. Clean electricity has been previously thought of by enviros as renewables and by conserv...
Posted Thursday, January 27th, 2011 at 9:59 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity
Anne Mulkern in this morning's E&E Daily has a nice piece about so-called "clean energy standards" otherwise known as "clean energy portfolio standards" or "diverse energy standards." Whether CES, CEPS, or DES, the point is ...
Posted Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 9:45 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Legislation
According to the Energy Daily, (http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/US_Renewables_Now_Neck_And_Neck_With_Nuclear_Power_999.html), citing the most recent issue of the "Monthly Energy Review" by the U.S. Energy Information Administ...
Posted Thursday, December 30th, 2010 at 8:36 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Security, Environment
I consider myself to be among the lucky few who have had the privilege of experiencing an East African safari. The majesty of the wildlife in its natural and largely unspoiled habitat was the trip of a lifetime, and enough to ke...
Posted Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 at 10:49 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Oil Dependence
Several pieces in today's WSJ worth reading. Front page story is "Oil Back at $90 as Growth Gains Pace." Inside is " EPA to Speed Up New Greenhouse-Gas Rules." And back in the B Section we find "Clean-Tech Entrepeneurs Eye ...
Posted Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 at 11:39 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence
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