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Today's WSJ has an interesting piece entitled "As Oil Spiked, Many Traded." Reporters Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Liam Pleven described a "world of oil investors" reaching "far beyond Wall Street in recent years as foreign pension...
Posted Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 11:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Oil, Oil Prices, Uncategorized
This week Congressional leaders formed a “Supercommittee,” a12 member panel with the closely-watched task of crafting a 1.5 trillion dollar debt reduction plan by Thanksgiving.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has...
Posted Friday, August 12th, 2011 at 11:13 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Efficiency, Legislation
Yesterday, the S&P Index dropped 6.7 percent, and by 12:15 p.m. today, it was up 2.7 percent. The entire market has been in a state of extreme instability, and oil prices are no exception. Crude futures closed at $81.31 yest...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 at 12:50 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Gas Prices, Oil, Oil Prices
The impasse on the debt ceiling and federal deficit has once again put all other legislation – including energy security – at a standstill. But just like Social Security and Medicare reform, petroleum dependence is an issue ...
Posted Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 at 2:07 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence
A snapshot of U.S. energy dependence: Americans account for more than 20% of global oil demand, with the transportation sector, on its own, consuming more oil than any other nation in the world. A glance at our lack of energy se...
Posted Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 at 10:50 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Oil Dependence
The countdown is almost over: tomorrow, policymakers, industry leaders and business executives will gather to discuss the intensifying threats posed by our nation’s oil dependence, and consider solutions that will strengthen o...
Posted Monday, July 11th, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, National Security, Oil Dependence
On Friday, it was reported that al Qaeda has a “continuing interest” in attacking oil and gas infrastructure. The warning came from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI as a result of information obtained during t...
Posted Monday, May 23rd, 2011 at 6:16 am | Filed in: Economic Security, National Security, Oil Dependence
The Census Bureau released March trade data today, and despite U.S. companies selling the most goods and services overseas in nearly two decades, a big jump in oil prices pushed the nation’s trade deficit to its highest level si...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 9:36 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
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