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Benoit Faucon reports in today's WSJ that France, where President Nicolas Sarkozy is up for reelection, "said it is in talks with the International Energy Agency about tapping emergency oil stockpiles, joining the U.S. and U.K. ...
Posted Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 7:12 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence
Does cheap natural gas represent an unalloyed good for American energy security and economic health? Or is it an easy quick fix, lulling us into a false sense of security that will prove damaging down the road? Those are the q...
Posted Monday, March 26th, 2012 at 6:47 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Natural Gas, Policy, Renewables
It's always useful, if depressing, to have the facts of the oil market set out in the mainstream media. In today's case, Steven Mufson of the WaPo has a piece about our friends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeking to help calm...
Posted Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 at 10:23 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Uncategorized
Those who decry the state of journalism in the 21st century should take a look at the March 10 NYT piece by Jeff Sommer -- a strong, substantive and balanced account of the market forces (and policies) that account for regional di...
Posted Monday, March 12th, 2012 at 7:38 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Gas Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Policy
This week, there was some good news for reducing our national oil dependence and improving our energy security. President Barack Obama announced his plan for the United States to advance the mainstream adoption of electric vehicle...
Posted Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 12:12 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence
General John Handy of the Energy Security Leadership Council's compelling OpEd in today's Charlotte Post Observer:
Five truths we must face about energy
With President Obama in North Carolina today to discuss energy, there a...
Posted Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 at 7:47 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
Clifford Kraus in today's NYT: "Tensions Raise Specter of Gas at $5 a Gallon." While this piece is well done, it sadly focuses on the political fallout of rising gasoline prices rather than the policy implications of same. ...
Posted Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 7:42 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
The old adage that good news is not news seems to apply to Saturday's WSJ coverage of Friday's largely positive evaluation of the DOE Loan Guarantee program by the widely-respected Herb Allison. Hardly a Democratic tool, Mr. All...
Posted Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 7:56 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Policy
Two recent articles remind us of the importance of energy security and the impact of geopolitics on that security. First, on Saturday, the WSJ reported that Russia is cutting natural gas exports to Europe due to high domestic de...
Posted Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 5:00 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Natural Gas, Oil
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