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As January comes to a close, President Obama has unofficially kicked off his reelection campaign with the State of the Union Address, and Congress is back in full swing Has the time has come for some real progress on energy policy...
Posted Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 12:39 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Policy
The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness recently released their report addressing comprehensive strategy recommendations to improve the job market. The report is comprised of a three pronged strategy, “Invest in th...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at 3:16 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Legislation, Policy
Multiple WSJ articles this morning with implications for natural gas -- and one in Bloomberg worth paying attention to.
First, in "Glut Hits Natural-Gas Prices," the WSJ reports:
U.S. energy companies are pumping so much na...
Posted Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 9:03 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Natural Gas
The recent increase in tensions between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz has at its root the world’s unhappy relationship with crude oil being shipped through the Persian Gulf. The recent threats by the Islamic Republ...
Posted Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at 11:31 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, National Security
With the Republican primary election cycle in full swing, SAFE has published an Intelligence Report highlighting the details from each of the remaining six Republican participants’ energy platforms. A near consensus exists among...
Posted Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 1:15 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence, Policy
Last month, this blog discussed the beginnings of a potentially severe oil crisis, as Iran began running drills to close the Strait of Hormuz. In the weeks since, the situation has steadily escalated, and this morning the Wall S...
Posted Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 3:41 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Yesterday, oil prices spiked by as much as 3.6 percent on rumors that the Strait of Hormuz had been blockaded to maritime shipments. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has reported that the strategic waterway remains open, yet there a...
Posted Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 12:17 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil Dependence
Normally, the big energy news over the weekend at this time of year would be the results of the United National Climate Conference to implement the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, since a large porti...
Posted Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 5:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Renewables, Uncategorized
Recent media reports on electric car crash-test fires and U.S. battery manufacturers have been instructive, both by drawing attention to the struggles of a young industry and by giving insight into how contentious the debate over ...
Posted Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 at 12:06 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Policy
An important piece by Matt Day in the weekend WSJ: King Coal's Throne Under Threat that focuses on the impact of pending EPA rules limiting emissions of conventional pollutants. Day notes that
power plants are already ratch...
Posted Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 6:21 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil, Renewables
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