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Hard-core representatives of organized environmental interest groups (aka "enviros") like to believe that the challenge of global climate change merits action on its own, with no consideration for political deals or trade-offs. ...
Posted Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at 6:45 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, National Security
Don't miss Jim Woolsey's piece in the WSJ today. (http://online.wsj.com/ -- subscription required). For those who haven't been following the energy security/oil addiction debate, Woolsey -- former Director of the CIA under Pr...
Posted Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at 8:32 am | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil Dependence
Gas taxes.
Oh . . . . the trouble we get into when we talk about raising gas taxes.
So I am not going to suggest that we increase gas taxes, even though thoughtful people on the left (here) and right (here, here) have st...
Posted Monday, April 12th, 2010 at 10:26 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
What would be a game changer in the energy debate? A brand-new technology? Maybe, but unrealistic. A sudden discovery of new supplies of some crucial fuel? Less of a game changer, and still unrealistic. How about somethi...
Posted Friday, April 9th, 2010 at 10:58 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Gas Prices
This morning's ClimateWire (http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/04/08/8/;subscription required) reports on a study released today by the Electrification Coalition (a partner organization of Securing America's Future Energy) co...
Posted Thursday, April 8th, 2010 at 6:26 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Transportation
Today (April 6) at 9 AM EST, the official Chinese government news outlet Xinhua released an article entitled “Iran not to talk with major powers over its nuclear program.” These not-to-be-held talks are with the five permanent...
Posted Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 at 9:29 am | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil Dependence
Today, President Obama announced that the federal government will pursue oil and natural gas exploration and development in areas off the Atlantic Coast and Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Signaling its intention to promote greater dome...
Posted Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 9:35 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence
The health care debate cast a long shadow over the remainder of the legislative laundry list. So now that the storm has passed, energy and climate are beginning to come into focus. E&E’s Darren Samuelsohn learned of the Kerr...
Posted Friday, March 26th, 2010 at 10:25 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Legislation
This site blogged yesterday about OPEC's decision to fix prices at $80 per barrel of oil. This morning's WaPo piece by Steven Mufson ("OPEC will hold oil prices, production steady -- for now" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...
Posted Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 6:19 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil Dependence
Today's E&E (http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/2010/03/11/7/) reports on a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that folks concerned about energy security would do well to get smart about.
Th...
Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 9:11 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security
