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Buried and juxtaposed in the World Watch section of today's WSJ down on page A13 are two articles that neatly capture the current climate conundrum. The first, titled "Increasing Use of Coal Prompts IEA Warning" warns:
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Posted Thursday, October 20th, 2011 at 9:33 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Environment, Oil Dependence, Renewables
This week, OPEC cut its demand forecast for the fourth consecutive month by 180,000 barrels a day—the deepest cuts this year—as prices hover at just above $85 per barrel. The current price is a 25% drop from the 52 week high...
Posted Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 1:48 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Oil Dependence
Yesterday, Jonathan Silver, the head of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan guarantee program, announced he is stepping down from his position to become a distinguished visiting fellow at centrist think tank Third Way. Secre...
Posted Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 12:08 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Renewables
A congressional impasse encounters an unanticipated resolution, the Solyndra scandal escalates, the Department of Energy (DOE) approves $1 billion in loan guarantees, and Senator Paul blocks a bipartisan pipeline safety bill: it...
Posted Friday, September 30th, 2011 at 11:11 am | Filed in: Automotive, Energy Security, Policy
The Department of Energy (DOE) published a report this week calling U.S. reliance on oil “the greatest immediate threat to U.S. economic and national security” and recommended the federal government prioritize its resources to...
Posted Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 at 2:15 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Electrification, Energy Security
Ben German and Andrew Restuccia reported yesterday in The Hill that there is at least one cooler head in the Republican party when it comes to the DOE loan guarantee program. The program's big black eye, otherwise known as bankr...
Posted Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 12:10 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment
When Daniel Yergin’s The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power was released in 1990, three months prior to the outbreak of the Gulf War, average gas prices topped $1 per gallon, and global oil demand was 64 million barr...
Posted Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at 6:55 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil
Yesterday, the Financial Times released one of its Special Reports entitled The Future of the Car. The lead article, “Visions of mobility in the megacity” shows clearly how the vision for automobiles today and into the futur...
Posted Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 at 1:56 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Transportation
Here are some recent job statistics that have been floating around. The American Chemistry Council said that a 25 percent increase in domestic natural gas supplies would add nearly 400,000 new jobs. The Department of Environme...
Posted Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 at 12:18 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security
The WaPo this morning details a DOE Inspector General Report on energy stimulus funding under the headline: "Energy Dept. stimulus program lags behind goals, audit says." Whether IG or GAO, these reports really all have the same...
Posted Thursday, September 8th, 2011 at 5:10 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security
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