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Outside the White House, environment protests are raging against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada is seeking a permit to develop a $7 billion, 1,700 mile pipeline, transporting oil sands from Alberta to Texas refiner...
Posted Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 at 5:51 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment
The competition between GOP presidential primary candidates is heating up and taking center stage as Congress is in recess; Michele Bachmann took the Iowa Straw Poll, Texas Governor Rick Perry has officially entered the race, and ...
Posted Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 11:29 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, Oil Dependence
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
Bill Vlasic in today's NYT has a very insightful piece on the recent fuel economy deal brokered by the White House. In "New Breed of Leaders Helped Guide Fuel Standards, Chrystler Says" Vlasic credits the non-car background of t...
Posted Thursday, August 4th, 2011 at 7:55 am | Filed in: Automotive, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Oil, Oil Dependence
Today's topic is the impact that the break-down in regular congressional order has on our energy security. Leslie Kaufman has an interesting piece in this morning's NYT, describing efforts by House Republicans to exert their wil...
Posted Thursday, July 28th, 2011 at 7:43 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Environment, Legislation
For organized environmental interest groups, the Keystone Center in Colorado has long been a mecca where green-tinged dispute resolution occurs. It must be a bitter pill to swallow that one of the current hot-buttons in energy p...
Posted Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at 6:47 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, National Security, Oil
While there are still many changes to make to reduce America’s dependence on oil, this past week’s National Summit on Energy Security certainly was a step in the right direction. Tuesday night’s Congressional Reception and W...
Posted Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 10:25 am | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil Dependence, Policy
Solving America’s dependence on petroleum remains an unsolved ambition; since the 1970s, every American president has called attention to the implications of foreign oil reliance. However, with each passing administration, pol...
Posted Thursday, July 14th, 2011 at 6:53 am | Filed in: Energy Security, 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
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