Category: ‘ Energy Security ’

 

Pipeline Fever

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...

Roundup: $2 gas, Syria, and the gas tax debate is just getting started

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 ...

Do Downward Oil Prices Lead to an Upward Economy?

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...

A new era at the Big 3?

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...

What happens when the system is broken

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...

A Keystone of our energy security?

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...

National Summit on Energy Security: Moving Forward

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...

Energy Security: A Clear Case for Bipartisanship

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...

National Summit on Energy Security Opening Day

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...

Two Days of Energy Security

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...
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