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Here in DC this week we’ve seen an unprecedented earthquake, and are bracing for Hurricane Irene to hit on Saturday evening. For a region which so rarely experiences severe hurricanes or earthquakes, what have these natural di...
Posted Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 11:23 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Supply, Gas Prices
The headlines couldn't be more different this morning: WaPo: "Energy Dept. panel to endorse shale gas exploration" versus WSJ: "Panel Calls for More 'Fracking' Rules." But of course the underlying articles, by Juliet Eilpe...
Posted Thursday, August 11th, 2011 at 7:10 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Environment
By the time August arrived, the thick of summer had ensnarled the nation in a record-breaking drought. Nearly 12 percent of the United States experienced “exceptional” drought conditions in July – the National Drought Miti...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 1:15 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Energy Supply
This summer, both Congress and the electricity industry must face, head on, their respective roles in cases of severe weather situations. This coming Thursday, the Senate will meet to discuss the federal role in such disasters. ...
Posted Monday, July 25th, 2011 at 2:07 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Renewables
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
Last week BP announced that it would voluntarily impose additional offshore drilling standards, which the Department of Interior is considering folding into new federal drilling safety regulations. This week, the Senate Energy a...
Posted Monday, July 18th, 2011 at 3:26 pm | Filed in: Energy Supply, Oil, Policy
Back in the day when there was bipartisanship, an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the Congress enacted, and President George W. Bush signed into law, the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Before "all of the above" became a mantra, ...
Posted Thursday, July 14th, 2011 at 6:41 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Oil Dependence
Facing power shortages, businesses in Shanghai will either be mandated or encouraged to cut energy use this summer. China has recently been faced with power shortages due to supply problems as well as a drought. Anticipating extre...
Posted Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 at 6:48 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply
Last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) called on oil producing nations to boost their petroleum output in order to protect the global economy and stabilize volatile gas prices. So it is no surprise that the focus this...
Posted Friday, June 10th, 2011 at 11:19 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence
Strong global fuel demand growth and tighter OPEC spare capacity has led investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to raise their oil price forecasts for 2011 and 2012.
Goldman Sachs raised their end-2011 price forecast...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 7:22 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Oil Prices
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