Category: ‘ Energy Supply ’

 

Roundup: Energy Supply and Natural Disasters

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...

Shale gas, media coverage, and hyperbolism

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...

Energy’s Water Dependence

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...

Heat Sparks Concerns over Electricity Demand

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. ...

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...

Regulating Deepwater Horizon — One Year Later

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...

DOE Loan Guarantee Program – shooting ourselves in the foot

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, ...

Chinese businesses anticipate electricity rations

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...

Waiting for OPEC: A fool’s errand

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...

Outlook for Oil Prices? Up and Up…

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...
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