Category: ‘ Energy Supply ’

 

Pendulum Moves on U.S. Energy Security

New expectations of rapid growth in U.S. and Canadian oil production over the next decade are starting to percolate into the larger political consciousness, offering a counter-narrative to the several decades of declining U.S. pro...

Energy over the weekend

Saturday's WSJ - "Court Overturns Clearance for Offshore Wind Farm" - federal appeals court told the FAA to redo its review of the Cape Wind project.  The $2.6 billion project has been trying for years to become the first commerc...

Intelligence Report: DOE Loan Guarantees in Context

What’s happening with Solyndra?  According to Politico, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is expected to testify on November 17 before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee.  As the most high profile Solyndra witness...

Libya’s Revolutionary Lessons

As ex-rebel troops loyal to the new transitional government in Tripoli crack down on some of the last holdouts of former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, Libya’s oil minister Nuri Berruien reports his country is now ...

Fracking fracas

The NYT Energy & Environment blog has a piece today on upcoming hearings on what is the main energy issue, by far, in the U.S. today:  hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas from shale formations. New York’s charged...

This is not about Solyndra

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...

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: 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...
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