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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...
Posted Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at 10:27 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply
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...
Posted Friday, October 28th, 2011 at 10:22 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Supply, Policy
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 ...
Posted Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 2:21 pm | Filed in: Energy Supply, Oil
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...
Posted Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 12:10 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment
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
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
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