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There is a considerable amount of confusion on whether electric vehicles (EVs) bring about environmental benefits in the form of lower CO2 emissions when compared to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
Who s...
Posted Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 1:24 pm | Filed in: Electricity, Electrification, Environment, Transportation
After months of waiting, this Thursday, Washington finally received reports of the energy plan that Senator Harry Reid would bring to the floor of the US Senate. With the far left still clamoring for a “Carbon Cap” and the f...
Posted Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Environment, Legislation
In the latest update to the legal battle underway between the Obama administration and the Fifth Circuit, the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on Monday a new drilling moratorium to halt deepwater oil and natural gas drill...
Posted Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 8:17 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Environment
The debate over the transformation of America’s energy economy was further spiced up as a result of BP’s ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Yesterday afternoon President Obama hosted a meeting with a bipartisan group of ...
Posted Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 3:31 pm | Filed in: Environment, Legislation
Last night, in an address from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama attempted to combat rising criticism of his administration’s response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In his speech, he covered four main sections:...
Posted Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at 9:17 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Legislation, Oil Dependence
It was an important week in Washington in terms of energy news, starting with Senator Lugar’s official announcement of his energy legislation on Wednesday, the Practical Energy and Climate Plan, S. 3464. Soon after, Senator Li...
Posted Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 10:38 am | Filed in: Environment, Legislation
Multiple media cover the release today of recommendations from an impressive group of CEOs -- the American Energy Innovation Council (www.americanenergyinnovation.org). Like the CEO and retired military-led Securing America's Fu...
Posted Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 12:04 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Nuclear, Oil Dependence, Renewables, Solar, Wind
One of the biggest half-truths in politics these days is the statement that "the science of climate change is not settled." That's true in the sense that there is uncertainty about the science, but untrue in the implication that...
Posted Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 8:17 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment
Energy and water are inextricably linked. This relationship is already under considerable strain and will be exacerbated by population and economic growth, and global climate change. More water-intensive energy development pro...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 7:54 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Environment
