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As the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change wraps up in Cancun, we can’t help but notice that not only does broad agreement with respect to carbon regulation seem to be unli...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 at 6:18 pm | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Demand, Environment
We're writing today from the front lines of the unconventional gas wars -- or at least a key skirmish in that war. Here in northeast Pennsylvania, where the archery and firearm hunting bear harvest is featured news on the sports...
Posted Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 at 6:56 am | Filed in: Electricity, Electrification, Energy Supply, Environment, Natural Gas, Policy
Most hyperbolic assertions about the need to move on climate change policy in order to gain energy "independence" are just that -- hyberolic assertions without factual support. In fact, the failed cap and trade bills in the 111t...
Posted Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 8:06 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
An interesting set of articles this morning as the fall-out continues from the Senate's failure to deal with even a limited oil spill liability bill. Darren Samuelson has a great opening in his Politico article (http://www.poli...
Posted Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 8:20 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, Energy Security, Environment, Oil Dependence
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
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