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Much of this week’s energy news seemed to be unsurprising continuations of stories we have been following for some time. E&E’s Greenwire (subscription required) reported yesterday that Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and ...
Posted Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 8:10 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Legislation, National Security
While Washington’s eyes were glued to yesterday’s health care summit and everyone else’s eyes have been on the Olympics, there have also been some interesting developments in the energy debate this week.
On Tuesday, three...
Posted Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 9:34 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
A recent Newsweek article about Toyota’s recalls discussed Toyota’s history in the United States. In describing the history of its sales growth in the 1980s, the article noted that
Toyota's campaign of campy advertisements,...
Posted Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 2:16 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Transportation
Due to 2 recent blizzards, the federal government has been closed 4 of 5 days this week. This standstill may have delighted some fatigued government employees, but perhaps not incumbent members of Congress who are heading home for...
Posted Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 1:31 pm | Filed in: Legislation
Yesterday, during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, President Obama publicly acknowledged that the Senate may pass an energy bill without a cap-and-trade component. (Moderates from both parties have been pushing the Administ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 7:11 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Legislation
The State of the Union on Wednesday was not the only public sign of a possible shift on energy and climate legislation. Even before the president appeared to back gently away from cap and trade legislation (as discussed in yeste...
Posted Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 8:29 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation
Republican Scott Brown’s upset Senate win in the quintessential Blue State of Massachusetts has Democrats fretting about the state of their stalled agenda and now-hemorrhaging majority. Energy security hawk, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D...
Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 12:43 pm | Filed in: Legislation
As expectations of forthcoming carbon constraints, whether global or domestic, rose over the last few years, American businesses began to plan and even preempt a low-carbon competitive environment. For utilities, that meant lear...
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Environment, Legislation
Unsurprisingly, there is little agreement—even within each political party—as to whether Friday’s last-minute Copenhagen deal represented significant progress or not. For example, according to E&E (subscription require...
Posted Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 7:45 am | Filed in: Legislation
