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The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness recently released their report addressing comprehensive strategy recommendations to improve the job market. The report is comprised of a three pronged strategy, “Invest in th...
Posted Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at 3:16 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Legislation, Policy
Normally, the big energy news over the weekend at this time of year would be the results of the United National Climate Conference to implement the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, since a large porti...
Posted Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 5:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Renewables, Uncategorized
Another article this week focused on the growing importance of domestic petroleum production on the global energy balance. The Wall Street Journal’s Tuesday article, Big Oil Heads Back Home, adds a slightly new spin, focusing ...
Posted Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 at 3:20 pm | Filed in: Legislation, Policy
As this space reported yesterday, the US is now a refined petroleum product exporter -- but we're still importing most of our crude oil. That's why today's introduction of legislation on the Keystone XL pipeline is so importa...
Posted Thursday, December 1st, 2011 at 7:41 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Legislation, Oil
The biggest news in politics this week is the collapse of the Supercommittee’s debt negotiations. The committee, composed equally of Democrats and Republicans from both chambers, has worked for months in pursuit of a bipartis...
Posted Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation, Oil Dependence
This week, the White House formally announced its tighter fuel-economy standards for cars and light duty trucks. The new standards, a combined 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, will apply to model year 2017 to 2025 vehicles.
The...
Posted Friday, November 18th, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Filed in: Energy Efficiency, Legislation, Transportation
This week, The Hill reported that House Republicans are planning to introduce a bill to use oil drilling revenues for infrastructure developments. Speaker of the House John Boehner has described the bill as the “opposite of st...
Posted Friday, November 4th, 2011 at 12:36 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence
Yesterday, Jonathan Silver, the head of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan guarantee program, announced he is stepping down from his position to become a distinguished visiting fellow at centrist think tank Third Way. Secre...
Posted Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 12:08 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Renewables
Here's some advice for entrepenueurs, b-school grads, small business owners and others: if your business plan depends on Congress passing and the President signing groundbreaking legislation within a time-certain, rethink your ...
Posted Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at 7:40 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Legislation, Policy, Renewables, Uncategorized
Much has happened in Congress this past week relating to energy issues. There’s a new push to open the Arctic National Wildlife Rescue (ANWR) to drilling. The GOP faced a setback as the house failed to pass a temporary extensi...
Posted Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 1:39 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Environment, Legislation
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