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Sunday's NYT had a thoughtful piece on the latest revision by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of their estimates about the U.S. natural gas resource base.
As Ian Urbina reported:
The agency estimated that there...
Posted Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 7:00 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Natural Gas, Policy
Two articles in the Sunday NYT bookended the concept of intervening in energy markets to advance public policy goals or correct market failures. One, entitled "Lobbyist Helps a Project He Financed in Congress," will be more Soly...
Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 7:02 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Legislation, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy, Renewables
Multiple WSJ articles this morning with implications for natural gas -- and one in Bloomberg worth paying attention to.
First, in "Glut Hits Natural-Gas Prices," the WSJ reports:
U.S. energy companies are pumping so much na...
Posted Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 9:03 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Natural Gas
The WaPo was a little too cute yesterday in its third-place editorial, "Extracting natural gas: How to counter the adverse side effects of a clean-energy source." The first two lines will no doubt be quoted in public hearing...
Posted Monday, January 9th, 2012 at 5:30 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Natural Gas, Policy
Today's Marketplace section of the WSJ has two articles well worth reflecting on. The first, by Ryan Tracy and Deborah Solomon, reports on the formal issuance of what's commonly referred to as the Clean Air Act Mercury MACT rule...
Posted Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 9:06 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Natural Gas, Policy
Two big stories this weekend -- reporting on EPA regulations of utilities and maneuvering over the Keystone XL pipeline planned to bring oil sands-derived petroleum south from Canada into the United States. They're related, as w...
Posted Monday, December 19th, 2011 at 7:20 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Energy Supply, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
Interesting piece in today's NYT by Sabrina Tavernise (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/us/towns-fighting-to-stand-ground-against-gas-drillers.html?_r=1&src=rechp) reports on concerns of residents living near new natural gas ...
Posted Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electrification, Natural Gas, Policy
If you missed Saturday's WSJ, you missed a lot of energy news:
1. Ana Campoy and Stephanie Simon reported on a dispute in Oklahoma over a wind farm that may interfere with oil production. The Osage Nation owns the mineral r...
Posted Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 7:03 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Electric Utilities, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence
There's a very nice piece in this morning's WaPo by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, entitled, "Private secctor hesitates in financing clean-tech firms":
"As federal stimulus dollars for investment in renewable energy begin t...
Posted Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 5:12 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, Policy
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