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Tuesday night in President Obama’s third State of the Union Address, energy once again took a front seat. The speech included provisions to please both sides of the aisle: continuing to increase offshore drilling, expanded clean...
Posted Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 3:43 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Policy, Transportation
Today, Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) released a new report, Congestion in America: A Growing Challenge to U.S. Energy Security. The report emphasizes the crucial interaction between transportation policy and the challe...
Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 12:09 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Efficiency, Gas Prices, Legislation, National Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation
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
It isn't often that we get to cheer a lead editorial in the WaPo, but today is such a day, as yesterday President Obama did the completely expected and denied the permit -- after the State Department's EIS had found the project sh...
Posted Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 10:14 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
With the Republican primary election cycle in full swing, SAFE has published an Intelligence Report highlighting the details from each of the remaining six Republican participants’ energy platforms. A near consensus exists among...
Posted Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 1:15 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence, Policy
Last month, this blog discussed the beginnings of a potentially severe oil crisis, as Iran began running drills to close the Strait of Hormuz. In the weeks since, the situation has steadily escalated, and this morning the Wall S...
Posted Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 3:41 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
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
As the Keystone XL debate continues, a major consideration has been the question of pipeline safety, not only from an environmental perspective but also for worker health and safety. There have been a number of high profile pipe...
Posted Friday, December 16th, 2011 at 11:16 am | Filed in: Oil Dependence, Policy
Yesterday, oil prices spiked by as much as 3.6 percent on rumors that the Strait of Hormuz had been blockaded to maritime shipments. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has reported that the strategic waterway remains open, yet there a...
Posted Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 12:17 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Gas Prices, National Security, Oil Dependence
A fascinating article in today’s Wall Street Journal reports that the United States is slated to become a net exporter of petroleum fuels, for the first time in 62 years since the post World War II economic boom. Although this...
Posted Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 at 3:08 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Oil, Oil Dependence
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