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WaPo wrong on CES

The WaPo has been right so often on energy security lately that we were beginning to doubt it -- or ourselves.  All's right with the world today, though, as the Post ran a misguided editorial praising a so-called "clean energy st...

More good news on natural gas

Daniel Gilbert and Russell Gold reported Saturday in the WSJ on some more good news in the world of US shale gas: The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped its claim that an energy company contaminated drinking water in T...

Yes, there’s no free market in oil

It's always useful, if depressing, to have the facts of the oil market set out in the mainstream media.  In today's case, Steven Mufson of the WaPo has a piece about our friends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeking to help calm...

You say you want a devolution; transportation policy and energy security

Big news yesterday in the Senate:  It worked as intended by reaching a unanimous consent agreement that allows for a finite set of amendments to be considered on the pending reauthorization of federal surface transportation progr...

Energy over the weekend

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...

Production, supply, and demand

Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar wrote an Op-Ed in Politico about how the United States is increasing domestic oil production.  His piece included some interesting data points regarding oil and gas production ...

Evaluating energy policy by the right standards

Aside from the acceptance speeches they would like to make on November 6, 2012, what do Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Barack Obama all have in common?  They all view energy policy as the key to their jobs strategies.  Although a ...

Oh Canada!

Deborah Solomon's WSJ piece on the Keystone XL pipeline planned to bring Canadian crude oil from oil sand formations to the US captures the debate well. Ms. Solomon's lead: "The White House has put itself squarely in the mid...

More Solyndra silliness

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 ...

Learning the wrong lesson from Solyndra

The failing solar panel manufacturer and the Obama DOE's loan guarantee thereto are all over the news again today in the wake of yesterday's House Energy and Commerce oversight hearing.  The WaPo has an above-the-fold, front page...
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