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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...

Political Roundup: Speech and Debate

Last night, President Obama unveiled his new jobs plan, an ambitious and robust $447 billion vision of a government which takes an active role in creating opportunities for the unemployed. As always with political speeches, wha...

Oil price volatility, hedging and trading

Today's WSJ has an interesting piece entitled "As Oil Spiked, Many Traded."  Reporters Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Liam Pleven described a "world of oil investors" reaching "far beyond Wall Street in recent years as foreign pension...
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