Showing posts with label energy policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy policy. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Two Energy Revolutions Vie across the Atlantic

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A front-page article in today's Washington Post reported on the trend of energy-related investments in the US by European companies.  T...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

State of the Union: "All-Out, All-of-the-Above Energy"

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Anyone expecting the announcement of big new energy initiatives in this year's State of the Union address was disappointed last night. W...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

"Energy Reality"

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Earlier today I attended a luncheon and press conference rolling out the annual " State of American Energy " report from the Ameri...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

US Energy Poll Reveals Contradictions

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Yesterday I received a press release announcing the results of a new poll on US consumer attitudes towards energy conducted by the McCombs S...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

The Energy Glass Is More Than Half Full

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A recent comment from a frequent reader got me thinking about the good news that has accumulated on the energy front, even as the rest of th...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

The Results of Energy Policy

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The combination of an energy event yesterday in Washington, DC that I was unable to attend and a comment I received on Monday's posting ...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Interpreting the Election Results

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The results of yesterday's election will be interpreted and spun in many ways in the days and weeks ahead. Republicans gained control of...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Germany's Nuclear Bridge

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Since I've been taking potshots at German energy policy recently , I was pleased to see that it appears the country's government is ...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

By Executive Order

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I recently ran across a mention in the New York Times of a new study suggesting a variety of energy and climate measures the administration ...
Thursday, July 08, 2010

Rejecting Reactive Energy Policy

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I see that BP now thinks it might be able to cap its leaking Macondo well this month, rather than sometime in August, barring a major hurric...
Monday, June 28, 2010

The Energy Transition Is Already Underway

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Lately I've been struck by the number of new groups and proposals calling for America to begin the transition to cleaner energy. We eve...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Energy Principles

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My critique of a proposal for expanded tax credits to promote the electrification of transportation prompted some interesting comments. It a...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Missing the Point on Energy and Jobs

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Two emails I received yesterday delivered press releases from two organizations with very different agendas, both emphasizing the impact of ...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Cash for Guzzlers Enacted

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Yesterday the Senate passed this year's war funding bill , to which had been added the " cash for gas guzzlers " provisions th...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Tempering Optimism with Patience

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We've all heard the President-elect mention the need for patience in confronting our economic problems, echoed by countless commentators...
Friday, October 03, 2008

Tenth Time Lucky?

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As the House of Representatives today takes up the financial rescue package passed Wednesday night by the US Senate, the renewable energy i...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Missing the Boat

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When I consider what happened in the House of Representatives this week, passing a "drilling bill" that appears highly unlikely t...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

What Compromise?

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I can't think of a single occasion on which I've reviewed the details of a piece of pending Congressional legislation when I haven...