Monday, December 26, 2011

2011 in Energy: The Year of...

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At the start of 2011, I thought the hallmark of the year's energy events and trends might involve regulation , with the White House seek...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Do Lighting Standard Delays Threaten Consumer Choice?

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In just under two weeks, standard 100 Watt incandescent light bulbs will be officially banned in the US, in the first step of a gradual phas...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Brazil Spill

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Late yesterday I saw a headline reporting that Chevron was being assessed more than $10 billion for a spill from its drilling activities off...
Monday, December 12, 2011

The Durban Climate Deal Inkblot Test

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After going into sudden-death overtime, the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa wrapped up this weekend with an agreement that onl...
Friday, December 09, 2011

The Battle to Extend Wind Incentives

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With the end of the year approaching, the annual Congressional debate over extending a variety of expiring federal tax credits and other ben...
Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Net Exports and Gasoline Prices

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US petroleum product exports have been in the news, along with the welcome discovery that we are apparently on track to become a net exporte...
Thursday, December 01, 2011

Why Does Gazprom Oppose Shale Gas?

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I see that Russia's national gas company, Gazprom, is warning Europeans about the environmental risks of shale gas development. Aside fr...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Message to Durban: It's The Economy

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What if they held a UN climate conference and no one came? That's certainly not the case at this year's COP-17 (Conference of the Pa...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Our Shifting Energy Diet

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It's fairly easy to agree on the desirability of shifting our energy diet away from fossil fuels and toward more renewable or sustainabl...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Is the Photovoltaic Price Trend Sustainable?

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It has been widely assumed among pundits and policy makers that the continued expansion of solar photovoltaic (PV) installations will drive ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Iran Oil Price Risk Returns

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Between the Libyan revolution and the shaky US and European economies, oil markets hadn't been paying much attention to Iran's nucle...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Breaking Our Oil Addiction

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In an article in today's Washington Post an official of the National Wildlife Federation was quoted linking rejection of the Keystone XL...
Monday, November 07, 2011

Will Energy Determine the 2012 Election?

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A year from today Americans will know who will serve as President from 2013 to 2017. Even though $4 gasoline was still fresh in the minds of...
Thursday, November 03, 2011

Do LNG Exports Threaten the Shift to Gas?

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Last week US liquefied natural gas provider Cheniere signed a long-term agreement to sell BG (formerly British Gas) LNG exported from the Gu...