Friday, April 26, 2013

Engineering Carbon Out of Energy

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Because of the slow progress in displacing fossil fuels with renewables, carbon capture and sequestration should receive much more attentio...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Will Water Limit Fracking in Arabia?

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Poor water availability could hamper efforts to develop Saudi Arabia's shale gas resources, in order to meet growing gas demand from Sa...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

How Will Oil's Current Slide Affect Gasoline Prices?

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How far could crude oil prices fall, and what does it mean for US pump prices this summer? The broad trends behind oil's current weakn...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

The White House 2014 Budget Energy Proposals: Stuck in A Timewarp

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The President's budget proposal would increase taxes on energy in ways that would harm US competitiveness and consumers. Presenting th...
Monday, April 08, 2013

Crude Oil Rides the Rails

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Last month's publication of the State Department's latest environmental impact report on the Keystone XL pipeline project has spark...
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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, March 20, 2013

Natural Gas Vehicles Already Big in Italy, Iran

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The sudden abundance of natural gas in the US triggered a startling divergence of crude oil and natural gas prices that, in turn, has energ...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Is Small Nuclear Reactor R&D Fleecing the Public?

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Two weeks ago I received an email announcing that Taxpayers for Common Sense  (TCS), a D.C.-based watchdog organization, had awarded this ye...
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

A Secretary of Energy for a Leaner DOE?

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I've read a number of stories on President Obama's nomination of MIT physicist Ernest Moniz to be the next Secretary of Energy.  T...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Energy and the Federal Budget Sequester

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Barring a last-second deal to avert it, the federal government's budget will be cut on Friday by $85 billion for the current fiscal yea...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Keystone XL Pipeline: Pyrrhic Victory Ahead?

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Last weekend thousands came to Washington, DC to protest against the Keystone XL pipeline project, just a few days after a smaller protest...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The State of the Union's Two Energy Revolutions

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It was no surprise that energy and climate change featured prominently in last night's State of the Union speech, giving me plenty to d...
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Thursday, February 07, 2013

Comparing US Energy Growth in 2012

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2012 was a remarkable year for energy in the US, with domestic output of oil, gas, wind and solar energy all advancing strongly.   This was ...
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Friday, February 01, 2013

Green Car Tech: Workhorses Trump Thoroughbreds?

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Fisker Karma at 2013 DC Auto Show Yesterday I made my annual trek to the Washington Auto Show , which hosts a media day before opening...
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