Monday, June 30, 2014

EPA's CO2 Rule and the Back Door to Cap & Trade

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Significant differences in EPA's proposed state CO2 targets for the power sector are reviving interest in cap & trade as a way to r...
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

EPA's New CO2 Rules Create Opportunities for Natural Gas, for Now

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EPA's proposed rule for reducing CO2 emissions from power plants could increase natural gas demand in the utility sector by as much as ...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Will Russia's Gas Deal with China Block Other Suppliers?

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The recent natural gas deal between Russia and China involves volumes comparable to the gas production of the US Gulf of Mexico. Barr...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2014

IEA's Roadmap for Low-Carbon Electrification in a "Golden Age" of Gas

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The IEA's latest Energy Technology Perspectives report provides a roadmap for the long transition to sustainable energy, as well as a r...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

US Strategic Gasoline Reserve: Solution or Band-Aid?

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The new Northeast Gasoline Reserve addresses some of the shortcomings of the current, 39-year-old federal emergency crude oil reserve, or S...
Friday, May 16, 2014

An Expensive Subsidy, Twisting in the Wind

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The expired federal Production Tax Credit for wind energy has missed another opportunity for renewal in the US Senate. If renewed at the p...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

ExxonMobil Confronts the Carbon Bubble

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Companies and investors are squaring off over the potential impact of government climate policies on asset values, particularly in the fos...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

ABCs of LNG

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Current debates over LNG export often ignore its primary benefits, such as enabling gas to be produced for sale to markets beyond the reali...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Fuel Cell Cars and the Shale Revolution

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Although fuel cell cars have perpetually seemed to be the technology of tomorrow, carmakers’ persistence with them could still pay off, as...
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Thursday, April 03, 2014

Environmental Groups Gear Up to Stop US LNG Exports

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The Sierra Club and other groups are taking on US LNG exports just when LNG is gaining support as a key response to Russia's aggressiv...
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Friday, March 28, 2014

How Can US Natural Gas Reduce Europe's Dependence on Russia?

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The EU's dependence on Russian natural gas is directly linked to its own gas production, which has fallen faster than EU member countri...