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Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports
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Imports of crude oil have decreased significantly over the past four years as the U.S. has become more self-reliant in meeting its energy needs domestically.[read more]
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: EPA Cries Foul on Keystone XL & Gov't Forecasts Fall Short
Why worry about a little bit of extra greenhouse gas emissions--on the order of about 19 million metric tons annually, according to EPA estimates--from tar sands? Why indeed.[read more]
New Data Reveals U.S. Coal Use Rising Again
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New data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration reveals a troubling trend: Coal-fired power generation, and its associated greenhouse gas emissions, were on the rise as 2012 came to an end.[read more]
U.S. Natural Gas Capacity Must Peak Soon To Achieve Sustainable Pathway
As you may have noticed, the natural gas industry has undergone a bit of a boom in the last few years.In April, generation from natural gas tied that from coal for the first time ever. The boom has some energy analysts hailing a natural gas “miracle.” But others are very concerned, largely because of the local environmental...[read more]
Have US Emissions Peaked?
America's newfound abundance of natural gas is helping drive US CO2 missions down even as the economy recovers. This is principally the result of the ongoing transition from coal to natural gas in the electric power sector.[read more]
EIA Sees US Renewable Power Generation Gains, Led By Wind, Biomass
Wind and biomass dominate projected increases in U.S. renewable electricity generation, excluding hydropower, in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2012) Early Release Reference case. Increased generation from non-hydro renewable energy resources in the electric power sector accounts for 33 percent of the overall growth in...[read more]
EIA: Energy Efficiency Can Reduce Emissions, the Cost of a Clean Energy Standard
On November 30, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an Analysis of Impacts of a Clean Energy Standard. The study was requested by Senator Jeff Bingaman, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The analysis examined the impacts of a “clean energy standard” or CES—a requirement that electric...[read more]
How Shale Gas Is Like Walmart
The breakthrough energy innovation of the 21st century is not thin-film solar, sophisticated wind turbines, advanced biofuels or small-scale nukes. It’s shale gas. So says Daniel Yergin, the energy guru and author of The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World (Penguin, $35), who was interviewed today (Nov. by...[read more]
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