energy policy

fracking

It seems that everyone has an opinion on fracking, and so we should, because, unless you live completely and utterly off the grid, how the nation uses energy does and will affect you.[read more]

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Alternative fuels have lost some of their luster in the US, lately. With this in mind, I spoke with former Shell Oil Company President John Hofmeister, who recently joined a group dedicated to expanding fuel diversity.[read more]

is policy standing in the way?

Last week was the BNEF Summit (Bloomberg New Energy Finance), the annual gathering of the clean energy faithful. Here are my three take-aways with respect to our clean energy future.[read more]

UNFCCC meeting in Bonn

As countries meet in Germany this week for the next round of climate negotiations it is important to remember that securing a new international legal agreement in 2015 is critical for five reasons.[read more]

CO2 emissions

The good news is that merely by extending existing energy policies, the United States could keep energy-related carbon dioxide emissions flat through 2040. That’s also the bad news — for two reasons.[read more]

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Addressing climate change means reformulating stale approaches of the past twenty years to drive innovation. A number of policies are beginning to emerge, but they need more attention and support. The climate won’t wait any longer.[read more]

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With the third largest proven reserves of oil in the world, there has been a major push to expand pipeline capacity to Canada's coasts and on one of those coasts there is an election underway.[read more]

EU energy goals

Already Brussels is looking beyond 2020 for its climate and energy targets, with the European institutions in recent weeks endorsing 2030 goals and opening public consultation on the 2030 policy framework.[read more]

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Global progress towards low-carbon energy has stalled, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Strong, consistent policies are needed to unlock clean energy innovation.[read more]

nuclear waste management

In terms of interest bargaining, the nuclear waste issue is a key platform for building trust and collaboration in the near term, and enabling growth in the long term.[read more]

similar?

Chavez and Thatcher could not have been at more distant ends of the ideological spectrum. Yet the political and economic aims of both leaders were enabled by the discovery of vast energy reserves.[read more]

 

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The divergence of energy prices worrying German industrialists is the result of conscious choices made by that country's government and a set of developments that occurred here largely out of sight of the US government.[read more]

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In the wake of this spill, there is strong public sentiment being heard regarding the proposed 800,000 bpd Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry the same Canadian crude to the Gulf Coast.[read more]

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Our leaders need to be “all in," they cannot engage in a half-hearted attempt to make nuclear somewhat competitive by following all of the existing rules and making only marginal changes in heat source and heat engine designs.[read more]

oil industry

The Senate approved a non-binding amendment introduced by Senator Hoeven that supports but does not approve the Keystone XL pipeline, nor does it direct the president to approve it.[read more]