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China blacks out towns to meet energy goal

September 9, 2010 by Big Gav
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AP has a report on Chinese efforts to restrict energy consumption (which caused some angst in the local press here regarding the possible impact on iron ore prices) - China blacks out towns to meet energy goal.Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity... [read more]

Public Opinion Issue Intensity Leans Republican, Except When it Comes to the Environment

September 7, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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In 9 of 15 issues examined in a recent AP-GfK Poll (pdf), more Americans who expressed intense interest in an issue voiced strong opposition to Obama's work on it, including the economy, unemployment, federal deficits and terrorism.Respondents were about evenly split over the president's efforts on five issues and strongly approved of... [read more]

Deepwater Spill has Climate Bill in Deep Weeds

May 3, 2010 by Rich Maltzman
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You’d think that the environmental protection or “Climate Bill” might be shored up (excuse the terrible pun) by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which will likely overtake the Exxon Valdez as the USA’s worst oil spill.  In fact, the latest news from the spill involves the shutdown of all fishing in the entire Gulf area (see this... [read more]

Good or Bad for Mexico? UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer Resigns

February 18, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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UNFCCC chief Yvo de Boer resigns, raising further Mexico questions. In a move that apparently didn’t surprise those who knew him, United Nations top climate official Yvo de Boer announced his resignation on Thursday, effective July 1 this year. He has served in that capacity since being appointed by Kofi Annan in 2006. De Boer cited... [read more]

Saudi Arabia preparing for oil demand to peak

February 15, 2010 by Big Gav
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AP reports that the Saudis are concerned about a peaking of demand (which may just be a roundabout way of saying peak oil) and are looking to diversify their economy - Saudi Arabia preparing for oil demand to peak. A top Saudi energy official expressed serious concern Monday that world oil demand could peak in the next decade and said... [read more]

Toyota Hybrid

December 15, 2009 by MichaelSmith1
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Plugging into affordability Toyota plans to start selling plug-in hybrid By YURI KAGEYAMA The Associated Press Tue. Dec 15 - 4:45 AM TOKYO — Toyota showed its new plug-in hybrid Monday, available for leasing this month in Japan, the U.S. and Europe, and promised the green vehicle for sale to regular consumers by 2011 at an “affordable... [read more]

Myth of Cooling Globe shattered by AP-sponsored ‘blind’ test

October 26, 2009 by A Siegel
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Just over the weekend, my inbox was filled with a discussion attacking climate science with assertions that “none of the models predicted the current cooling period” and, therefore, the entire concept of Global Warming rests on very shaky grounds. Sigh … Those involved in that discussion have now received links to an excellent article... [read more]

The future of natural gas prices: a view from October 2009

October 7, 2009 by Michael Giberson
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A short Associated Press item from last week provides a perfect illustration of the near-meaninglessness of the daily post-market story interpreting price moments. Natural gas prices tumbled yesterday after the government reported the United States is using so little that it has more in storage now than at any other time on record. The... [read more]