A series of spikes in global food prices resulted in riots in 2008 and contributed to violent uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East in 2011. The culprit is a matter […]
With the Utility Regulators, Day 3: Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies
To provide U.S. regulators a basis for decisions they will be making on controversial subsidies and incentives in state energy policies that may make or break renewables, a debate was added to […]
Clean Energy Access For All: Grameen Installs Over 500 Solar Homes Systems A Day In Rural Bangladesh
In one of the poorest countries on the planet a renewable energy service company is installing [nearly] one thousand solar home systems — a day. Not in its capital or busy urban […]
Rail deliveries of oil and petroleum products up 38% in first half of 2012
Railroads are playing a more important role in transporting U.S. crude oil to refineries, especially oil production from North Dakota’s Bakken formation where there is limited pipeline infrastructure to move supplies. The […]
Domestic Action on Aviation Carbon Pollution
International aviation generates more than 3 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions per year. This amount is relatively small but growing quickly, with worldwide aviation emissions projected to increase 300 percent […]
Consumers Opting for Better Fuel Economy This Year
An analysis indicates that the fuel efficiency of vehicles purchased by consumers in the United States set a new record in the first half of this year. It attributed the shift to […]
With the Utility Regulators, Day 2: Portfolio Theory Makes Wind and Solar More Valuable
Any discussion about U.S. energy today inevitably turns to the new, abundant and cheap natural gas supplies being fracked from shale basins — and how solar and wind can compete with it. […]
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Oil group sues over law on scarce biofuel
For the second time in five months, the U.S. government is being sued to overturn a law that forces oil refiners to use a scarce biofuel. Under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, […]
Oil pipeline crunch shifts U.S. shale race from drillbits to valves
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. shale oil revolution can’t be stopped, but it could be delayed by a potential shortfall of 10-ton valves and giant pipeline pumps essential for rebalancing markets upended […]
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