Ethanol Questions Fuel a Pushback Over Regulation Changes

As the Bush administration winds down, a controversial energy matter is continuing to stoke debate, largely behind closed doors, among lobbyists, lawmakers, and federal officials: whether to allow motor vehicles to use gasoline containing higher blends of ethanol. Representatives of several public health, environmental, and manufacturing groups met last week with the Bush administration’s Office […]

Our Oil Reserves Are Depleted; It’s Time for Utopia

“You’ll see,” he said blithely, “the dollar and the euro will be at par.” Although the conversation took place in Italy, it could have as easily occurred in a Wall Street boardroom. Despite the ongoing economic meltdown, the dominant, “business as usual” wisdom is that the ascendancy of the American model of global capitalism can […]

Climate Change May Boost Contact With Pollutants

FRIDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthDay News) — Global climate change may lead to a rise in health problems due to increased exposure to harmful air pollutants, suggest researchers who reviewed studies projecting the impact of climate change on air quality. The review authors also concluded that reducing greenhouse gas emissions could help reduce the harmful effects […]

Charging ahead to push electric cars

A Palo Alto start-up company wants to electrify the global auto industry, one place at a time. Better Place created a stir last month when it announced an ambitious plan to install thousands of electric-car charging sites and battery-replacement stations around the Bay Area. The idea is to jump-start the adoption of electric vehicles by […]

Russia looks to control world’s gas prices

Plan for ‘gas Opec’ could tighten Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s grip on Europe’s gas supplies. The Russian national anthem blared over the loudspeakers as dozens of oilmen and officials braved the freezing cold to watch the tanker come in, celebrating the launch of year-round oil production from Sakhalin-2, the largest oil and gas project in […]

U.S. Navy Cuts Energy Consumption 12%

Pushed by federal legislative mandates and the need to save money on energy costs, the U.S. Navy has reduced its overall consumption level by 12 percent as of this year, reports the Federal Times. No additional funds were allocated for the effort, so the Navy is using So far, projects have centered around wind energy […]

Nepalis face 16-hour daily power cuts by February

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s crippling electricity shortage is set to worsen, with the Himalayan nation facing power cuts of 16 hours a day by mid-February, officials said on Friday, in a fresh blow to the Maoist-led government. Power generation has fallen because mountain snows are not melting fast enough in winter and river levels are […]

Lisa Margonelli: A Green Stimulus for the People

…But so far Obama has stuck to the well-worn path of top-down subsidies for wind and solar energy, infrastructure investment and a modest revival of a home weatherization program for the poor. The problem with this plan is that it turns energy consumers as well as power producers into supplicants. Energy-industry subsidies are notoriously poor […]

Oil giants are itching to invade Iraq

The big players have been shut out since nationalisation in 1972. Now they see their chance to get in THE residents of Shiwashok, a dusty village sprouting from the hard-scrabble landscape of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, have simple desires: drinking water; fuel for the electricity generator; a toilet for the primary school. Sadi, the village […]

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How to prevent the lights from going out across U.S.

As electricity crisis looms, points for Obama to consider The lights might go out in Virginia in two years. As media reports have noted, blackouts are likely in the commonwealth by 2011 because demand for electricity is outstripping supply and the state needs access to new sources of power. Sadly, Virginia’s predicament can be seen […]

The Gas Tax

President-elect Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress seem to have a clear vision of the auto industry they think the country needs. It must be financially self-sufficient. It also must be capable of producing highly fuel-efficient, next-generation vehicles that can help the nation cope with climate change and finite supplies of oil. Yet for […]

Bob Moriarty, 321 Gold: Chaos on the Horizon? Invest in Real Assets

Buckle your seat belts. Bob Moriarty, 321gold.com founder, pulls no punches in his latest exclusive interview with The Gold Report. He sees a short-term rally in the stock market but paints a very sobering longer-term picture with “guaranteed hyperinflation.” He believes precious metals and other “things” are the only safety nets. The Gold Report: Bob, […]

Chances of gas cut ‘50-50′, Russia warns Ukraine

MOSCOW (AFP) Gazprom says that Ukraine’s state gas company Naftogaz owes it over two billion dollars for gas delivered in November and December and fines for late payment. It also says Kiev has warned Gazprom it will be unable to repay the debt by the end of the year as revenues from its gas consumers […]

Partial solar powered freighter ship sets sail from Japan

In Japan, a new type of freighter ship has recently launched from the city of Kobe that will draw part of its power for lighting and engine devices from solar panels mounted on its deck. Called the Auriga Leader, it is a car delivery freighter that was jointly created by Nippon Yusen KK and Nippon […]

Australia seeks to expand coal export to China

According to predictions of market insiders, Australia will hopefully increase its coal export to China. As per report, although China’s export oriented economy is losing momentum for growth market insiders predict that Australia’s coal export to China will still increase which is undoubtedly good news to miners in Australia. According to the prediction of Abare, […]

Coal Industry Spent Tens of Millions On Marketing ‘Clean Coal’

Coal industry magnates, who stand to lose big if new pollution standards become law, reportedly spent between $35 million and $45 million on advertising this year pitching “clean coal” as a new environmentally friendly fuel, Washington Times reports. Dan Weiss, who co-authored the study on how much the coal industry spent on advertising and lobbying […]

Saudi must urge Russia to join Opec: Experts

Saudi Arabia will have to take the lead in ensuring that Russia becomes a member of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), analysts and recent reports from think tanks in the sector suggest. Russia has not only stubbornly set aside a possibility of joining the Opec, but it has also not announced an anticipated cut […]

Nicaragua Plans to Reduce Dependence on Oil-based Energy to 3 Percent

Few decades ago the share of renewable energy in Nicaragua’s power generation was 70 percent but with growing ties with Venezuela and availability of cheap oil that number declined and now the country gets just 34 percent of its energy from renewable sources. But with the rising oil prices and increasing blackouts the government now […]

China, Taiwan sign deals to boost oil exploration

China National Offshore Oil Corp and Taiwan’s CPC Corp signed four agreements on Friday to boost cooperation in exploration, including the transfer of equity in an oilfield in Kenya, the official Xinhua news agency said. China’s top offshore oil firm agreed to transfer a 30 percent stake in onshore Block 9 in Kenya to Taiwan’s […]

The Real Rationale Behind Current Supply and Demand for Oil

Has the global oil demand collapsed? US oil imports in October actually surged. Read the EIA provided weekly US oil import data. In the week ending Dec. 19, total US oil imports were 12.780M/day, versus 12.907M/day in the same week a year ago. That’s only a 1.0% drop. Consider the surging oil demand in China, […]

Dengue, typhoid cases up due to global warming

MANILA, Philippines – The number of dengue fever, typhoid fever, and cholera cases in the country in 2008 rose due to the effects of global warming, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said Friday. In an interview over radio dzBB, Duque said the effects of global warming were becoming evident in the type of diseases that spread […]

The electric car that can break the speed limit

Forget milk float. Forget golf buggy. The tarnished image of the electric car is about to be smartened up. The first proper-performance, four-seater electric car from a major manufacturer is about to be launched on the UK market. The i-MiEV – pronounced eye-meev – from Mitsubishi, is a saloon car which will carry four adults […]

Italian dash for oil sounds rural alarm

Empty deserts conceal the oil wealth of the Middle East, and frozen wastelands cover Russia’s. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Basilicata in southern Italy, Europe’s largest onshore oilfield lies beneath forests, farmland and ancient communities. Wolves, deer and the occasional bear wander through mountain ranges designated as a national park, where clattering oil rigs rise […]

Don’t fix the economy – change it

Sticking with the model that is driving us toward ecological catastrophe will eventually kill us Amid the discordant clash of solutions being served up to address the global financial crisis, a common refrain can be heard: Most global leaders and their economic advisers key their policy prescriptions to “sustained economic growth.” The prevailing debate is […]

Utility doubles estimate of Tennessee ash deluge

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) “I’m not clear if that 2.6 (million) represented the whole ash spill or just the holding area,” said spokesman John Moulton. “I am trying to run down why the numbers are different.” Despite the increase, TVA’s first tests showed no threat to the area’s drinking water supply, Moulton said. … Dead fish […]

Crude Oil Rises More Than 6 Percent as U.A.E. Reduces Output

(Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose more than 6 percent after the United Arab Emirates said it would reduce production to comply with OPEC

Schools increase nuclear-education offerings

Universities and colleges are developing or restarting nuclear-education programs, often working with energy companies to replenish the industry’s aging work force in anticipation of new plants going online to meet increasing electricity demand. Virginia Commonwealth University started a nuclear track to its master’s of engineering program in 2007, after officials with Richmond-based energy provider Dominion […]

More solar panels stolen

Forty solar panels were stolen from the City of Napa Napa County Sheriff

Forest Service revising rules for pipeline

PORTLAND — The U.S. Forest Service plans to alter its environmental standards to allow a proposed $800 million natural gas pipeline to run through 47 miles of Mount Hood National Forest. The proposed Palomar pipeline would require opening a path measuring 120 feet wide. The path would stretch through forest areas that have been protected […]

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