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Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Take Power Back from Big Power (i.e. Coal)
By KIRK JOHNSON
Published: October 29, 2011
Facing an attempt to replace it with a municipally owned utility in Boulder, the energy company Xcel says it is better equipped to ramp up renewable energy.
FRACK YOUR NEIGHBOR: THE JOYS OF SHALE GAS
Published: October 29, 2011
In the New York village that is home to baseball’s Hall of Fame, ill will over hydraulic fracturing has pitted neighbor against neighbor.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
New Technologies Redraw the World’s Energy Picture
New Technologies Redraw the World’s Energy Picture
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: October 25, 2011
Unconventional fossil fuels extracted by new technologies should shift geopolitical and economic calculations around the world in the coming decades
Low-Carbon Futures?
Drive Toward Low-Carbon Future Stalls
By ANDRÉS CALA
Published: October 25, 2011
As countries reassess the likely depth and duration of the economic chill, many are rethinking their energy policies.
Brazil's Conundrum: More Oil, More Emissions
Renewables Hit a Wall in South America
By VINCENT BEVINS
Published: October 25, 2011
There are few signs that the region will soon produce more than a small portion of the world’s renewable energy.
The Story of 'Clean Coal' on Tribal Lands
Rich in Coal, a Tribe Struggles to Overcome Poverty
By ERICA GIES
Published: October 25, 2011
Leaders of the Crow Nation are trying to develop the tribe's energy resources to create more jobs. But starting a new coal project has proved difficult, and some members are pursuing wind power.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
NPR PODCAST: The Future of Energy
The Future of Energy (NPR): Daniel Yergin, sympathetic biographer of the oil industry, gives his view of our future (and plugs his new book, Quest)
And, Planet Money, on how ethanol production is leading to land price booms in Iowa.
And, Planet Money, on how ethanol production is leading to land price booms in Iowa.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Fracking and Earthquakes
Published: October 21, 2011
The high-pressure injection of materials called fracking could cause small temblors, the seismologist said, but not larger ones.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Beverly Hillbillies, redux, sort of
U.S.
By IAN URBINA
Published: October 19, 2011
Worried about property values, and landowners signing drilling leases without clearance, lenders are trying to reinforce restrictions.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Yours truly, on Bolivian Gas Politics
Bolivian Resource Politics, from Revista, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Discussion : St. Charles County loves its cars despite gas prices
Insights into the American way of debating cars, gasoline, race, public transportation and the city-region.
Alternatively: challenges to resolving our conjoined fossil fuel and climate change dilemma...
Discussion : St. Charles County loves its cars despite gas prices
Alternatively: challenges to resolving our conjoined fossil fuel and climate change dilemma...
Discussion : St. Charles County loves its cars despite gas prices
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
New York Times: Another Editorial Against Keystone XL
Say No to the Keystone XL
And Bill McKibben calls out the corruption:
"One of the stars of this sordid drama was Paul Elliott, TransCanada’s chief Washington lobbyist for its pipeline project. Back in 2008, he was the deputy national campaign manager of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid. Around the time she became secretary of state, he was hired by TransCanada. Why did he get the job? Just ask Marja Verloop, a member of the diplomatic staff at the United States Embassy in Canada who oversaw environmental and energy issues. In one of the friendly e-mails between the diplomat and the lobbyist, Ms. Verloop reassured Mr. Elliott about an article that mentioned his possible conflicts of interest: “it’s precisely because you have connections that you’re sought after and hired.”