• Kissing Up to the Koch Brothers – Democratic Underground

    Updated: 2012-08-31 22:08:09
    Kissing Up to the Koch BrothersDemocratic UndergroundDavid Koch and his brother Charles are the emperors of a $50 billion empire, Koch Industries, built on oil refining. In total, the Koch Brothers have spent at least $200 million on right-wing propaga...

  • Royal Dutch Shell plc: Voting Rights and Capital – Sacramento Bee

    Updated: 2012-08-31 21:22:28
    Royal Dutch Shell plc: Voting Rights and CapitalSacramento BeeRoyal Dutch Shell plc's capital consists of 3,715,813,349 A shares and 2,630,674,202 B shares, each with equal voting rights. Royal Dutch Shell plc holds no ordinary shares in Treasury. ...

  • Gulf Gasoline Weakens as US Grants Crude Oil Loan to Marathon – Businessweek

    Updated: 2012-08-31 21:12:50
    Gulf Gasoline Weakens as US Grants Crude Oil Loan to MarathonBusinessweekThe loan of sweet crude oil will be returned within three months, plus premium barrels, which is similar to interest, the department said in a statement. Marathon can resume norma...

  • COMMODITIES-Broad gains for August; oil up nearly 10 pct on month – Reuters

    Updated: 2012-08-31 21:11:10
    COMMODITIES-Broad gains for August; oil up nearly 10 pct on monthReutersOil prices rose nearly 10 percent in August due to output problems in the North Sea and resurgence in Middle East tensions that bolstered London's benchmark Brent oil. A pick u...

  • Gulf Gasoline Weakens as U.S. Grants Crude Oil Loan to Marathon – Bloomberg

    Updated: 2012-08-31 21:06:28
    Gulf Gasoline Weakens as U.S. Grants Crude Oil Loan to MarathonBloombergGulf Coast gasoline weakened as the U.S. Energy Department approved a 1 million-barrel loan of crude oil to Marathon Petroleum Corp. to address shortages caused by Hurricane Isaac....

  • APNewsBreak: EPA OKs use of Shell Oil drill ship – Fox News

    Updated: 2012-08-31 21:00:35
    ABC NewsAPNewsBreak: EPA OKs use of Shell Oil drill shipFox NewsANCHORAGE, Alaska – Royal Dutch Shell PLC has received permission to operate its drill ship in the Chukchi Sea under a temporary revision to its air permit, clearing another hurdle in it...

  • OIL FUTURES: Crude Rises 2% Following Bernanke Remarks – Wall Street Journal

    Updated: 2012-08-31 20:55:10
    CNBC.comOIL FUTURES: Crude Rises 2% Following Bernanke RemarksWall Street JournalBrent oil futures for October settled at $114.57 a barrel, up $1.92, or 1.7%. Market participants said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech contained enough ...

  • APNewsBreak: Shell clears air permit hurdle in quest to drill exploratory … – Washington Post

    Updated: 2012-08-31 20:48:39
    San Francisco ChronicleAPNewsBreak: Shell clears air permit hurdle in quest to drill exploratory ...Washington PostThe decision is more good news for Shell, which on Thursday received permission to begin preliminary excavation work on Chukchi wells whi...

  • Chevron: Begun Restaffing US Gulf Oil, Gas Platforms – Fox Business

    Updated: 2012-08-31 20:41:50
    CBS NewsChevron: Begun Restaffing US Gulf Oil, Gas PlatformsFox BusinessChevron Corp. (CVX) said Friday it has begun redeploying personnel and restoring production at offshore oil facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. Th...

  • Oil and gas firms work to restore output after Isaac – Reuters

    Updated: 2012-08-31 20:31:55
    CBC.caOil and gas firms work to restore output after IsaacReutersMost oil and natgas output in U.S. Gulf still shut. * Marathon Petroleum refinery to receive SPR crude loan. * Some Gulf Coast crude import hubs resume operations. * Phillips 66 assesses ...

  • How About A Sane Energy Policy Mr. Obamney?

    Updated: 2012-08-30 20:13:21
    . Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Fighting the Military on Energy Strategy How About A Sane Energy Policy Mr . Obamney On August 30, 2012, in Blog by Neal Dikeman It’s Presidential Election year . Ergo , time to discuss our 40 year whacked out excuse for an energy policy . Royally botched up by every President since , umm : Objectives Make US energy supply cheap for the US consumer and industry , fast growing and profitable for the American energy sector , clean , widely available and reliable , and secure , diversified , environmentally friendly and safe for all of . us or Cheap ,

  • You’re Invited: DNC Energy Events

    Updated: 2012-08-30 16:44:18
    I’ll be in Charlotte for part of next week to speak at a couple events at the Democratic National Convention...

  • How to Stop Natural Gas Exports

    Updated: 2012-08-27 17:49:50
    The ongoing debate over whether to allow liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports has featured a recurrent theme: people insist that...

  • Fighting the Military on Energy Strategy

    Updated: 2012-08-27 12:42:38
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Book Review : Private Empire How About A Sane Energy Policy Mr . Obamney Fighting the Military on Energy Strategy On August 27, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi For several years , the U.S . military has been one of the most active proponents and early-adopters of renewable energy and alternative fuels , with their Operational Energy Strategy Why Several : reasons 1.  Fuel delivered to the remote front-lines such as in Afghanistan for use in power generation and transportation has an all-in” cost of 400 gallon Any energy source that can be supplied

  • Assessing the Romney Energy Plan

    Updated: 2012-08-24 15:10:51
    Mitt Romney released his energy plan yesterday. I critique it in a new piece in Foreign Policy. Here’s the kicker:...

  • Interview On My Energy Positions After ASPO 2011

    Updated: 2012-08-23 19:24:34
    Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Banking Energy Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Power Policy R-Squared Energy By Robert Rapier on Aug 23, 2012 with 9 responses Interview On My Energy Positions After ASPO 2011 : Tags Long Recession oil consumption peak oil recession sustainability Tweet Following last year’s ASPO conference I was interviewed by Aaron Wissner of Local Future which is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to issues of energy , the environment , and sustainability . Aaron just made that interview available , and instead of an R-Squared Energy TV episode this week , I thought I would share this interview with . readers Among other things , we : discuss The reasons that I became interested in energy issues My Long Recession

  • The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network

    Updated: 2012-08-22 18:44:49
    The CLEAN project, a part of the National Science Digital Library, “provides a reviewed collection of resources coupled with the tools to enable an online community to share and discuss teaching about climate and energy science.”  The CLEAN project has outlined six fundamental concepts that support energy awareness and currently offers 98 energy-related lessons that [...]

  • The Climate Change Limits of U.S. Natural Gas

    Updated: 2012-08-20 15:36:23
    The Associated Press reported last week that U.S. greenhouse gas carbon dioxide emissions have dropped to a twenty-year low on...

  • Book Review: Private Empire

    Updated: 2012-08-20 14:13:53
    : Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Cleantech , Hedging Economics , and Commodity Hell Fighting the Military on Energy Strategy Book Review : Private Empire On August 20, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi After having extensively tackled the topic of al-Qaida with  The Bin Ladens and Ghost Wars Steve Coll has turned his attention to ExxonMobil NYSE : XOM At first blush , this might seem like a dramatic thematic departure for Coll as a journalist and author . However , Coll’s newest work , Private Empire : ExxonMobil and American Power makes clear that the world’s largest corporation is

  • Why Allowing Natural Gas Exports Is Probably Good for Climate Change

    Updated: 2012-08-17 15:36:17
    I argued in a New York Times op-ed yesterday that the United States should allow LNG exports while guarding against...

  • How Ethanol and the Chevron Refinery Fire Impact Gas Prices — R-Squared Energy TV Ep. 27

    Updated: 2012-08-16 17:23:54
    In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer two gasoline-related questions. One is on how ethanol is impacting current gasoline prices, and whether that increases the chances of a waiver for this year’s Renewable Fuel Standard. The other is on the impact of the Chevron refinery fire in California. Readers who have specific questions can send them to ask [at] consumerenergyreport [dot] com or leave the question after this post (at the original source). Consider subscribing to our YouTube channel where you’ll be able to view past and future videos. Link to Original Article: How Ethanol and the Chevron Refinery Fire Impact Gas Prices — R-Squared Energy TV Ep. 27 By Robert Rapier

  • Cleantech, Hedging Economics, and Commodity Hell

    Updated: 2012-08-15 18:05:39
    , , Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Corn Flakiness Book Review : Private Empire Cleantech , Hedging Economics , and Commodity Hell On August 15, 2012, in Blog by Neal Dikeman It never ceases to fascinate me the massive amount of impact commodity price swings have on business plans . Apple , Google , Facebook , they don’t deal with this . Commodity price swings just don’t hit their bottom line . But in cleantech , well , government and policy is king , commodity and resource shocks are queen , you and I are the numbered cards , technology is the joker , and time is the . ace Food for :

  • Corn Flakiness

    Updated: 2012-08-13 17:23:34
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Two Years Later : Revisiting the Taxonomy of Cleantech Cleantech , Hedging Economics , and Commodity Hell Corn Flakiness On August 13, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi The historic drought this summer across most of the United States has severely damaged this year’s corn crop . According to the U.S . Department of Agriculture , corn production is expected to be down more than 10 from last year Not surprisingly , corn prices have surged . What may be surprising is how much they’ve surged : up to record levels exceeding 8.00 bushel , up 60 over the past

  • How to Acquire Accurate Energy Data and Statistics

    Updated: 2012-08-13 12:05:57
    Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Banking Energy Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Power Policy R-Squared Energy By Robert Rapier on Aug 13, 2012 with 4 responses How to Acquire Accurate Energy Data and Statistics : Tags bp statistical review EIA energy data iea statistics Tweet : Note I am back in Hawaii after a long road trip , so my posting frequency will return to normal . I intend to record new R-Squared Energy TVs in the near future as . well In last week’s  Energy Trends Insider  our featured stories were  How to Acquire Accurate Energy Data and Statistics   Investment Opportunities in Indian Energy Infrastructure and a Subscriber Question on Cheap Natural Gas A Threat to Chemical and Biofuels Producers As we have done previously , we

  • The IEA on Sudan and South Sudan

    Updated: 2012-08-10 22:23:32
    In today’s monthly Oil Market Report (OMR), the International Energy Agency (IEA) weighed in on how it sees the recent...

  • Two Years Later: Revisiting the Taxonomy of Cleantech

    Updated: 2012-08-10 19:38:17
    : Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us The End of Nuclear Power Or Just the Beginning Corn Flakiness Two Years Later : Revisiting the Taxonomy of Cleantech On August 10, 2012, in Blog by Dallas Kachan It’s been two years since Kachan Co . first published its definition of what industries and categories constitute cleantech A lot happens in two years , so it’s time to refresh our . taxonomy A clean technology taxonomy , a list of nested categories , is important . It shows where a clean technology fits . It helps vendors understand their competitive sets . It defines and helps investors

  • Peering Into the Energy Market’s Crystal Ball

    Updated: 2012-08-09 23:47:18
    The U.S. Energy Information Adminstration (EIA) published its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. This report is one of three...

  • Climate Change and Developing Countries

    Updated: 2012-08-09 12:03:38
    Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Banking Energy Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Power Policy R-Squared Energy By Robert Rapier on Aug 9, 2012 with 31 responses Climate Change and Developing Countries : Tags carbon emissions China climate change global warming India Tweet This post continues a theme I covered in my book  Power Plays Part 1 covered the impact on oil price and supply in  Petroleum Demand in Developing Countries Here I discuss some of the climate change . implications Climate Change Implications Regardless of one’s beliefs on climate change , it is a fact that the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has been increasing since coal began to be burned in large quantities during the Industrial Revolution around 1750. Since then ,

  • Why the Iran Oil Sanctions Are Biting

    Updated: 2012-08-08 14:00:30
    Last week the Obama administration tightened its oil-related sanctions against Iran. This was followed by new congressional legislation that promises...

  • The End of Nuclear Power? Or Just the Beginning?

    Updated: 2012-08-07 23:24:36
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Clear Signs of Innovation in Glass Two Years Later : Revisiting the Taxonomy of Cleantech The End of Nuclear Power Or Just the Beginning On August 7, 2012, in Blog by Neal Dikeman This week’s news : US NRC freezes decisions on new reactor , license renewal applications The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted unanimously Tuesday not to issue final decisions on granting licenses to build new nuclear power reactors and 20-year license renewals to existing ones , pending resolution of the agency’s waste confidence rule overturned by a court in . June The

  • Clear Signs of Innovation in Glass

    Updated: 2012-08-07 00:32:25
    Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Seducing the Coulomb Barrier The End of Nuclear Power Or Just the Beginning Clear Signs of Innovation in Glass On August 6, 2012, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi Glass has been made for thousands of years , and innovators have always been tinkering to improve the basic product . Over the years , these improvements have mainly been in terms of color , strength , weight , quality . The cleantech imperative of the past few decades is now pushing glass innovations on two more dimensions , energy efficiency and power . generation Regarding energy efficiency ,

  • Why China is Getting Their Feet Wet in the Oil Sands

    Updated: 2012-08-06 12:16:21
    Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Banking Energy Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Power Policy R-Squared Energy By Robert Rapier on Aug 6, 2012 with 1 response Why China is Getting Their Feet Wet in the Oil Sands : Tags China CNOOC oil consumption Tweet In last week’s  Energy Trends Insider our featured stories were Why China is Dipping Their Feet in the Canadian Oil Sands CNOOC’s Purchase of Nexen May Signal New Wave of Consolidation and Subscriber Questions on Lanzatech and Butanol As we have done previously , we would like to share one of those stories with regular readers of this column. Interested readers can find more information on the newsletter and subscribe at Energy Trends Insider Why China is Getting their Feet Wet in the Oil Sands

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