• Crude Oil Futures Rise; Brent Briefly Rises Above $115/Barrel – Wall Street Journal

    Updated: 2013-01-31 07:27:33
    FX EmpireCrude Oil Futures Rise; Brent Briefly Rises Above $115/BarrelWall Street JournalCrude-oil futures are mixed in Asian trading Thursday as a recent rally briefly pushed Brent above $115 a barrel to its highest level since mid-October. On the New...

  • AGRITERRA LTD : US$28 million received from Marathon Oil – 4-traders

    Updated: 2013-01-31 07:23:49
    AGRITERRA LTD : US$28 million received from Marathon Oil4-tradersAgriterra Ltd, the AIM listed pan African agricultural company, is pleased to announce that it has completed the assignment of its 20% interest in the South Omo Block ('the Block'...

  • FLASH: Agriterra receives $28m from Marathon Oil – Stock Market Wire

    Updated: 2013-01-31 07:13:12
    FLASH: Agriterra receives $28m from Marathon OilStock Market WireSearch within articles. Company news. Share price. FLASH: Agriterra receives $28m from Marathon Oil. 31 January 2013 | 07:11am. StockMarketWire.com - Story provided by StockMarketWire.com...

  • Exxon Mobil: What The Numbers Say – Seeking Alpha

    Updated: 2013-01-31 06:47:00
    Exxon Mobil: What The Numbers SaySeeking AlphaBackground information on Exxon Mobil (XOM) can be found on the company website. Since mid 2010 Exxon market price has increased from its low of about $57 to the current price of about $91 per share, as is ...

  • Argentine Court Upholds Freeze on Chevron Assets – ABC News

    Updated: 2013-01-31 04:25:59
    PennEnergyArgentine Court Upholds Freeze on Chevron AssetsABC NewsAn attempt by Chevron Corp. to unfreeze its assets was dismissed Wednesday by an appeals court in Argentina, where the winners of a $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador are suin...

  • Oil boom bringing trainloads of crude oil through Washington – KING5.com

    Updated: 2013-01-31 03:21:06
    Oil boom bringing trainloads of crude oil through WashingtonKING5.comWashington State Ecology officials have been planning to publish a map showing increasing oil maps across the state. The problem is the new proposals are popping up so quickly they ha...

  • Chevron is hit with record Cal-OSHA fine for Aug. 6 refinery fire – Los Angeles Times

    Updated: 2013-01-31 02:31:55
    abc7news.comChevron is hit with record Cal-OSHA fine for Aug. 6 refinery fireLos Angeles TimesSACRAMENTO — California safety officials ordered Chevron Corp. to pay a record-high fine of nearly $1 million for safety violations that led to a massive fi...

  • Exxon Mobil reports 4Q results Friday – Businessweek

    Updated: 2013-01-31 02:16:20
    MediaPost CommunicationsExxon Mobil reports 4Q results FridayBusinessweekNEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. reports fourth-quarter results on Friday, and analysts expect net income will fall from a year ago, when asset sales boosted earnings. They&#39...

  • Chevron gives local schools $350000 to expand educational, economic … – Bakersfield Californian

    Updated: 2013-01-31 02:13:00
    Chevron gives local schools $350000 to expand educational, economic ...Bakersfield CalifornianBakersfield College spokeswoman Amber Chiang said Chevron's contribution of $125,000 will pay for updated equipment for technology students to learn on, o...

  • Seattle Pension May Divest Exxon in Oil Companies Rebuffo – Bloomberg

    Updated: 2013-01-31 02:11:33
    MediaPost CommunicationsSeattle Pension May Divest Exxon in Oil Companies RebuffoBloombergTwo of the system's top 10 investments are with Exxon and Chevron Corp. (CVX), according to Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, who offered the proposal last month. Th...

  • Independence Institute scholar praises Utah’s laws to prevent school shootings

    Updated: 2013-01-30 22:35:16
    Independence Institue scholar and University of Denver law school professor David Kopel told the Senate Judiciary Committee today that the only way to immediately stop the next copy cat killer in a school is to allow trained teachers to carry guns.

  • Udall pitches bipartisan seating “date night” again for State of the Union

    Updated: 2013-01-30 16:25:15
    Sen. Mark Udall will again ask his Senate and House colleague to sit together in mixed company for the State of the Union address Feb. 12.

  • Colorado Democrats to honor Wellington Webb, Ken Salazar and others at JJ Dinner

    Updated: 2013-01-30 04:55:29
    Colorado Democrats in March will recognize retiring Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and others.

  • Denver Mayor Michael Hancock fulfills his wager, does the ‘Ray Lewis’ dance

    Updated: 2013-01-29 23:18:27
    Denver Mayor Michael Hancock pulls out the stops fulfilling a wager with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made before the NFL divisional playoff game between the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 13.

  • “I was the laughingstock at the Capitol.”

    Updated: 2013-01-29 21:10:33
    The Colorado Statesman’s recent cover kicking off the start of the legislative session was talked about widely in the Capitol, but there was one person who really didn’t like it: House Minority Leader Mark Waller. Waller, R-Colorado Springs, was depicted in a cartoon by Matt Milner along with other legislative leaders in football gear, and [...]

  • Former Colorado Senate majority spokesman to head solar association

    Updated: 2013-01-29 19:38:37
    He’s worked on campaigns for Democrats for years, and now Eddie Stern is hoping he shines in his new position. Stern, the former director of communications for the Colorado Senate Majority, has been hired as the director of the Colorado Solar Energy Association, the group formed in 1989 that represents hundreds of solar industry members [...]

  • Rep. Rhonda Fields: What might have been if her son hadn’t been murdered

    Updated: 2013-01-29 17:29:28
    Colorado lawmaker Rhonda Fields, who is pushing for stricter gun laws, talked about her son's murder today on what would have been his 30th birthday.

  • In House and Senate, Colorado’s delegation fails to get wildfire relief to the state

    Updated: 2013-01-29 14:17:10
    The Senate passed a disaster help package last night for the states crippled by Hurricane Sandy -- but Colorado won't get any wildfire relief despite efforts by Rep. Cory Gardner and Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall.

  • Duke Energy’s Nuclear Information Center

    Updated: 2013-01-28 15:54:07
    Since May 2011, experts from Duke Energy’s nuclear fleet have been posting blog entries at Duke Energy’s Nuclear Information Center.  This blog  is updated regularly and is searchable by category/topic.  In addition, links to each of the state’s nuclear power plants are provided along with links to other nuclear energy resources. Below are some recent [...]

  • Goldman, The Contrarian?

    Updated: 2013-01-28 13:11:41
    , 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 Batteries Are Hot Just Ask Boeing Goldman , The Contrarian On January 28, 2013, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi I’m a contrarian , so when everyone else is capitulating , I think it’s time to invest . 8221 So says Stuart Bernstein the partner in charge of cleantech at Goldman Sachs NYSE : GS in this recent article about the ending slump of renewable energy . financing It feels like the worst is behind us The market appears to have troughed in the fourth quarter of last year and several sectors have rallied meaningfully since then . 8221 At least Stuart

  • Unexpected Energy Headlines for Obama’s Second Term

    Updated: 2013-01-25 16:47:58
    When you ask energy experts what headlines to watch for in President Obama’s second term, you’re likely to hear about...

  • Trading Volumes Underscore Brent’s Ascendance as World Oil Benchmark

    Updated: 2013-01-24 08:34:00
    West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent have been locked in a multi-year wrestling match for the exalted status of the definitive...

  • Department of Energy hosts Energy All Star Talks

    Updated: 2013-01-23 19:59:40
    On January 19, 2013 as part of Inauguration Weekend, the Department of Energy hosted Energy All Stars featuring prominent energy leaders doing TED-style talks outlining what our energy future can and should look like, and steps that can be taken to achieve that vision. Speakers included Secretary of Energy – Steven Chu, former governor of [...]

  • Climate Change in Obama’s Second Term

    Updated: 2013-01-22 19:14:23
    President Obama surprised pretty much everyone when he spent a considerable part of his inaugural address talking about the need...

  • The Amazing Reversal of the US Oil Industry

    Updated: 2013-01-22 00:30:50
    Oil production in the US began to rise in 2009, in response to record capital expenditures by oil companies in the face of sharply rising oil prices. The rise has been sustained to the point that production rose all four years of President Obama's first term.

  • Batteries Are Hot! (Just Ask Boeing)

    Updated: 2013-01-21 16:50:18
    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 Why is it So Hard to Make Money in New Battery Technology Goldman , The Contrarian Batteries Are Hot Just Ask Boeing On January 21, 2013, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi Boeing NYSE : BA may soon be on the verge of renaming its new 787 the Nightmareliner After a prolonged development program and costly production delays , Boeing started delivering its latest state-of-the-art airplane just 15 months ago , three years behind schedule . Although the company has a lucrative backlog of nearly 800 787s on order , worth roughly 200 billion in revenues , production

  • Why is it So Hard to Make Money in New Battery Technology?

    Updated: 2013-01-18 17:10:10
    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 How To Fail In Cleantech Batteries Are Hot Just Ask Boeing Why is it So Hard to Make Money in New Battery Technology On January 18, 2013, in Blog by Neal Dikeman Energy storage is still the rage in cleantech . But after the collapse of A123 and Beacon , and the spectacular failure on the Fisker Karma in its Consumer Reports tests , fire in Hawaii with Xtreme Power’s lead acid grid storage system and with NGK’s sodium sulphur system , and now battery problems grounding the Boeing Dreamliners , investors in batteries are again divided into the jaded camp ,

  • Chavez’s Troubled Legacy for Venezuela’s Oil Industry

    Updated: 2013-01-17 08:31:32
    The failure of ailing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to return from Cuba, where he is recovering from another round of...

  • New interactive tool for exploring future U.S. energy-use scenarios

    Updated: 2013-01-15 17:51:49
    Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy released an interactive online tool “to help researchers, educators, and students explore future U.S. energy-use scenarios.” The Buildings Industry Transportation Electricity Scenarios (BITES) Tool is a scenario-based tool for analyzing how changes in energy demand and supply by economic sector can impact carbon dioxide emissions. This web-based tool [...]

  • Five Energy Predictions for 2013

    Updated: 2013-01-14 19:20:50
    Consumer Energy Report is now Energy Trends Insider Read More Home About Contact Advertise Energy Trends Insider Banking Energy Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Fueling Innovation Power Policy R-Squared Energy By Robert Rapier on Jan 14, 2013 with 4 responses Five Energy Predictions for 2013 : Tags Brent Keystone XL natural gas prices WTI Tweet Normally when I list the Top 10 stories of the year , I close the post by making predictions for the upcoming year . For 2012, my predictions : were President Obama will easily win reelection , which means that energy policies will likely continue along the current . trajectory The Keystone Pipeline project will be approved although that decision may still slide into 2013 Natural gas prices will remain low , averaging below 5

  • How To Fail In Cleantech

    Updated: 2013-01-14 00:29:16
    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 Is the Avis ZipCar Acquisition Green Why is it So Hard to Make Money in New Battery Technology How To Fail In Cleantech On January 14, 2013, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi The transition to cleantech some would call it a revolution inevitably entails change , which implies risk . In turn , this implies that some things will . fail We’ve already seen more than a few failures , and we’ll no doubt see many . more As long as the successes outweigh the failures , that’s all that ultimately matters . Indeed , sometimes failure actually enables later . successes

  • Five Critical Questions About the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    Updated: 2013-01-10 17:02:08
    Constant chatter about an impending oil release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was a prominent feature of the...

  • New Earth at Night

    Updated: 2013-01-09 20:55:39
    You may have heard that NASA has created a cloud free and incredibly detailed 360-degree view of the Earth at night  by creating a composite of two months of imagery taken by the new Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite.  This satellite can discern not just city lights but also light from industrial sites, [...]

  • How Far Have U.S. Oil Imports Fallen?

    Updated: 2013-01-09 08:02:03
    There’s a lot of buzz today about new projections for U.S. oil imports showing that imports are poised to continue...

  • Is the Avis / ZipCar Acquisition Green?

    Updated: 2013-01-08 18:22:38
    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 Energy Cache : Avoiding Cleantech’s Catch-22 How To Fail In Cleantech Is the Avis ZipCar Acquisition Green On January 8, 2013, in Blog by Neal Dikeman I am selling my little Honda in California , since I moved to Texas two years ago , I left a car in San Francisco to drive when I’m . here So I’d been looking into getting car share . Absolutely loving the concept , been trying to figure out if it is a better deal for me than renting when I come . out So when Avis dropped half a billion dollars on ZipCar , I was pretty intrigued . Which raised the question

  • Drilling into the American Energy Boom, in Four Charts

    Updated: 2013-01-08 18:18:13
    One interesting feature of the U.S. hydrocarbon boom is the widening gap between the industry’s interest in drilling for oil and...

  • Energy Cache: Avoiding Cleantech’s Catch-22

    Updated: 2013-01-06 16:54:53
    : 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 A Crystal Ball for 2013 Is the Avis ZipCar Acquisition Green Energy Cache : Avoiding Cleantech’s Catch-22 On January 6, 2013, in Blog by Richard T . Stuebi Recently , I came across this very interesting thought-piece , Cleantech Marketing Isn’t IT Marketing” written by Aaron Fike , the founder and CEO of Energy Cache Energy Cache has developed a rather unusual energy storage technology . As described here Energy Cache is offering a solution that is a hybrid of ski-lifts and mining technology , hauling gravel in buckets to the top of a hill . An offshoot

  • A New Paper on Natural Gas as a Bridge Fuel

    Updated: 2013-01-04 14:21:09
    I have a new paper (PDF) in Climatic Change that explores the climate consequences of natural gas as a bridge fuel. [Update:...

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