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New U.S. Fuel Standards Raised to 54.5 mpg by 2025

Aug 29, 2012 at 16:25 | David Gabel

Not long ago, the Obama Administration raised the federal fuel efficiency standards, known as CAFE, to an average 35.5 mpg by 2016. Yesterday, they announced the CAFE were being raised…

CNOOC Offers up Oil and Gas Blocks Near Disputed Waters

Aug 29, 2012 at 10:08 | Joao Peixe

China’s state-owned CNOOC is preparing to auction off oil and gas blocks to foreign companies near disputed waters claimed by Vietnam and Japan. In a second round of auctions…

How the Obama Administration Helped Revive the U.S. Auto Industry

Aug 28, 2012 at 17:10 | Climate Progress

The Obama administration is about to promulgate fuel-economy and carbon-pollution limits for 2017 to 2025 model cars. These essential standards will reduce oil use, save families money from lower gasoline…

Networked Energy: Transforming the U.S. Electrical Grid

Aug 28, 2012 at 17:04 | Science Progress

Constructive national debate on energy policy in the United States has ground to a standstill despite broad political and economic consensus on the urgency of energy innovation. The American people…

U.S. Energy Policy Debate too Myopic

Aug 27, 2012 at 15:57 | Daniel J. Graeber

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras last week announced it encountered a 984-column of hydrocarbons in an offshore field just days after boasting of a new discovery off the coast of…

What’s Missing in the Romney Energy Plan?

Aug 27, 2012 at 13:20 | Gary Hunt

“An affordable, reliable supply of energy is crucial to America’s economic future. I have a vision for an America that is an energy superpower, rapidly increasing our own production and…

Humanity's Need for External Energy

Aug 27, 2012 at 13:06 | Gail Tverberg

Strange as it may seem, humans seem to have evolved in a way that we have a need for external energy, such as energy from burning wood or fossil fuels.…

Why I Love/Hate the Oil Companies

Aug 23, 2012 at 14:35 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

With oil (USO) getting ready to take a run at $100 a barrel once again, the first thing I do when I get up every morning is to curse the…

Ethiopian PM's Death Brings Uncertainty and Opportunity

Aug 22, 2012 at 12:48 | Charles Kennedy

The death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi after a lengthy illness on 20 August could have the effect of temporarily stalling the country’s grand five-year plan and slowing the…

Grid Power and the Death of the Automobile

Aug 22, 2012 at 12:39 | Gregor Macdonald

India’s recent series of power blackouts, in which 600 million people lost electricity for several days, reminds us of the torrid pace at which populations in the developing world…

How the U.S. East Coast Just Dodged an Oil Supply Shut-Down

Aug 21, 2012 at 17:23 | Keith Schaefer

Last September, Sunoco and ConocoPhillips announced they would both close their Pennsylvania oil refineries. Roughly 330,000 barrels of oil are supplied through the Sunoco refinery in Philadelphia... every…

The Real Reason Why the U.S. Military is Going Green

Aug 21, 2012 at 17:07 | Sohbet Karbuz

The U.S. military consumed almost 500 thousand barrels per day of oil at the end of the Cold War. In FY 2011, its oil consumption was down to 355 thousand…

Fear Driving Energy Markets

Aug 20, 2012 at 14:57 | Daniel J. Graeber

Crude oil demand in the United States is down to its lowest level since the onset of the global economic recession. A lackluster economic recovery, coupled with cautious consumer sentiment,…

Beyond the Conflict, Syria's Climate Realities

Aug 20, 2012 at 14:53 | Charles Kennedy

Half a decade of drought has forced the migration of 1.5 million rural residences to Syria’s urban centers, as the regime has paid little attention to water and agricultural issues, and…

Weekly World Energy News Update - 18th August 2012

Aug 18, 2012 at 18:49 | Editorial Dept

After hitting a three-month high on Thursday, brent crude oil fell to around $114 on Friday after the US revealed it was considering the release of oil reserves to dampen…

For How Long Can Society Bear the Costs of Industry's Toxic Pollution?

Aug 17, 2012 at 17:39 | Kurt Cobb

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) stunned the nuclear industry last week by putting power plant licensing decisions on hold while it reconsiders rules on nuclear waste storage struck…

We are Decades Away from a Cure for our Fossil Fuel Addiction

Aug 17, 2012 at 17:36 | Charles Kennedy

With natural gas prices low and supplies high, we are decades away from being able to wean ourselves off fossil fuels and move to renewable energy, but there is no…

Solyndra Bankruptcy Pales in Comparison to Failed Military Projects

Aug 17, 2012 at 17:27 | Climate Progress

Yesterday the Air Force announced that its X-51 Scramjet Engine Demonstrator called the WaveRider — a hypersonic jet designed to travel up to 3,600 miles per hour — crashed…

A Jack-in-the-Beanstalk Investment: Finding the Fracking Bean

Aug 17, 2012 at 17:00 | Editorial Dept

The drilling technology that makes the process of hydraulic fracturing possible depends on a special bean that is only grown in India in significant quantities and for which there was…

Europe's Offshore Supergrid Plans

Aug 16, 2012 at 16:55 | Charles Kennedy

As part of plans to achieve its 20% renewable energy target by 2020, European leaders signed a memorandum of understanding back in 2011 to encourage offshore wind development and join…

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