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Using Yeast to Create Biofuel

Sep 07, 2012 at 17:04

Scientists are using yeast to synthesise a biofuel without taking up swathes of land.Microorganisms engineered to produce a new type of biofuel, bisabolane, have the potential to produce…

3rd Quarter Energy Market Review & 4th Quarter Forecast with Dan Dicker

Sep 07, 2012 at 16:56

What’s attempted in this quarterly review is to look over the individual energy markets, from both a cursory fundamental and financial outlook and try to understand where each of these…

Weekly World Energy News Update - 8th September 2012

Sep 07, 2012 at 16:53

The front line in energy politics shifted noticeably this week, closing in on the Republicans as the Democrats solidified their confidence that American voters see the value in the Obama…

America's 10 Most Polluted States

Sep 06, 2012 at 17:45

Do you know where you live? Half of all industrial toxic air pollution comes from power plants and 6,700 power plants and heavy industries are responsible for 80% of all…

Iraq's Oil Exports Hide Broader Problems

Sep 06, 2012 at 17:40

Iraqi oil production reached its highest level in more than 30 years last month. Oil production in the country has steadily increased despite lingering violence and internal political rivalries. The…

Natural Gas Wars: A Look at Gazprom's Underhand Tactics

Sep 06, 2012 at 17:37

Why would France suddenly prohibit shale gas exploration? Sure, there are environmental issues with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, the methods used to extract gas from porous shale deep underground:…

A Confluence of Events in the Horn

Sep 06, 2012 at 17:29

The announcement of the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi — possibly a month after he actually died — starts to focus the growing confluence of events in the…

Computer Model Identifies the Best Candidates for Greenhouse Gas Removal

Sep 06, 2012 at 17:26

A new computer model can identify the best molecular candidates for removing carbon dioxide, molecular nitrogen, and other greenhouse gases from power plant flues.The model is the first…

French Nuclear "Incident" Raises Concerns

Sep 05, 2012 at 17:46

In the 1960s, as the U.S. “Atoms for Peace” program got into full swing, promoting civilian nuclear electricity propagation, no European country bought into the concept more deeply than France.

Big Oil 1 - 0 Environment: Shell Granted Permit to Work off Alaskan Coast

Sep 05, 2012 at 17:42

Environmental groups concerned about the potential damage to the Arctic environment suffered another blow after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted a temporary air permit for Shell to work off…

Let's Make a Deal on National Energy Policy

Sep 05, 2012 at 17:36

When you read the Obama Blue Print for a Secure Energy Future and compare it to Romney’s Energy Plan for market-driven competitive energy growth to help advance the cause…

Update: Cold Fusion Progress in 2012

Sep 05, 2012 at 17:31

Sterling Allen interviewed Michael McKubre of SRI International, the international research lab in Menlo Park, CA in a one and a half hour talk covering a wide range of topics. …

6 Methods to Avoid the Food v Fuel Dilemma

Sep 05, 2012 at 17:29

With the U.S. experiencing its worst drought in many years the food vs fuel debate has returned as an issue.Many people believe that food producers should have the…

5 Oligarchs Taking the World by Storm

Sep 04, 2012 at 17:57

Oligarchs are the wealthy few who benefit from the government and for all intents and purposes call the shots behind the scenes. Oilprice.com considers five key oligarchs and oligarch families…

Growing Syria Crisis will Hurt Region's Economy

Sep 04, 2012 at 17:41

The violence in Syria now entering into its 18th month will begin to target the country’s economy in a major manner if a threat made by the opposition to target…

Why Energy is Vital to Economic Growth

Sep 04, 2012 at 17:39

In the beginning, the Master Economist created the Economy.  He created businesses large and small, consumers, governments with their regulation, and financial institutions of all types. And the Master Economist…

Looking at the Progress Made on Obama's Energy Plan

Sep 04, 2012 at 17:27

This is an overview of the Obama Energy Plan released in March 2011 as a Blue Print for a Secure Energy Future.  A year later, the White House released…

Crony Capitalism and the Energy Sector

Sep 04, 2012 at 17:24

America’s energy industries (oil, gas, electricity) have been a bastion of crony capitalism for much of their history. Leading gas and electricity firms sponsored state and then federal public-utility regulation…

Why Oil Prices Will Remain High

Sep 04, 2012 at 17:21

I don’t know about you, but in the absence of any dramatic news about Iran in the papers, and especially set against the general background of a weakening global economy,…

Economy, not Physical Markets, Driving Oil Prices

Sep 03, 2012 at 18:03

The U.S. Department of Energy last week issued one crude oil loan from the Strategic Petroleum reserve to Marathon Petroleum Co. as gulf operators dealt with the effects of…

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