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Moscow Reluctant to Act in Kyrgyzstan Crisis

Jun 19, 2010 at 09:09

A crisis erupts in a former Soviet state and Russia calls for a multilateral response. Is the Kyrgyz crisis the shape of things to come? Russia has long tried to…

Crude Oil Holds on to Week’s Gains After High Inventories Threaten Rally

Jun 18, 2010 at 17:31

Oil Market Summary for 06/14/2010 to 06/18/2010. Crude oil futures held on to strong gains for the week in lackluster Friday trading, after higher-than-expected inventories earlier in the week threatened…

Ethanol: The latest Incarnation of Snake Oil

Jun 18, 2010 at 13:43

You may never have never heard of Patricia Woertz, or Archer Daniels Midland. Woertz is the CEO of ADM, America’s 27th largest company, and it’s the largest company headed by…

Grid Issues to Impinge on Renewables Growth

Jun 18, 2010 at 13:38

Electricity industry experts have raised concerns that Europe’s distribution grid is not up to the task of handling the growing capacity from renewable sources, threatening the profitability of plants and…

Oil company Chiefs Push for Lifting of Drilling Freezes

Jun 18, 2010 at 09:25

I watched Tuesday's hearing on offshore drilling operations and safety by the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which featured the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron,…

How US Job Losses Will End

Jun 18, 2010 at 09:20

I am not in the habit of regularly lifting data out of the Wall Street Journal, but even a blind squirrel occasionally finds an acorn. I was tempted by the…

The Value of Zeros and Ones

Jun 18, 2010 at 09:17

Good paper this month in the International Journal of Coal Geology on global trends in coal bed methane (CBM) drilling. CBM has been a success story in unconventional gas, currently…

The Growing Nuclear Rivalry in Asia

Jun 18, 2010 at 09:04

As China and India enter new stages in nuclear arsenal development, including ICBM capabilities and plans for a nuclear-armed submarine fleet, strategic dialogue is needed to reduce the risk of…

Iran Signs Major Gas Deal with Pakistan

Jun 17, 2010 at 19:37

This week, Iran signed a major long-term gas export contract with Pakistan and portrayed itself as a reliable supplier for its gas-hungry neighbors in an apparent response to Washington’s intense…

Behind and Beyond The Sinking of The Cheonan

Jun 17, 2010 at 19:34

INCIDENT: Thousands rallied in Seoul in early June to protest perceived North Korean threats against their country after the severing of bilateral relations following the sinking of a South Korea…

Here Comes the Bathtub Economy

Jun 17, 2010 at 11:05

Goldman Sachs' chief US economist, Jan Hatzius, can articulate my own view of the economy better than I can, so I will just repeat what he said yesterday. The boost…

Obama Attempt to Push Climate Bill with Oil Spill Outrage Appears to Fail

Jun 17, 2010 at 10:53

President Barack Obama’s effort to channel outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico into political momentum for climate change legislation appears to have failed, according to news…

Ethanol Industry Produces a Top Ten Enemies List

Jun 17, 2010 at 10:14

Richard Nixon had an enemies list. And now, so, too, do the corn ethanol scammers. Last week, Tom Waterman, the editor and publisher of The Ethanol Monitor, published a list…

What's the T-Bill Market Saying?

Jun 17, 2010 at 08:57

There have been some odd happenings in the T-Bill space recently.Security yields can tell you a lot about what's happening in a market. And sometimes, what's about to happen.…

Deepening Troubles in Kyrgyzstan

Jun 17, 2010 at 08:44

Not only is southern Kyrgyzstan experiencing a refugee crisis, the region is facing a humanitarian disaster brought on by deepening shortages of food and medical supplies. The normal supply chains…

16 Questions About the Gulf Oil Spill that Need Answering

Jun 16, 2010 at 17:38

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a national nightmare that seems to have no ending.  Every day new details come out that are even more shocking than what we…

Is it Time to Buy British Petroleum?

Jun 16, 2010 at 16:54

The daily spill estimate has been ratcheted up from 1,000 barrels a day to 35,000, and now 60,000! Fitch downgraded its debt a stunning six notches from AA to BBB.…

Oil Found in the Falklands – How will this Affect UK & Argentinean Relations?

Jun 16, 2010 at 13:52

Two hundred million barrels of oil is a drop in the ocean compared to the reservoir that produced the voluminous gusher of BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It is…

Why Uranium Will Make Someone Rich

Jun 16, 2010 at 12:08

Uranium is a very unusual sector. For one, it's small. So small, that at one point in history top-producing nations like Canada and France tried to form a uranium cartel…

Increased Orders for Gas-Fired Power Plants in U.S. Show Shift Away from Coal

Jun 16, 2010 at 12:04

Siemens announced a number of orders for new gas-fired power plants in North Carolina and Florida that seem designed to replace older coal-fired and other high-emission technology rather than to…

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