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Education, Skills, and Our Energy Future

March 8, 2013
Even as we enter into “Sequestration,” with devastating reductions in workforce and education programs, there has been much talk of a “skills gap” in the U.S. This line of argument...
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How Will “Sequestration” Impact the Energy Sector?

March 5, 2013
Sequestration’s $85 billion automatic spending cuts began going into effect on Friday, but the timeline and full extent of the cut’s impacts are still somewhat vague. So what’s at stake...
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Another Oil-Related Recession?

February 26, 2013
Are the United States and other countries facing a looming threat of another oil-related recession? Prior to the economic crash in 2008 the price of oil steadily increased. As...
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Aligning Federal Policy with America’s Energy Priorities: A Blueprint

February 11, 2013
Last week Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, published a blueprint for energy policy, titled “Energy 20/20: A Vision for America’s...
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The End of Cheap Oil and How It Is Changing Our World

February 7, 2013
The last century can rightly be called the Age of (Inexpensive or ‘Cheap’) Oil as world oil consumption grew from about 20 million tons per year in 1900 to just...
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What’s in Line for Keystone XL?

January 30, 2013
Last week Governor Dave Heineman of Nebraska approved the Keystone XL pipeline along a revised route, “which avoids the environmentally-sensitive Sand Hills region of Nebraska.” The final decision now rests...
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The PTC and the Future of the Wind Industry

January 24, 2013
After seeing the Production Tax Credit (PTC) extended through 2013 in the recent “fiscal cliff” legislation, the wind industry is now looking ahead to the tax reform debate. According to...
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Coal’s No Way to Make the Job Market Hop

January 16, 2013
If Peabody Energy, SSA Marine and Goldman Sachs really want to stimulate jobs in Washington State, as they claim in their support of the Gateway Pacific project, they can find...
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Of Projections and Policies – Natural Gas and Transportation Fuels

January 11, 2013
The recent projections for future energy consumption from Exxon Mobil’s report, “Outlook for Energy,” and the EIA’s “Annual Energy Outlook, 2013” essentially said the same thing concerning the potential for...
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Transcript – Our National Energy Policy: Post-Election Prospects and Challenges

December 21, 2012
"Our National Energy Policy: Post-Election Prospects and Challenges" December 14th, 2012 National Press Club, Washington, DC See below for an abridged version of the transcript and a full video recording of the event....
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