Discussions
New Fracking Rule Draws Criticism
May 16, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an arm of the Department of the Interior (DOI), last updated its hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) rules in 1988, before many current technologies and techniques...
Filed Under: Discussions, Legislation And Rule-Making |
Tagged Department of the Interior, Fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas |
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EIA: CES would Raise Electric Rates, Reduce Emissions
May 14, 2012
In response to a request from the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its Analysis of Impacts of the Clean Energy Standard...
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Tagged Clean Energy, Clean Energy Standard, Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, Climate Change, Energy Policies, Power Sector, Regulation, Senator Bingaman |
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What’s the future of the State Energy Program?
May 2, 2012
Last week, House and Senate Appropriations Committees approved separate and distinct versions of a Fiscal Year 2013 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. The legislation sets spending levels for DOE,...
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Tagged Congress, Economy, Energy Efficiency, NASEO, Oil Dependence, Oil Imports, Renewables, State Energy Program, State Policy |
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Fraud in Renewables Markets
April 27, 2012
In 2007, US EPA began using renewable identification numbers (RINs) to track fuel producer compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which calls for fuel...
Filed Under: Discussions, Legislation And Rule-Making |
Tagged Biofuels, Innovation, Liquid Fuels, Oil Dependence, Renewable Identification Number System, Renewables, Transportation, US EPA |
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Enthusiasm and Concern over Natural Gas Exports
April 26, 2012
As American natural gas production continues to increase, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a greater number of applications from companies interested in exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG)....
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Tagged Energy Exports, FERC, Liquified Natural Gas, LNG, Natural Gas, Power Sector, US DOE |
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Obama Goes After Oil Traders
April 19, 2012
On Tuesday, President Obama outlined a package of efforts his administration is pursuing to ensure that energy traders are not responsible for “market manipulation” that drives up the cost of...
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Tagged Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Gasoline Prices, Liquid Fuels, oil, President Obama, Transportation |
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Obama Orders Coordination on Natural Gas
April 17, 2012
Last week President Obama signed an executive order to coordinate the Administration’s activities on natural gas development. The order will convene the Interagency Working Group to Support Safe and Responsible...
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Tagged America's Natural Gas Alliance, American Petroleum Institute, Federal v. State, Hydrofracking, John Boehner, Natural Gas, Policy Principles, President Obama |
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Tax Breaks for Oil Companies
March 30, 2012
A Senate bill that would have cut $24 billion in tax breaks to oil companies over 10 years was blocked by Republicans yesterday. The bill, endorsed by President Obama hours...
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Tagged Congress, Offshore Drilling, oil, President Obama, Renewables, Subsidies, Tax Breaks |
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Impact of EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Rules
March 29, 2012
On March 27, 2012 the Environmental Protection Agency, under the authority of the Clean Air Act, released proposed greenhouse gas standards for newly constructed power plants. The rules would require...
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Tagged Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate Change, Coal, Coal-Fired Power Plant, Electricity, Environment, GHGs, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Combined Cycle, Petroleum Coke, Power Plants, Power Sector, US EPA |
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U.S. to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Solar Products
March 22, 2012
Responding to a complaint filed last year by some U.S.-based solar manufacturers, the U.S. Commerce Department has deemed that the Chinese government provided Chinese solar panel manufacturers unfair subsidies, resulting...
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Tagged China, Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy, Commerce Department, Global Competitiveness, Jigar Shaw, Photovoltaics, Solar, SolarWorld AG, Subsidies, Tariffs |
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