Analysis of the National Academy of Sciences’ Report “America’s Energy Future” and Proposed Congressional Energy Legislation
Full Title: Analysis of the National Academy of Sciences’ Report “America’s Energy Future” and Proposed Congressional Energy Legislation -- DRAFT FOR COMMENT
Author(s): H. Specter, et al.
Publisher(s): RBR Consultants
Publication Date: 2/2010
Identifier(s): n/a
Language: English
Length: 48...
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Tagged EPA, HR 2454, NAS, Oil Dependence, Policy Principles, RBR Consultants, Specter |
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Analysts Predict High Oil Prices in 2012
Oil prices are expected to average between $100 and $120/barrel in 2012. “Economists say they expect prices to remain high despite the relative weaknesses of the American and European economies...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Economy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Global Competitiveness, oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Imports, Transportation |
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Biofuels: Thinking Clearly about the Issues
Full Title: Biofuels: Thinking Clearly about the Issues
Author(s): B. Dale
Publisher(s): Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry
Publication Date: 4/2008
Identifier(s): J. Agric. Food Chem. 2008, 56, 3885–3891; 10.1021/jf800250u
Language: English
Length: 7 pages, PDF
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Tagged Alternative Fuel Commercialization, Biofuels, Cost of Petroleum, dale, Ethanol, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Liquid Fuels, Oil Dependence |
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Climate Impact of Canada’s Oil Sands
A paper by researchers at the University of Alberta, Edmonton found that the impact of Canadian oil sands mining, and subsequent land restoration, on carbon release has been significantly underestimated....
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Alberta Oil Sands, Climate Change, Energy Policies, Environment, GHGs, Keystone XL Pipeline, oil, Oil Dependence, Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, Transportation |
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Commodities Trading and Gasoline Prices
On March 5th, 68 Congressional Democrats sent a letter to regulators at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) urging that the agency “immediately enact strong position limits to eliminate excessive...
Filed Under: Discussions, Legislation And Rule-Making |
Tagged CFTC, Congress, Gasoline Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Speculators, Transportation, Wall Street |
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Creating An American Infrastructure Investment Strategy
Full Title: Creating An American Infrastructure Investment Strategy
Author(s): Henry M. Goldberg
Publisher(s): N/A
Publication Date: 3/2009
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Language: English
Length and Format: 5 pages, Word
Full Text: American Infrastructure Investment Strategy.Henry Goldberg
Description (excerpt):
The U.S. economy during the...
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Tagged Infrastructure, Oil Dependence |
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CRS: Limited Short-Term Options on Gas Prices
A recent Congressional Research Service report titled “Rising Gasoline Prices 2012” states that Congress has “limited short term options … to address gasoline prices.”
The report identifies six short-run policy options...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Alternative Fuel Commercialization, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Independence, Energy Policies, Energy Security, Natural Gas, oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Imports, Transportation |
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Developing U.S. “Tar Sands”
Eastern Utah may see tar sand production begin later this year. A private company, the Alberta-based U.S. Oil Sands, has invested $6 million since 2005 to test the oil sands...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Domestic Energy Production, Economy, Emissions, Energy Security, Environment, oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Sands, Tar Sands, Transportation, Utah |
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Energy Policy: Lots of Heat, No Light
Full Title: Energy Policy: Lots of Heat, No Light
Author(s): Irwin Stelzer
Publisher(s): The Hudson Institute
Publication Date: 4/2012
Language: English
Length: 14 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
Facts are the enemy of truth, warned...
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Tagged Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Drilling, Oil Reserves |
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Energy Security: Goals, Metrics, and Accountability
Full Title: Energy Security: Goals, Metrics, and Accountability
Author(s): Bipartisan Policy Center
Publisher(s): Bipartisan Policy Center
Publication Date: 4/2011
Language: English
Length: 13 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
Sparked by unrest in North Africa...
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Tagged Energy Prices, Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Pr |
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Fraud in Renewables Markets
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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How Can We Outlive Our Way of Life?
Full Title: How Can We Outlive Our Way of Life?
Author(s): T. Patzek
Publisher(s): Paper prepared for the 20th Round Table
Publication Date: 9/2007
Identifier(s): n/a
Language: English
Length: 49 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
In...
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Tagged Climate Change, Environmental Collapse, Oil Dependence, Patzek |
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Iran Threatening to Close Strait of Hormuz
The New York Times has reported that Iran has threatened to block all oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which serves as a transport corridor for approximately 1/5 of...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Energy Security, Iran, National Security, Nuclear, oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Imports, Transportation |
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Keystone XL Pipeline Rejected
Last Wednesday, the Obama administration officially denied approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. A rider included by the GOP in the payroll tax plan President Obama signed last month required...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Congress, Energy Security, Environment, John Boehner, Keystone XL Pipeline, National Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Imports, President Obama |
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Natural Gas and Hydrofracking
Hydrofracking for natural gas in shale formations has generated a heated national debate, complicating and in some cases preventing efforts to extract the resource. Critics of hydrofracking cite the process’...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Climate Change, CO2, Coal, David Manning, Energy Jobs, Environment, Fracking, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas, New York, Oil Dependence, Shale, Shale Gas, Trade Offs |
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Obama: No ‘Silver Bullet’ for Gas Prices
Addressing high gasoline prices at a February 23 speech in Miami, President Obama made a case for continued investment in fuel economy and alternative fuel sources like algal biofuels and...
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Tagged Algae, Algal biofuels, Alternative Fuel Commercialization, Biofuels, Fuel Efficiency, Gas Prices, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, President Obama, Transportation |
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Oil and Gas Bills Advance to House
Three House bills that would greatly expand U.S. oil and gas development – H.R. 3407, H.R. 3408, and H.R. 3410 – were approved by the Natural Resources Committee on February...
Filed Under: Discussions, Legislation And Rule-Making |
Tagged Alaska, ANWAR, John Boehner, Natural Gas, Offshore Drilling, Oil Dependence, Shale Oil, Transportation |
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Oil and Our Economy
A number of studies have shown that high oil prices have been a major factor in causing recessions in the United States. The cause of previous high oil prices has often...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Climate Change, Critical Policy Recommendations, Emissions, Energy Economics, Energy Security, Global Competitiveness, National Security, Oil Dependence, Oil Imports, Transportation |
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Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Full Title: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Author(s): L. Brown
Publisher(s): Earth Policy Institute
Publication Date: 10/2007
Identifier(s): ISBN 978-0-393-06589-3 (cloth) 978-0-393-33087-8 (pbk)
Language: English
Length: 212 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
When Elizabeth Kolbert...
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Tagged Brown, Climate Change, Earth Policy Institute, Environmental Energy & Policy, Global Competitiveness, global warming, Oil Dependence, Policy Principles |
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Remarks by the Honorable Ray Mabus Secretary of the Navy Naval Energy Forum
Full Title: Remarks by the Honorable Ray Mabus Secretary of the Navy Naval Energy Forum
Author(s): R. Mabus
Publisher(s): n/a
Publication Date: 10/2009
Identifier(s): n/a
Language: English
Length: 10 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
Energy reform...
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Tagged Energy Security, Mabus, Military, Oil Dependence |
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Securing Foreign Oil
Full Title: Securing Foreign Oil: A Case for Including Military Operations in the Climate Change Impact of Fuels
Author(s): A. Liska, R. Perrin
Publisher(s): Environment Magazine
Publication Date: 7/2010
Identifier(s): n/a
Language: English
Length: 14 pages, PDF
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Tagged EISA, Liska, Military, Oil Dependence, Perrin |
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The Next Generation of Hybrid Cars
Full Title: The Next Generation of Hybrid Cars: Plug-in Hybrids
Can Help Reduce Global Warming and Slash Oil Dependency
Author(s): NRDC
Publisher(s): Natural Resources Defense Council
Publication Date: 7/2007
Identifier: www.nrdc.org/policy
Language: English
Length: 4 pages, PDF,...
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Tagged Hybrid, NRDC, Oil Dependence, PHEV |
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U.S. Approaching Energy Self-Sufficiency?
According to data collected and reported by Bloomberg News, the “U.S. is the closest it has been in almost 20 years to achieving energy self-sufficiency”. In the first 10 months...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Climate Change, Coal, Economy, Emissions, Energy Security, Energy Self-Sufficiency, Ethanol, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, Oil Imports, Shale Gas, Shale Oil, Transportation |
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What’s Next? Choosing Wisely at the End of the Oil Age
The past century can rightly be called the Age of Oil. World oil consumption grew from about 20 million metric tons/year in 1900 to nearly 4000 million tons/year in 2005—a...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged Alternative Fuel Commercialization, Biofuels, Bruce Dale, Climate Change, Energy Security, Flex Fuel, oil, Oil Dependence, Sustainability, Transportation |
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What’s the future of the State Energy Program?
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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