Parties tout their triumphs

Majority Democrats and the outnumbered Republicans left the Capitol at the end of their 59-day session claiming that the Legislaturetheolympian

Catching the wind

Yet this, the only road-licensed hydrogen fuel cell car on Britainfuelcellsworks

Why should Canadians meet the energy appetite of 300 million Americans?

Lurking just beyond public perception is the 800-pound gorilla of peak oil issues … who gets to import how much after worldwide depletion sets in?.. Last month, the gorilla began to stir in the form of a report prepared by the folks up at the University of Alberta in Canada. It seems 68% of the […]

Bigger Estimate of Alaska Oil Leak Adds Fuel to Debate

SEATTLE A second leak was detected Friday in a separate transmission pipeline in the North Slope complex about 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The extent or cause of that spill was unknown, but it was not expected to be nearly as large, officials said. The main spill was discovered March 2 and plugged […]

A Cool Ride That Saves Gas

Some government researchers have come up with a new idea for improving fuel economy The seats tested have two built-in fans that suck warm air and moisture through their perforated leather and send it away from the driver or passenger. Ventilated seats make drivers feel cooler, so they could save fuel by turning their air-conditioners […]

NIGERIA : Army confirms clash but disputes militant death toll claim

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the clash between soldiers and militants in the oil- producing Niger Delta region Wednesday, but denied the militants claim that they killed 13 soldiers in the battle. Army spokesman, Col. Mohammed Yusuf, said in Abuja however that some soldiers were wounded in the attack.. “There was a militant attack around […]

Turkmenistan: Ukraine Paying Debt

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) – Ukraine has begun to pay off its debt to Turkmenistan for past natural gas supplies after weeks of denying that it owed anything and accusing the Central Asian nation of failed deliveries, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said Sunday. The ministry said in a statement that Ukraine had paid US$60 million (euro50 […]

New oil and gas well gives promising signals

The Hoang Long Joint Operating Company (JOC) concluded the testing of the third seam of its second well in the Te Giac Trang (White Rhino) area on March 10, saying the site is calculated to give more than 3,000 barrels of oil a day. The well, drilled in the White Rhino’s area offshore southeast Vietnam, […]

Road maintenance costs soar

NEW ZEALAND – Hawke’s Bay ratepayers will almost certainly end up shouldering the cost of rising road-maintenance costs resulting from fuel-price increases. Central Hawke’s Bay District Council faces a $400,000 budget blowout after road increases in oil and fuel prices sent road-maintenance costs soaring by nearly 20 percent. Contractors Opus International’s January 2006 monthly report […]

On the right track

Business is hopping now for FreightCar America, and its officials are pleased with the Roanoke shop. Five shiny new aluminum coal cars rolled, whisper-quiet, into the sunlight outside FreightCar America’s manufacturing plant in Roanoke on a recent Thursday. FreightCar’s presence in Roanoke has been as quiet as its new cars since the first ones eased […]

Doomsayers and doomslayers

On the 25th anniversary of Julian Simon’s famous bet on the future of the planet, a look at the ways in which we see our tomorrow. IN August last year, Matthew Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, laid a bet with John Tierney. Simmons predicted that oil prices will soar into the triple digits, […]

Npower raises fuel prices for second time this year

The energy company npower has announced its second gas and electricity price increase in just 10 weeks. From the end of this month its six million customers will pay 15% more for their gas and 13.4% more for electricity, adding about Customers of npower, part of the German power company RWE, were just getting used […]

Lowering electricity demand

BANGLADESH – The gap between demand and supply of electricity nationwide has grown to unmanageable proportions. Every article that I have read on this topic has criticized the inadequate supplies of electricity in Dhaka, as well as the rest of the country. No published article discusses the demand-side factors (i.e., ways to conserve energy). Modifying […]

President hails latest reduction in LPG prices

President Arroyo yesterday hailed the latest reduction in the prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) due to the downtrend in global costs, hoping it would give a break to Filipinos reeling from high consumer prices. The President said she also expects the LPG price rollback, the second this March, to expand the purchasing power of […]

Pollution soaring to crisis levels in Arctic

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that indicates Earth’s most vulnerable regions – the North and South Poles – are poised on the brink of a climatic disaster. The scientists, at an atmospheric monitoring station in the Norwegian territory of Svalbard, have found that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere near the North Pole are […]

Death of the world’s rivers

The world’s great rivers are drying up at an alarming rate, with devastating consequences for humanity, animals and the future of the planet. The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that more than half the world’s 500 mightiest rivers have been seriously depleted. Some have been reduced to a trickle in what the United Nations […]

Follow me, I’m leader of the green party

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, has told his party to forgo its traditional blue around the home and office and embrace an ethical green lifestyle instead. He has even arranged for the party to offset its own hot air by planting a forest. The Sunday Times

Rising Oil, Won Corner Exporters

Rising oil and raw material prices are posing a serious threat to Korean exporters who are also suffering from a stronger won against the dollar, a private-owned economic think tank warned. Hyundai Research Institute (HRI) Sunday warned of a possibility that further aggravation of external economic conditions, such as high international crude prices and the […]

Special Report: Make or break for Shell in Russia

SAMER SLIM grew up in the heat of Lebanon, but he has made a quick adjustment to the bone-chilling temperatures of Siberia. If it gets above -10C, he works in a T-shirt. Slim is in the frontline of Shelltimesonline

US-India nuclear deal to spur $100 billion in energy ventures

A landmark US deal extending civilian nuclear technology to India could open up 100 billion dollars in energy business ventures for Americans, a top US business group said Friday. Civilian nuclear cooperation with India will strengthen its political and economic stability, further US non-proliferation goals and US energy security, and help combat the growing danger […]

WAVE-POWER MACHINE TO GET PERFORMANCE UPGRADE

A Revolutionary marine-energy machine is to get an upgrade to enhance its potential to generate electricity on a commercial scale. The Pelamis wave-energy converter has clocked up more than 1,000 hours of operation during sea trials and while under test at the European Marine Energy Centre (Emec), in Orkney. The test results for the prototype […]

Taking a risk on an alternative proposition

Buxton’s Merrill Lynch trust is looking to the alternative energy sector as an increasingly attractive bet against a background of spiralling prices. With the volatile oil price remaining stubbornly high, the alternative energy market is becoming increasingly attractive, according to Poppy Buxton, co-manager of the Merrill Lynch New Energy Technology investment trust. When we looked […]

Time running out for vital consensus on energy issues

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Democrats: When the War Was Lost

Here we are, in early 2006 and the headlines are briefly given over to the disclosure that the oil companies have been underpaying their royalties from drilling on US public lands by $7 billion. One of the firms, Kerr McGee, is saying defiantly it doesn’t owe the U.S. Treasury a penny and is suing in […]

World fails to gush

THE Kingdom of Kuwait last Monday announced the largest oil and gas discovery in more than 30 years thebusinessonline

Lawsuit aims to stall development in Alaskan reserve

Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Interior Department to block expanded oil and gas exploration in an ecologically sensitive area of Alaska’s North Slope. The 18-page lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Juneau focuses on the government’s decision in January to allow drillers to lease previously closed land in the northeastern corner of […]

Governor revs up renewable-energy goals

Gov. Ted Kulongoski said Friday that he wants state agencies to rely on renewable-energy sources for all their electrical needs by 2010, when he hopes to complete a second term. The current goals for agencies are 25 percent of total electrical consumption from renewable sources by 2010, and 100 percent by 2025. statesmanjournal

Ballard now has specific targets instead of lofty goals

When Ballard Power Systems chief executtive John Sheridan talks about where he wants to take the fuel-cell developer (TSX:BLD) over the coming years, he sounds a lot like his predecessors with promises of clean, environmentally friendly energy. But the former president of Bell Canada says there is an important difference this time in that he’s […]

What if Daniel Yergin is Wrong?

The obvious question then is this: What if Daniel Yergin is wrong? What if the very low probability he assigns to a nearby peak doesn’t stay neatly tucked beneath the tail of the bell curve of probabilities? What if peak oil–however disrespectful and unmannerly it may be–is about to arrive (or has already snuck in […]

Governor Wants Renewable Energy for State Agencies by 2010

Gov. Ted Kulongoski wants state government to run entirely on renewable electricity by 2010. Kulongoski told the Oregon Sustainability Board on Friday that he wants state agencies to rely on energy sources such as wind and sun power within four years, when he hopes to complete a second term in office.OregonLive.com

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