Colo. May Limit Oil and Gas Emissions

Facing federal pressure over worsening air pollution, a state air quality commission on Sunday approved its first-ever statewide emissions controls on the booming oil and gas industry. guardian

100 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for Peak Oil

Sharon Astyk, as those familiar with her writing here at Energy Bulletin, or on Casaubon’s Book will know, is well advanced down the route of low energy living. As such, these suggestions go far beyond the usual stale sustainability tips for consumers, and into the kind of adaptations which can reduce our energy usage not […]

Liquid coal: A cheaper, cleaner 21st century fuel?

Now, nearly two centuries after Stephenson’s “Rocket” steam locomotive helped usher in the Industrial Revolution, that same coal could be the fuel that keeps the jet age aloft. But with a twist: The planes of the future could be flown with liquid fuel made from coal or natural gas. Already the United States Air Force […]

CONTRACT OF CENTURY LAYS FOUNDATION OF AZERBAIJAN

Annual oil production will exceed 30 million tons this year, beating the record in the country azertag

This Land is My Land

What, exactly, they’re waiting for is at the heart of a high-stakes tug of war that is ratcheting up tensions in advance of a 2007 referendum here-a constitutionally mandated vote that will determine whether or not Kirkuk becomes part of the Kurdish regional government to the north. The prize is a diverse land that is […]

Africans look to biofuels to cut OPEC price burden

Even before world oil prices rose again after OPEC members pledged a production cut last Thursday, poor countries were looking to the hardy Jatropha bush to counter the crippling impact of energy costs that some compare to the ravages of HIV/AIDS yahoo

New type of battery pushed for hybrid cars

Executives with Firefly Energy Inc., a battery developer in Peoria, Ill., came to Detroit on Friday pitching what they said was a smaller, safer and less expensive battery than those now used in hybrid electric vehicles. Firefly claims the battery is 70 percent lighter, recharges seven times faster and lasts two times longer than conventional […]

Tesco to run fleet on green fuel

Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, has announced plans to run three quarters of its delivery fleet on biodiesel from January next year. The retailer is the latest to look at ways of reducing the impact its business has on the UK environment. Tesco said it will run its 2,000 trucks and vans on a […]

Fog lifts, lets oil ships into some US Gulf ports

HOUSTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – A siege of fog that has halted shipping at several ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast broke on Saturday, allowing some ships carrying crude oil and refined products to move, ship pilots said. “We had approximately 10 inbound, and we sailed about 16 outbound,” a Houston ship pilots dispatcher said, […]

Iran offers to transfer its nuclear know-how

Tehran open to sharing knowledge of

Shell exec makes case for market decisions

Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister has led his company to 16 U.S. cities this year as part of a 50-city tour at a time of high oil-company profits and relatively high prices at the pump. The tour, which could take as long as two years, is a way for Shell to listen to Americans’ […]

Bay Localize & Green Roofs: An Interview with Ingrid Severson

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. You can listen to my interview with Ingrid on the Big Vision Podcast, or read a transcript here. Ingrid: Bay Localize is a non-profit project that started back in December of 2005. What we do […]

Saudi Government goes ahead with oil refinery at Jizan

Nicosia – The Saudi Government is proceeding with its plans to establish a greenfield oil refinery at the Jizan economic city, the foundation of which was recently laid by Saudi King Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz. The capacity of the planned refinery will be between 250,000 barrels a day (b/d) and 400,000 b/d and according […]

Let them wear hats

Last year at our house, we reduced our heating bill by some 20%. I made a joke at my networking meeting about how I was going to write the White House about my new energy policy and call it “Let Them Wear Hats”. I was wearing, at the time, my English grandmother’s faux fur hat, […]

Climate change melts Kilimanjaro’s snows

NARO MORU, Kenya – Rivers of ice at the Equator Climbing up, “you can hear the water running down beneath Diamond and Darwin,” mountain guide Paul Nditiru said, speaking of two of 10 surviving glaciers. Some 200 miles due south, the storied snows of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tropical glaciers first seen by disbelieving Europeans in […]

China looks to develop more domestic energy sources – official says

China will look to develop domestic sources of energy in the years ahead, with conservation at the heart of the energy agenda, said Ma Kai, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission. He said that China will strive for greater energy conservation, with the aim of lowering the country’s energy consumption per unit of […]

AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS ADVISED TO INCLUDE GENDER IN ENERGY POLICIES

Experts attending a regional workshop on gender and energy in Kampala suggested creating partnerships between government and civil society in working on mainstreaming gender in energy in order to address poverty reduction. The workshop that brought together key players in the energy sector from civil society and government in Africa noted that projects to improve […]

NZ: The politics of energy

If you find the government’s latest draft energy strategy far too difficult to get your head around, you’re in good company. It’s huge, complicated, plots a path to 2050 and tries to deal with climate change. So before jumping into the detail released this week, perhaps it helps to recap what’s at stake: New Zealand’s […]

India, China sign key MoU on oil & gas exploration

India and China today further cemented their friendship and strategic ties by inking a major pact envisaging joint exploration, production and acquisition of oil assets in third countries which could substantially reduce their energy costs. “It is a historic moment for India-China relations,” Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora said while disclosing that […]

Energy supplies: Abundant – and off-limits

How much energy are we talking about? The federal lands studied are “estimated to contain 187 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 21 billion barrels of oil, which represents 76 percent of onshore Federal oil and gas resources,” the Interior Department found. That 187 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is enough to supply […]

Bush to make USA oil independent country by 2030

The Bush administration should act decisively to break America huliq

Democrats lay out energy bills

Democratic lawmakers will introduce a slew of bills in the 2007 General Assembly to propel Colorado into becoming the “renewable energy capital of the world.” rockymountainnews

Westinghouse Wins $5.3 Billion China Nuclear Contract

China picked Toshiba Corp.’s Westinghouse Electric Co. for the biggest international nuclear reactor contract in history, trumping Areva SA for a project worth about $5.3 billion. bloomberg

6 largest automakers want federal judge to throw out US global warming suit

The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming. iht

California Energy Commission Awards $3 Million to UC Davis for Plug-In Hybrid El

The California Energy Commission has approved $3 million to University of California, Davis for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) research center. The funds will be allocated over three years and use the UCD Institute of Transportation Studies as its hub. greencarcongress

Slow Going for Alt Vehicles

In addition to predicting what fuel we’ll be using in 2030, the DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) new energy report also estimates the percentage of vehicles that will use alternative fuel or include electric motors. So around the time Jenna Bush or Chelsea Clinton might consider presidential runs, 72 percent vehicles will rely entirely on […]

China Meets Key Asian Energy Users

China joined four other major oil importing nations Saturday in calling for better energy security through coordination of strategic oil stocks and better protection of vital sea routes and other critical infrastructure. kiplingerforecasts

Renewable Energy in America, Part 1: A Changing Climate

Broadbased — from the grass roots up — calls have been building for the U.S. to focus efforts and resources on the development of renewable energy sources and infrastructure, following the latest steep and sustained run-up in petroleum and fossil fuel prices. ecommercetimes

Exiles From Main Street

Spaced out: The collective costs of suburban sprawl Suburbia’s failings have been obvious for half a century. Housing subdivisions have stranded kids and mothers in communities devoid of communal life. They have forced residents to spend more time in cars than in conversation. They have chewed up God’s green earth. And yet: Two out of […]

The Four Horsemen of the Energy Apocalypse

In its entire history, and especially over the last 30 years, no other industry has so polarized the public, nor suffered such a negative image, as the energy industry, particularly the oil sector. There are several reasons for the industry I have a simple credo, and a corollary. There is virtually no human need that […]

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