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The world expects Barack Obama to do more for the climate and the environment than George W. Bush. But can the next president of the United States deliver climate friendly energy and environment policies in the depths of a recession? Will Barack Obama kick America His election manifesto created great expectations, but disappointments seem inevitable. […]

Google CEO Schmidt lays out U.S. energy ideas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States should use part of any future economic stimulus package to connect wind turbines and solar energy to the nation’s electricity grid, said Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, an advisor to President-elect Barack Obama. In a wide-ranging speech, Schmidt, who has been mentioned as a candidate to become Obama’s […]

Concerns emerge about environmental effects of wave-energy technology

Tapping the power of waves and tidal currents to generate electricity is promoted as one of many promising alternatives to the fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. But no one knows exactly how the technologies will behave in the water, whether animals will get hurt, or if costs will pencil out. The permitting process […]

Canada wants North America cap-and-trade system

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Conservative government, shifting positions in the wake of Barack Obama’s election as U.S. president, said on Wednesday that it would work to develop a North America-wide cap-and-trade system to limit emissions of greenhouse gases. The Conservatives, who walked away from the Kyoto protocol on climate change after taking power in 2006, […]

A sea of unwanted auto imports

LONG BEACH, California: Gleaming new Mercedes cars roll one by one out of a huge container ship here and onto a pier. Ordinarily the cars would be loaded on trucks within hours, destined for dealerships around the United States. But these are not ordinary times. For now, the port itself is the destination. Unwelcome by […]

Crown Estate plans tidal power future in Scotland

Developers have a month to apply for licenses to install marine power stations in the area around Pentland Firth The Crown Estate has invited proposals from developers to install the UK’s first commercial marine power sites in the area around Pentland Firth in north Scotland. This first round of development is intended to generate 700MW […]

U.S. intel office adds warming to warnings

Report looking out to 2030 cites danger of water, food shortages A U.S. intelligence report coming out Thursday The overall theme of the report is that the United States will have less influence across the globe at a time of growing climate, water and energy stresses, Thomas Fingar, chairman of the NIC and deputy director […]

Use flower power to save Europe’s bees: EU lawmaker

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Honey bees, whose numbers are falling, must be given flowery “recovery zones” in Europe’s farmlands to aid their survival, a leading EU lawmaker said Wednesday. Bees pollinate numerous crops and scientists have expressed alarm over their mysterious and rapid decline. Experts have warned that a drop in the bee population could […]

Oil could fall to $40/bbl in 2009: Deutsche Bank

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices could fall to as low as $40 a barrel next year as more efficient refining capacity comes online and production costs for some regions fall, Deutsche Bank said in a Wednesday research note. “The most underappreciated issue is the combination of poor demand with major new refining capacity additions […]

U.S. Fuel Use in First 10 Months Fell Most Since 1981, API Says

(Bloomberg) — U.S. fuel demand fell 5.2 percent in the first 10 months of this year, the biggest drop since 1981, the American Petroleum Institute said. Deliveries of petroleum products, a measure of consumption, averaged 19.6 million barrels a day in the period, down from 20.7 million barrels a day a year earlier, according to […]

$500 Oil Coming Part 1

Matt Simmons spent his career in the oil business. He was such an oil insider he helped the Bush campaign Since the book Simmons has moved to the forefront of the

Leadership panel backs Waxman for energy chairman

WASHINGTON (AP) But Waxman and Dingell, D-Mich., will still square off on Thursday when rank-and-file Democrats vote. Dingell’s allies believe he’ll do better among the broader Democratic caucus. “That Steering and Policy Committee doesn’t reflect the makeup of the caucus,” said Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., a leader of an effort to keep Dingell in place. […]

Fort Hills oilsands partners set to squeeze costs: mine delayed

So far, the partners have spent $1.7 billion on Fort Hills. They previously aimed to make an investment decision by the end of this year, but now expect to do so for the mine in 2009. Camarta said the reasons for the delay should be obvious. “The current costs on Fort Hills were pegged this […]

Ethanol’s troubles have sapped the dreams of an Indiana town

Reporting from San Pierre, Ind. — The air smells clean and sweet off the sprawling corn and spearmint fields, but for this unincorporated town of 156, it is the smell of failure: the failure to reap the rewards of the ethanol boom. Construction crews were scheduled to start digging up the sandy soil next spring […]

Melting ice now main driver of rising sea levels

PARIS (AFP) Earlier research had shown that sea levels crept up and average of 3.1 millimetres (0.12 inches) per year from 1993 to 2003. The new study, drawing on data from two new observational systems, shows that thermal expansion — which is cyclical over periods measured in decades — essentially stopped after 2003. But sea […]

New Zealand: Stadium ‘useless’ if sea level rises

Climate change, sea level rise and peak oil began the stadium plan change hearing in Dunedin yesterday, and a multinational oil company brought it to a close. Waitati resident Scott Willis was first to give his evidence to the commissioners and said building a stadium could divert 20 years of staff resources and 20 years […]

Major U.S. Companies Call for Congress to Act on Climate Change, Clean Energy

Five leading U.S. corporations joined with Ceres today to announce the launch of a new business coalition calling for strong U.S. climate and energy legislation in early 2009 to spur the clean energy economy and reduce global warming pollution. The group’s key principles include stimulating renewable energy, promoting energy efficiency and green jobs, requiring 100 […]

Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy

FOR a company whose business is rocket science Lockheed Martin has been paying unusual attention to plumbing of late. The aerospace giant has kept its engineers occupied for the past 12 months poring over designs for what amounts to a very long fibreglass pipe. It is, of course, no ordinary pipe but an integral part […]

Remarks by the Director of National Intelligence: Mike McConnell

At: 2008 MILCOM Conference & Symposium, San Diego, California, November 17, 2008 Remarks Relevant to the Energy Resource Situation (pg 6): …Production of oil in most of the countries that produce oil is currently on the decline. We will see a shift away from oil. But most likely, what we will see a shift to […]

IEA WEO 2008 – Objectivity of the International Energy Agency

Who is the International Energy Agency? According to its website: “The International Energy Agency (IEA) acts as energy policy advisor to 28 member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for their citizens. Founded during the oil crisis of 1973-74, the IEA With a staff of around 190, mainly energy experts […]

Moore

Today …New promises of rapid shifts in energy sources and new anticipations of early massive gains from the deployment of new conversion techniques create expectations that will not be met and distract us from pursuing real solutions. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of these unrealistic calls, such as the popular claim that America should seek […]

Consumer prices in record decline

Inflation falls by a record 1% in October, worrying economists that falling prices will become a disturbing trend. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Consumer prices fell by a record amount in October, in another worrisome sign about the contracting economy, the government reported Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index, a key inflation reading, fell 1% last month, […]

Advocating for Urbanism

There is a certain vogue gathering around urban issues. No — not inner-city poverty, crime, or joblessness — but, rather, those issues that might broadly be described as ones of “human geography.” Where do people live, where do they work, and how should they travel between the two? How can resources, ranging from good schools […]

Medvedev Warns Crisis Is Spreading

MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev warned that the crisis gripping Russia’s banks and capital markets has spread to the real economy and pledged to use the Kremlin’s still-massive oil wealth to provide more state aid for stricken industries. His comments, his frankest on the subject yet, came as the World Bank cut its growth forecast […]

The perils of cheap oil

…On Sunday, “60 Minutes’” Steve Kroft asked President-elect Barack Obama if the astonishing drop in gas and oil prices made dealing with energy issues “less important.” Obama responded forcefully: “It makes it more important.” He observed that there is a cycle of “shock and trance” in American attitudes toward energy. When gas prices go up, […]

U.S. carmakers key for North American economy: CAW

DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. automakers are “incredibly important” to the North American economy and a failure of even the smallest Detroit automaker would result in the loss of as many as 70,000 jobs in Canada alone, Canadian Auto Workers union Ken Lewenza said on Tuesday. Lewenza, in a telephone interview, said he hopes the U.S. […]

China to impose fuel tax ”very soon”: paper

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will impose a long-awaited fuel tax “very soon,” the head of National Development and Reform Commission’s (NDRC) Energy Research Institute said in comments reported on Tuesday by the China Daily. “The announcement will come very soon, and actually specific plans have already been suggested to the government long ago,” Han Wenke, […]

Crude Oil Is Steady Amid Forecasts of Increased U.S. Supplies

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil was little changed in New York amid forecasts that a report will show U.S. oil supplies increased for an eighth week as a recession erodes global demand. Stockpiles probably climbed 1 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 14, according to the median of 12 analyst estimates before an […]

Sumitomo Rubber plans tires free of oil

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd, Japan’s second-biggest tire maker, plans to start selling in Japan tires that include no petrochemical materials by 2013, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. The company has set a medium-term strategy to fight climate change by introducing a tire which uses as little raw material made from oil […]

Rainforest nations want coordinated carbon effort

MILAN (Reuters) – Rainforest nations will lobby the United Nations to set up a single body to coordinate the use of carbon credit trading to stop deforestation at a conference next month in Poland, an official from the countries said on Tuesday. “A new body should be built to coordinate initiatives (on cutting emissions from […]

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