In a major victory for the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court has issued a series of landmark decisions on several EPA standards which will determine the future of the U.S. energy production sector. In June 2013, President Barack Obama outlined…
Category: Natural Gas
ExxonMobil Climate & Carbon Risk Reports
At the tail end of last month, on the same day that Part 2 of the UN IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report was released to the public, ExxonMobil also published a pair of climate and carbon risk reports undermining the fact…
Tagged with: discontent
China’s Clean Air Initiative?
Spencer Jones
Posted in China, Coal, Efficiency, Energy Production, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy, Transport
—
No Comments ↓
While much of the world anxiously watched events unfold in Ukraine, on March 5th, to mark the beginning of China’s National People’s Congress, the Prime Minister, Li Keqiang, declared the central government’s commitment to reduce levels of air pollution. He…
Hydraulic Fracturing and the Energy Future of Europe
Joshua Bartlett
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Coal, Energy Exports, Energy Production, European Union, Foreign Investment, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy
—
No Comments ↓
The issue of hydraulic fracturing is revealing deep divisions in the European Union. While many of the rich nations of Western Europe have all shunned the practice, the poorer countries of Eastern Europe are in favor of it. The debate…
Beyond Renewable Fuel Standards
Ramzey Zbeida
Posted in Alternative Fuels, China, Natural Gas, Renewable Fuels, Transport, United States
—
No Comments ↓
In the last post on this subject—RFS: Reconsidering Fuel Standards? —the possibility of new alternative fuels emerging that can compete with fossil fuels was briefly introduced. Due to the controversy surrounding renewable fuel standards, specifically whether they drive up food…
RFS: Reconsidering Fuel Standards?
Ramzey Zbeida
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Natural Gas, Renewable Fuels, Transport, United States
—
No Comments ↓
Source: Biofuels Digest The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a hotly contested issue in the U.S., and recent political wrangling may end up setting back progress that proponents of renewable fuels have made. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears…
World energy and climate implications from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta
Stephen Farshing
Posted in Argentina, Energy Production, Foreign Investment, Natural Gas
—
No Comments ↓
The time is ripe to tap Argentina’s vast, world-class shale resources as American, European, and Chinese oil exploration companies flock to the Vaca Muerta formation, found in the Neuquen Basin. Discovered in 2010 by the Spanish-Argentine joint venture, Repsol-YPF, the…
Recent Comments