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Category Archives: Energy & Environment
May 24, 2013
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Will Love of Beer Give Germany a Green Hangover?
It’s a battle of the titans as fracking squares off against beer in Germany. The Reinheitsgebot, Germany’s beer purity law that’s been on the books for almost five hundred years, could kill the country’s hopes at extracting its shale resources. Der Spiegel reports … Continue reading
May 23, 2013
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Europe Wants “Backsies” on Green Energy Policies
Europe’s stratospheric energy prices and economic doldrums are forcing a basic rethink of energy policies. The FT reports: [There is] a growing fear in Europe that rising energy prices now pose a threat to the industrial competitiveness of a region mired in recession. It has … Continue reading
May 21, 2013
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Surprise! Another California Green Policy Flop
California’s “Hydrogen Highway” is a road to nowhere. About a decade ago, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for the state to invest more than $50 million in the program, which was to lead to the creation of 100 hydrogen fuel stations … Continue reading
May 20, 2013
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30,000 Metro-North Commuters Wish They Could Telework This Week
Two Amtrak trains collided this weekend after a derailment in western Connecticut, injuring 72 people and destroying almost half a mile of track. Now the focus is on commuters on the affected Metro North line—all 30,000 of them—who won’t be … Continue reading
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Another Wrinkle in the Climate Story
The climate story is turning out to be more complicated than green zealots have claimed. A new report published yesterday in the journal Natural Geoscience is challenging the scientific consensus on how fast the Earth is warming. In 2007, the … Continue reading
May 19, 2013
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US Shale Spreading Joy Across Pacific
The US shale boom, as Polemarchus might have said, is helping friends and harming enemies. Shale gas from America has become an important asset for Japan’s economic recovery; the country is an ally poor in natural resources and struggling with soaring fuel … Continue reading
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Frack Chic
Flame-resistant overalls are the latest reason to be optimistic about America’s future. The US shale boom is creating plenty of new jobs in the oil and gas industry, but it’s having a number of knock-on effects as well. Energy-intensive industries … Continue reading
May 17, 2013
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Obama Enrages Greens with New Fracking Rules
The Obama administration may be softening its stance on fracking. The Interior Department has just released long-awaited revisions to proposed rules governing fracking on federal land. The new rules are meant to replace a thirty-year-old set of regulations that are now … Continue reading
May 16, 2013
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Round and Round the Ethanol Goes
If you want to understand why people are so down on the American biofuel industry, look no further than the ethanol trade relationship between Brazil and the United States. Last year, the US imported 9.6 million barrels of ethanol from … Continue reading
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China’s Water Problem Is Already Here
China’s unprecedented growth has brought millions out of poverty and made the country a geopolitical heavyweight, but its environment is footing the bill for this growth. Beijing’s citizens are choking on the city’s toxic smog, and the country spends an … Continue reading
May 15, 2013
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It’s Raining Salt! Hallelujah!
Good news for fans of salt: a new study has found that there are no health benefits to cutting down on salt. Though national dietary guidelines have set recommended salt levels for many Americans at just half a teaspoon a … Continue reading
May 14, 2013
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Texas: A Global Green Paragon
Yes, you’re reading that graph right. Texas—oil hungry, SUV-driving, fracking-friendly Texas—reduced its carbon emissions more than the usual green suspects of California, Germany, and Europe. The Energy Information Administration released a report yesterday full of emissions data for the fifty … Continue reading
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Americans Are Ditching Driving
After sixty years of growth, it looks like the American appetite for driving may finally be sated. A new report from US PIRG shows Americans are driving fewer miles for the first time in history, largely thanks to the changing … Continue reading
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IEA Predicts More Trouble for OPEC
It’s only Tuesday, yet it’s already shaping into a rough week for OPEC. Yesterday we heard that the American shale boom was hurting the petrochemicals industries of OPEC’s Middle Eastern members. Today a new International Energy Agency report suggests that the US … Continue reading
May 13, 2013
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Shale: The Gift That Keeps on Giving…to America
The US shale boom has been great for the energy industry, obviously, but it has also produced ripple effects throughout other sectors of the economy. In particular, the boom has been a boon for the many chemical companies that rely … Continue reading
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