Petroleum

'Drop-In' Biofuels: The Best of All Possible Worlds?

Colleen Becker | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Fuel Industry, Louisiana, Biofuels, Royal Dutch Shell, Alternative Energy, Synthetic Genomics, Exxonmobil, Environment, Petroleum, Ethanol, Drop-in Biofuels, Job Creation, ThyssenKrupp Uhde, Sundrop Fuels, Governor Bobby Jindal, Green News
Colleen Becker

Given the potential of drop-in biofuels, the U.S. and EU have every reason to raise renewable fuel thresholds higher. Advantages include energy security, reduced dependence on foreign oil, fewer carbon dioxide emissions and domestic job creation.

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Four Lies About America's Energy "Crisis"

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Energy, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Gasoline, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Natural Gas, Petroleum, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Republicans, Gas, Oil Prices, Oil, Energy Crisis, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Since 1990 oil and gas companies have contributed $238.7 million to candidates and parties and 75 percent has gone to Republicans -- a higher percentage this year. It's not "drill, baby, drill," it's "money, baby, money."

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This Is What Occupy Nigeria Looks Like

Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Arab Spring, Civil Disobedience, Online, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Nigeria, World Activism, Art and Activism, Twitter Protest, Petroleum, Occupy Movement, Arts News

On January 1, the Nigerian government eliminated the subsidies used to keep petrol prices at reasonable rates. The Associated Press reported prices to...

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Nigeria's Chance for Reform

Alexandra Gillies | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Nigeria Oil, Nigeria, Nigeria Government, Reform, Petroleum, Umaru Yar'adua, Nnpc, Goodluck Jonathan, World News
Alexandra Gillies

It is not too late for Nigeria's government to make the end of its fuel subsidy the beginning of reform. Citizens will bear the cost of the higher fuel prices.

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Lucia Graves

Dramatic Carbon Emission Reduction Goals Targeted By Koch Brothers Achievable, Study Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Video, Energy Grid, California, Koch Brothers, Carbon Emissions, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California Prop 23, Greenhouse Gases, Electric Cars, Climate Change, Petroleum, Global Warming, Clean Economy, Green News

WASHINGTON -- California's ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals may be eminently achievable using available technologies, a new study finds, altho...

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China and the Gulf: A Growing Strategic Relationship

Barry Lando | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Gulf, Abu Dhabi, Petroleum, China, War in Iraq, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Barry Lando

Just as American troops and bases have spread along the Gulf, so have China's businessmen, eager to exploit the vital resources that the U.S. military is thoughtfully protecting.

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Saudi Arabia's Biggest Challenge Doesn't Come from Abroad

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Oil, Atomic Energy, Petroleum, Middle East, Saudi King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

When it comes to Saudi Arabia, it seems that this oil-rich kingdom is defying any sense of trepidation, as more ambitious projects and construction contracts are announced.

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Environmental Legacy Of 9/11

Rabbi Edward Bernstein | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Environment, Petroleum, Agriculture, 9/11 Anniversary, Decade After 9/11 - Viewpoints, Decade After 9/11 - Religion, September 11 Anniversary, 9/11 Environmental Impact, Energy Independence, Religion News
Rabbi Edward Bernstein

At first I thought 9/11 would spur our leaders to lead us toward energy independence. Maybe instead it will lead us toward a renewed sense of interdependence among people and between people and land.

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About 60 Percent Of Gulf Oil Still Shut After Lee

AP | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Natural Disasters, Gulf of Mexico Oil Production, Oil, Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Tropical Storm Lee, Gulf of Mexico Petroleum, Green News

NEW ORLEANS -- Federal regulators say about 60 percent of the normal daily oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is still turned off following the pass...

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Good News For The Gas Industry?

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Energy, Video, Marcellus Shale, Shale Gas, Shale Drilling, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Petroleum, Green News

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday that the Marcellus Shale region contains some 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recov...

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Federal Judge Throws Out Obama Drilling Rules

AP | By MEAD GRUVER | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Drilling Rules, Gas, Oil Drilling, Gas Drilling, Oil, Obama Administration, Obama, Petroleum, Obama Drilling Rules, Obama Drilling, Green News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A judge on Friday threw out Obama administration rules that sought to slow down expedited environmental review of oil and gas drilli...

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The Keystone XL Pipeline: A Tar Sands Folly?

Bill Chameides | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Pipeline Leaks, Bp, u.s. Department of State, Oil Sands, Climate, Transcanada, Texas, Canada, Petroleum, Keystone XL, Pollution, Policy, Wall Street Journal, Pipeline, Yellowstone River Oil Spill, Enbridge Pipeline, Tar Sands, Politics, Kalamazoo River Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Industry, Pipeline Spills, Marathon Pipeline, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ogallala Aquifer, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
Bill Chameides

The U.S. State Department is in the rare position of having to decide on an environmental issue. Hillary Clinton is in the tar sands hot seat. Is she asking the right questions?

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U.S. Imports Hit Second-Highest Level On Record

Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Newly-Industrialized-Economies, Gdp, Imports, Trade, High Energy Prices, Opec, Exports, Manufacturing, European Union, Petroleum, China, Barack Obama, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON (Doug Palmer) - The U.S. trade gap widened much more than expected in May as a jump in oil prices helped push imports to the second hig...

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Mexican Oil Company Sues Denver Oil Company

AP | By MARK STEVENSON | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Pemex, Oil Industry, Denver News, Big Oil, Mexican Oil Gangs, Oil, Oil Prices, Petroleum, Mexican Oil Company Sues, Oil Companies, Denver News

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's state-owned oil company announced Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against nine U.S. companies and two individuals for alleged...

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Oil Traders Sued For Manipulating Market During 2008 Crisis

AP | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Futures Markets in Oil, High Oil Prices, West Texas Intermediate, Arcadia Group, Oil, Petroleum, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Lawsuit, Business News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. commodity regulators are suing three companies and two individuals claiming they manipulated crude oil futures prices on the New Yo...

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Saudi Arabia Faces The End Of 'Easy Oil'

Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Aramco, Middle East, High Oil Prices, Riyadh, Oil, Oil Prices, Saudia Arabia, Petroleum, Qatar, Oil Companies, Uae, Business News

WAFRA, Kuwait -- The Arabian Peninsula has fueled the global economy with oil for five decades. How long it can continue to do so hinges on projects l...

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Sam Stein

Last Minute Oil Lobby Contributions To House Members Yield Results

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Energy, Gas Prices, High Oil Prices, Anwr, Offshore Drilling Bill, Oil and Gas Contributions, Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Energy Policy, Offshore Drilling, Iraq Oil, House Offshore Drilling, Politics News, Energy Efficiency, Oil Industry, Political Contributions, Campaign Contributions, Oil, US Drilling Bill, Oil Prices, Green News, Oil Republicans, US Oil Drilling, Oil Drilling Bill, Gulf of Mexico, Congress Oil Drilling, US Energy Policy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In the month leading up to an early May vote over whether to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and open the coastal waters of V...

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Michael McAuliff

More U.S. Oil Drilling Won't Lower Gas Prices, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Iraq Oil, Energy Efficiency, High Oil Prices, Anwr, Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Republicans, Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, Congress Oil Drilling, Energy Policy, Offshore Drilling, US Energy Policy, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans used the politically potent argument about the cost of gas Thursday to pass a bill expanding offshore oil and gas exploratio...

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Global Warming and the Middle East

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Gas, CNG Ford Mustange, Gasoline Prices, Petroleum, Toyota CNG Hybrid, Auto Industry, Global Warming, Green News
Gary Liberson, PhD

Whether the issue is security, sustainability or global warming, there is a single truth: We must stop our dependence on foreign oil. Every President...

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Egypt's Warning: Are You Listening?

Chris Martenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Bonds, Egypt, Oil Imports, Tunisia, Martenson Report, Oil Exports, Food, Water Shortage, Peak Oil, Food Imports, Petroleum, Business News
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.

One day, a fruit and vegetable seller was arrested in Tunisia, sparking social unrest, and a few weeks later the government of Egypt was set to topple...

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Houston Energy Trader May Be 'A One-Woman Enron'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Enron, Petroleum, Stephanie Rae Roqumore, Royal Dutch Shell, Occidental, Houston Energy Trade, Houston Energy Trade Scam, Hess Corp, Business News

HOUSTON (By Anna Driver and Eileen O'Grady) - By the standards of recent financial scandals, Stephanie Rae Roqumore's alleged $6.8 million natural ...

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Peak Oil Finally Piquing Analysts?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, World Energy OUtlook, Economy, Renewable Energy, Petroleum, Oil Reserves, Carbon, Oil Resources, Energy Industry, Oil Industry, Fossil Fuels, Peak Oil, Climate Change, Oil, Global Warming, International Energy Agency, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with www.TheGreenGrok.com.According to a new report: We need to put a carbon price on oil to keep the price of oil down.You know how the c...

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Who Is Funding the Funders?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rick Lazio, Ground Zero Mosque, Jonathan-a-Schein, Cordoba House, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Scheinmedia, Petroleum, metrogreenbusiness.com, Carl Paladino, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

All this talk about how the Cordoba project will be funded begs a bigger question: shouldn't we be trying to find an energy alternative to oil so that we don't have to continue to send our dollars to hostile nations and entities?

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New Energy Report: There's a Bright Spot

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fuel, Energy, Annual Energy Review, Biofuels, Fossil Fuels, Economy, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Renewables, Petroleum, Corn Ethanol, Coal, Natural Gas, Green News
Bill Chameides

The U.S. Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Review 2009 was released in August, and there are two aspects of the report that will seem like qualified environmental victories.

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PHOTOS: Commit To A Weekend Without Oil With These Top Petroleum-Free Products

Zem Joaquin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp Oil Spill Cleanup, Gasoline, Eco-Friendly Products, Zem Joaquin, Slidepollajax, Oil, Petroleum-Free Products, Weekend Without Oil, Petroleum, BP Oil Spill, Ecofabulous, Green Living, Green Energy, Green News
Zem Joaquin

Most of us understand the correlation between oil and cars - transportation accounts for 40 percent of our petroleum consumption. What many of us are ...

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