All Articles Tagged As: energy

Report proposes strategies to ensure global energy security (8/1/2008)

A new policy report suggests strategies to deal with the current turmoil in the global energy markets, including the role of petrodollars in the U.S. credit bubble. ...> Full Article

Limits on futures trading could boost gas prices, expert says (7/29/2008)

Proposals to reign in wallet-draining gasoline prices by curbing speculation in oil markets would likely increase costs at the pump instead of trimming them ...> Full Article

Debunking the 'curse of oil' (7/9/2008)

Economists find no correlation between nations' resource endowments and the quality of their institutions ...> Full Article

Clean energy investments charge forward despite financial market turmoil (7/2/2008)

With end of cheap oil, renewables and energy efficiency attracts fast-growing interest; new investment surpasses $148 billion in 2007, a 60 percent rise from 2006 ...> Full Article

Rising fuel costs could lead to nuclear-powered ships (6/15/2008)

New bill represents an escalation of recent efforts to get the navy to use more nuclear fuel ...> Full Article

UK economy is hostage to oil, warns expert (6/10/2008)

The UK's economy cannot make a sustainable recovery until it breaks free of its dependence on oil ...> Full Article

Ethanol only part of story behind high corn prices (6/10/2008)

Those who blame ethanol for high corn prices need to dig deeper - oil well deep ...> Full Article

New Study Sheds Light on the Growing U.S. Wind Power Market (6/3/2008)

For the third consecutive year the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world ...> Full Article

Everything new under the sun (6/2/2008)

Group will chart the course for solar energy ...> Full Article

Earthquake may rattle China's hydropower plans, raising spectre of more coal-fired pollution, tighter energy markets (5/19/2008)

The massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province last week may have dealt a huge blow to China's plans for a vast network of hydro-electric power dams, and the aftershock could mean more reliance on coal, more pollution and more competition for scarce global energy resources ...> Full Article

Adding up business and energy (5/16/2008)

Can a profit-boosting approach save energy too? ...> Full Article

Gas prices, economy may shorten summer trips, experts say (5/15/2008)

Rising oil and gasoline prices will cause many travelers to take shorter trips during this year's summer vacation season ...> Full Article

Researchers examine reality of slashing vehicle fuel use (5/7/2008)

It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so would require immediate action on several challenging fronts ...> Full Article

Military action to influence oil-producing nations ineffective, expert says (3/27/2008)

There is another inconvenient truth about finite resources and human behavior on Planet Earth, an expert on international security and energy says. ...> Full Article

Study finds that maintenance, drivability of late-model vehicles not affected by 20 percent ethanol blend in fuel (3/9/2008)

The results of a 13-month study from the University of Minnesota show that E20 -- a blend of fuel containing 80 percent gasoline and 20 percent ethanol -- has no negative impact on the drivability and maintenance of late-model cars and trucks. ...> Full Article

Imports from Latin America may help US meet energy goals, study finds (3/6/2008)

Latin American nations could become important suppliers of ethanol for world markets in coming decades, according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory study released recently. ...> Full Article

Chavez' Threats Would Hurt Venezuela, Expert Says (2/17/2008)

Threats by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to cut off his country's oil exports to the United States would be a foolish move on his part and would do far more harm to his country than to America, says a Texas A&M University economics professor who has studied world energy and oil prices for 30 years. ...> Full Article

The need for fossil fuels will last for decades, according to BP's chief scientist (2/15/2008)

Asia will play large role in driving up global energy demands ...> Full Article

People willing to pay extra for renewable energy production (2/15/2008)

Three out of four residents in the auto industry-dominated state of Michigan would be willing to pay for ways to increase the role of renewable energy sources, a new University of Michigan survey says. ...> Full Article

Study finds economic impact of ethanol to support many new jobs (2/13/2008)

Economist projects, in a new report, that when the 15 ethanol plants currently under construction in Iowa are brought online within a year or so, there will be 1,865 jobs in the state's 42 ethanol operations. ...> Full Article