Energy Department Announces New Investments to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Cost-Competitive Solar Energy

Posted on August 30th, 2012 by Karla Hernandez

This week, the Energy Department announced new investments totaling $10 million, for university-led projects to increase efficiencies of solar systems and lower costs for concentrating[...]

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Tags: energy efficiency, gulf of mexico, mexico, oil, solar panels

From Water To Oil: The Role Of Algae

Posted on May 14th, 2012 by Ivy Cada

Riggs Eckelberry of Origin Oil discusses his company’s technology solution for producing fuels from algae. Ben Lack Give me a brief history about OriginOil. Riggs[...]

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Tags: algae, biofuels, oil, Origin Oil, Riggs Eckelberry

Dr. Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy & Chairman of National Oil & Gas Authority, Bahrain to attend Heavy Oil & Oil Sands Summit

Posted on May 8th, 2012 by Ivy Cada

3rd April 2012: Fleming Gulf will be organizing Heavy Oil & Oil Sands Summit on 26-27 September in Manama, Bahrain under the patronage of His[...]

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Tags: conferences, gas, oil

Fracking Toothpaste

Posted on April 16th, 2012 by Barry Stevens

Natural gas production, from hydrocarbon rich shale formations, known as “shale gas,” is one of the most rapidly expanding trends in onshore oil and[...]

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Tags: alternative energy, clean energy, coal, fossil fuels, fracking, fracking fluid, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, natural gas, oil, petroleum, renewables, shale gas, shale gas extraction, shale gas production

Something’s Fishy in Tripoli

Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by Ivy Cada

Way back in early 2011, members of the U.N. Security Council had no problem getting a resolution through that authorized military force in Libya ostensibly[...]

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Tags: Ghadafi, Libya, oil, OPEC, Tripoli, UN

What is Clean, Abundant, Affordable and the Best Alternative Energy Source We Have?

Posted on January 25th, 2012 by Barry Stevens

If you answered cold fusion, eeehhhhh! Your time’s run out! If you answered natural gas, have a cigar. Natural gas for the simple reason that[...]

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Tags: alternative energy, American Economy, Business News, clean energy, CNG, CNG conversions, coal, fossil fuels, job creation, natural gas, Obama, oil, oil exports, Oil Taxes, petroleum, shale gas, transportation, triple bottom line

Startling the Global Community, Canada Withdraws from the Kyoto Convention

Posted on December 16th, 2011 by John Daly

Canada has announced its intention to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions (GGE), sandbagging the other signatories to the convention. The Kyoto[...]

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Tags: Canada, carbon emissions, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto treaty, oil, tar sands

Oil Hypocrisy Exposed on Capitol Hill!

Posted on November 21st, 2011 by Barry Stevens

Almost every U.S. politician over the last 40 years pledged unwavering support to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and imported oil for reasons of[...]

U.S. Support for Renewables is Miniscule…and Erratic

Posted on November 7th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

It’s time to ponder a rational comparison of historical U.S. energy incentives. In a thoughtful analysis called “What Would Jefferson Do?” authors Nancy Pfund and[...]

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Tags: coal, energy innovation, energy policy, federal budget, free market, gas, nuclear, oil, renewables, Show, tax incentives

Apocalypse Redux? U.S. Natural Gas Find off Vietnam Could Raise Tensions with China

Posted on November 4th, 2011 by John Daly

First, the good news… U.S. oil company ExxonMobil is reporting a “potentially significant” gas discovery off the coast of Vietnam, stating in a press release,[...]

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Tags: China, energy resources, exclusive economic zone, ExxonMobil, gas, international law, oil, Vietnam

Why Medium & Heavy Duty Trucks Received New Fuel Standards

Posted on September 14th, 2011 by Joana Buzeta

Carol Lee Rawn, Senior Manager of the Transportation Program for Ceres, discusses the impact of the new fuel-efficiency standards that the Administration passed for heavy[...]

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Tags: carol lee rawn, Ceres, diesel, electric vehicle, energy efficiency, gas, hybrid, oil

Exxon Mobil and Shell Report Soaring Profits

Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Barry Stevens

Here we go again, petroleum retail have been surging throughout our nation. A painful case of déjà vu reminiscent of the early 70′! History dictates[...]

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Tags: exxon mobil, gasoline, oil, oil companies, oil prices, petroleum, price hikes, price rise, Shell, surging gas prices

Obama’s Weekly Address Calls For More Domestic Oil Production

Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Obama's weekly address calls for more domestic oil production, new study shows how gas prices will affect summer travel and New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce partners with SunPower to offer rebates on residential and commercial solar systems

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Tags: Alaska, chamber of commerce, fuel, gas, green, New Mexico, Obama, oil, solar panels, solar power, SunPower, TripAdvisor, weekly address

Duke Energy & ENN Group EcoPartnership Agreement Materializes

Posted on May 11th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Statoil announces a new discovery in the North Sea, an EcoPartnership is established between Duke Energy & the Chinese-based ENN Group, DOE awards a $90.6M conditional loan guarantee to increase Colorado's solar capacity.

Energy Is the Lifeblood of Any Economic Unit

Posted on April 28th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

Energy is the basic driver of all major economies. Nothing happens without an energy cost. That is virtually as basic as the laws of physics.[...]

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Tags: california, clean trucks program, cost, energy consumption, environment, gas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, oil, trucks, Walmart

A Year After the BP Oil Spill- a Slow Recovery, Continued Risk Management Challenges

Posted on April 27th, 2011 by Dave Meyer

A year ago last week, and for months afterward, we were bombarded with horrible images of potentially catastrophic proportions. The Gulf Coast was under siege[...]

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Energy Department Announces New Investments to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Cost-Competitive Solar Energy

From Water To Oil: The Role Of Algae

Dr. Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy & Chairman of National Oil & Gas Authority, Bahrain to attend Heavy Oil & Oil Sands Summit

Fracking Toothpaste

Something’s Fishy in Tripoli

What is Clean, Abundant, Affordable and the Best Alternative Energy Source We Have?

Startling the Global Community, Canada Withdraws from the Kyoto Convention

Oil Hypocrisy Exposed on Capitol Hill!

U.S. Support for Renewables is Miniscule…and Erratic

Apocalypse Redux? U.S. Natural Gas Find off Vietnam Could Raise Tensions with China

Why Medium & Heavy Duty Trucks Received New Fuel Standards

Exxon Mobil and Shell Report Soaring Profits

Obama’s Weekly Address Calls For More Domestic Oil Production

Duke Energy & ENN Group EcoPartnership Agreement Materializes

Energy Is the Lifeblood of Any Economic Unit

A Year After the BP Oil Spill- a Slow Recovery, Continued Risk Management Challenges

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