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Obama's New Proposed Regulations On Coal Energy Production Met With Ire Through Kentucky's Coal Country

After analyzing the EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ proposal for the Scientific American, David Biello aptly concludes that in order “to burn coal or even natural gas without exacerbating global warming requires CO2 capture and storage whether in India or Indiana. The EPA, because of the cost of such CCS technology, will not go that far.”… Keep reading →

Price Of Oil Rises As Iran Possibly Halts Exports To Some EU Countries

As militants spilling over from Syria advance toward Baghdad, oil traders are jittery and market observers are trying to evaluate the level of risk posed to Iraq’s main southern oil export facilities. Analyst Michael Lynch proposed potential oil price scenarios that range from relatively minor geopolitical risk premiums to more severe spikes that could see… Keep reading →

California Power Grid Strained By Heat Wave

As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to a strong and secure power grid, the Energy Department today announced more than $10 million for projects that will improve the reliability and resiliency of the U.S. electric grid and facilitate quick and effective response to grid conditions. This investment which includes six projects across five states-… Keep reading →

Stephane Rolland : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture S/S 2014

In a global carbon emissions context, the Keystone XL pipeline is a drop in the bucket. The greenhouse gas emissions generated from developing Canada’s oil sands – 6.8% of total 2010 Canadian GHG emissions – are one piece of a very large global climate puzzle. Tailpipe and power plant emissions are far greater sources of GHG’s. And… Keep reading →

IRAN-POLITICS-US-HOSTAGE-ANNIVERSARY

The Assembly of Experts may soon have a new leader, but hints of a name have yet to emerge.  Last week, Muhammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, who heads Iran’s Assembly of Experts, suffered a stroke and fell into a coma from which doctors do not expect him to recover. Rumors around Tehran even suggest that the… Keep reading →

Sunset Lines Up With Manhattan's Street Grid

The nimble startup company behind New York Energy Week is rapidly growing alongside the innovative event series it launched last year. New York Energy Week creators, Energy Solutions Forum, just completed a corporate rebranding, taking the new name EnerKnol (for energy knowledge) that better reflects their core mission and flagship offering. Breaking Energy recently interviewed… Keep reading →

Jersey Shore Communities Continue Recovery Efforts From Superstorm Sandy

On June 16th, I’m joining Con Edison Chairman and CEO John McAvoy, NY Public Service Commission Chair Audrey Zibelman, President and CEO of NYSERDA, John Rhodes, NY Green Bank President Alfred Griffin and Ken Daly, President of National Grid to discuss New York’s energy policies and challenges and opportunities facing electric utilities at New York… Keep reading →

Fracking In California Under Spotlight As Some Local Municipalities Issue Bans

The North Carolina Governor has signed the 2014 Energy Modernization Act, which lifts a 2012 ban on hydraulic fracturing in the state. On June 4, 2014, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed the Energy Modernization Act of 2014 (SB 786) into law, allowing oil and gas extraction using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling methods.  The… Keep reading →

Foreign Imported Cars Sit Idle At Port Storage Lot

The recent US energy production explosion, efficiency gains, climate strategy and related energy policies are converging to create an intricate and rapidly-evolving set of issues that business leaders, regulators, academic professionals and students will address in New York next week at the 37th International Association for Energy Economics International Conference. In advance of the meeting,… Keep reading →

Iraq Security Forces Conduct Operations in Lead-up to US Drawdown

The situation on the ground in Iraq is sketchy, with conflicting reports about the extent to which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has advanced and how much territory now controlled by the group. The Sunni Al Qaeda splinter group reportedly took control of the northern city of Mosul and overran the Turkish… Keep reading →

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