The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline has asked for its US permit application to be put on hold – a move that would leave the final decision on the controversial tar sands oil project to the next U.S. President. [The Guardian] Bidgely closed a $16.6 million Series B round on Tuesday to expand its HomeBeat… Keep reading →
Supreme Court hears “demand-response” arguments on FERC rule.
Congress is in recess this week for the Columbus Day holiday, but will return next week with full schedules in both chambers.
Gov. Jerry Brown has committed California to use renewable energy for half its electricity and make existing buildings twice as energy-efficient in just 15 years. [ABC] Donald Trump is taking a legal campaign against windfarms to the UK’s supreme court. [The Guardian] A Minnesota green energy entrepreneur has been jailed all because of a wind turbine… Keep reading →
There weren’t too many surprises from Jeb Bush when he outlined his energy strategy in Pennsylvania earlier this week. The former Florida Governor is recovering from a drop in the polls following a poor showing in the latest Republican debate and was hitting all the right notes for traditional conservatives with his standard GOP energy… Keep reading →
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Jeb Bush will lay out energy policy proposals on Tuesday that seek to spur job growth and take aim at President Barack Obama’s plan to limit carbon emissions from power plants. [Reuters] Benchmark U.S. crude rose 86 cents to $45.29 a barrel on the NYMEX this Tuesday. Brent Crude was up… Keep reading →
At some point during the past seven years the Keystone XL pipeline ceased to exist only as an important project of energy infrastructure – one that could generate jobs, economic growth and strengthen U.S. energy security – and became a symbol for a narrow ideological agenda, a political football the White House has endlessly punted… Keep reading →
Hilary Clinton has outlined her proposed create climate change agenda with Canada and Mexico centered around clean energy investment. [The Guardian] Scientists have estimated that breaking Arctic permafrost could contain 1,700 gigatons (which is equal to 1.7 trillion tons) of carbon, accelerating climate change. [The Washington Post] Oil prices fell back into the red on… Keep reading →
The impending end to the four-decade long Crude Oil Export Ban took on another layer of inevitability last week when the proposal passed through the House’s Energy and Commerce subcommittee on energy and power. These significant victories for supporters of lifting the ban bring the vote closer to the House floor where it will presumably… Keep reading →
