Economist Intelligence Unit

Trans-Alaska Pipeline

TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline could provide Canada with an outlet for Alberta’s oil sands that sidesteps political opposition obstructing competing projects heading south and west. But with the shift in oil demand growth from the Atlantic Basin to the Pacific, moving oil east may be a second-best solution. TransCanada’s Keystone XL and Enbridge’s Northern… Keep reading →


Though San Francisco came in at the top of the recent New Urban: Cities and The Emerging Energy Economy, sponsored by Siemens and written by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), it is clear that each of the top five cities has taken a unique approach to energy efficiency.


“Cities have various strengths and weaknesses,” Siemens’ Chief Sustainability Officer Alison Taylor told Breaking Energy. There are no winners and losers in the report, she said. Keep reading →