Are Speculators Behind Oil Price Surge?
This spring's run-up in oil prices is hard to explain on the basis of market fundamentals. It seems to be the result of speculation in the commodity markets.
Source: Wash Post, 07/14/2009
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"GM's Long, Hard, Bumpy Road to the Chevrolet Volt"
After many false starts, GM may be getting into position to produce a viable electric car.
Source: ClimateWire, 07/13/2009
"Alaska Natural Gas Gets New Market Competition"
"If there weren't already enough barriers to building a gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope, the Lower 48 recently entered its biggest-ever natural gas boom."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 07/13/2009
Enviros Critique 'Solar Energy Zones'
Environmental groups say the Interior Department's effort to site solar-power projects on public lands should not harm wildlife and should be accompanies by similar efforts for other kinds of alternative energy.
Source: Greenwire, 07/10/2009
"Funding Rules to Aid Renewables Unveiled"
"The Treasury and the Energy Department today unveiled long-awaited new rules under which the government will pay up to 30 percent of the cost of renewable energy projects."
Source: NYTimes, 07/10/2009
"'Cash for Clunkers' Wins Over U.S. Drivers, Dealers"
Consumers are attracted to the "cash-for-clunkers" program that gives them several thousand dollars to trade in old gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient cars.
Source: Reuters, 07/10/2009
"A Muscle Car to the Rescue for General Motors"
GM will emerge from bankruptcy, after a 50-billion taxpayer bailout, with the 22 mpg Camaro muscle car as its star performer.
Source: NYTimes, 07/10/2009
"Oil Prices Weaken as Recovery Hopes Falter"
"Oil prices briefly fell under $60 a barrel on Thursday after nearly two weeks of uninterrupted declines, as traders and investors acknowledged that a global economic recovery would take longer than hoped."
Source: NYTimes, 07/10/2009
Senate Climate Deadline Slips
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has bumped back the deadline until Sept. 28 for the six committees working on a comprehensive climate change and energy bill."
Source: ClimateWire, 07/10/2009
"The Two-Degree Solution"
The two-degree pledge on climate change made by the G8 is nonbinding, hard to translate to a specific level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ... and perhaps wishful thinking.
Source: Dot Earth, 07/10/2009
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