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Month: April 2016

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More ‘radical decarbonizing’ needed? Not in USA, other developed countries

April 27, 2016 JZadmin

Best candidates for radical decarbonizing are Asian nations planning hundreds of coal power plants, not United States, Canada or Europe The international Energy Transitions Commission is calling for more radical policies to decarbonize the global economy [Read more]

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Energy economist explains why banning OPEC protects American consumers

April 26, 2016 JZadmin

“…we [the USA] are more exposed to high prices than we are to low prices.” – Hirs Last week I wrote about a Texas-based oil producers group that is calling for a ban on crude oil [Read more]

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Shell concept car shows fossil fuels serious about competing with clean tech, EVs

April 23, 2016 JZadmin

Electric vehicle industry busy innovating, will traditional automakers do the same to compete against upstarts? Last month I wrote about a simple model to help explain energy transitions. Central to my thinking about energy technology diffusion [Read more]

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American oil producers demand return of Eisenhower-era import quotas

April 21, 2016 JZadmin

Banning OPEC oil would require US, Canada to produce only 3 million b/d more of crude oil Some American oil producers have had just about enough of Saudi Arabia. They’re calling for the next President to [Read more]

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Pipeline success, not Leap Manifesto, will determine Notley’s future in 2019

April 11, 2016 JZadmin

NDP convention resolutions routinely ignored by Saskatchewan NDP governments, why not Alberta? Wow, wasn’t that some convention this weekend? Rachel Notley was thundering for pipelines. The federal NDP responded by endorsing the schizo-anarchist climate change strategy [Read more]

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Exxon Mobil investigation unlikely to yield prosecution, but #Exxonknew is real battleground

April 8, 2016 JZadmin

AG investigations, #Exxonknew campaign all about undermining social acceptance of oil/gas – just like Keystone XL Investigations by a coalition of Democrat state attorney generals into Exxon Mobil’s climate change research from the 1970s onward [Read more]

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#Exxonknew is the next Keystone XL pipeline protest movement

April 6, 2016 JZadmin

#McKibbenknows that #Exxonknew is well-orchestrated political theatre. Will American voters get the message? If you’re wondering why NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating Exxon Mobil about 40-year old climate change research, look no further than [Read more]

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Elon Musk issues press release berating himself for ‘hubris’…Who does that?

April 5, 2016 JZadmin

Your faithful scribe slowly becoming Tesla fan boy…one impertinent press release at a time Tesla Motors has just issued an extraordinary press release, one that makes me think maybe Elon Musk may yet compete head [Read more]

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Al Gore, Dem AGs launch ‘preposterous’ witch hunt over climate change denial

April 2, 2016 JZadmin

AGs threaten law suits, claiming fossil fuel companies misled investors, public about risks of climate change Why are Democratic attorney generals from 16 states preparing to sue American oil companies for “climate change denial”? By their [Read more]

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Let them compete! Criticisms of Hillary Clinton for energy worker donations without merit

April 1, 2016 JZadmin

Environmental groups are funded by donations from self-interested donors – just like Clinton campaign Hillary Clinton is under the gun today for taking campaign donations from “fossil fuel interests.” Big deal. We should recognize the criticism [Read more]

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