NewsCloud.com Energy News http://www.newscloud.com/section/energy Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:01:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us On The Hill: On Eve Of National Energy Summit, Poll Finds Most Expect Congress To Sink Pickens Plan http://www.newscloud.com/read/On_The_Hill_On_Eve_Of_National_Energy_Summit_Poll_Finds_Most_Expect_Congress_To_Sink_Pickens_Plan Although a vast majority of Americans believe the comphensive and much-touted "Pickens Plan" for energy independence can succeed, they think Congress ultimately will kill it.

]]> Energy Policy TV - Teleconference Preview of Clean Energy Summit http://www.newscloud.com/read/Energy_Policy_TV_Teleconference_Preview_of_Clean_Energy_Summit Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV); T. Boone Pickens, Energy Executive, Author of Pickens Plan; Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, Center for American Progress

Reid, Pickens, and Weiss speak with reporters to preview the bipartisan National Clean Energy Summit to be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Organizers want the Summit to produce energy recommendations to Congress as well as the 2008 presidential candidates.

]]> IDF vets who trained Georgia troops say war with Russia is no surp http://www.newscloud.com/read/IDF_vets_who_trained_Georgia_troops_say_war_with_Russia_is_no_surp For the past few days, since fighting broke out in the Caucasus, 24-year-old L. from central Israel has been trying to phone the group of Georgian combat soldiers he had been training in Georgia up to a few months ago.

]]> A View on the Price of Oil --Video http://www.newscloud.com/read/A_View_on_the_Price_of_Oil_Video Phil Flynn discusses what is driving oil. It is due to the USD, and it is due to supply and demand. Too bad this guy isn't in Congress. The speculators are also watching other indicators to try and figure out if the bad economy will decrease the demand.

He also mentions that just talking about drilling offshore helped the recent drop in prices.

]]> Congress Opens Self To Law Suit Over Oil Prices | I'm A Pundit Too http://www.newscloud.com/read/Congress_Opens_Self_To_Law_Suit_Over_Oil_Prices_I_m_A_Pundit_Too Let me start out by saying that this isn't going to go over very well at all, but that never stopped me before. I have decided that it is indeed time to sue the US Congress over the high price of energy, and the bill they tried to pass earlier this year has opened them up to the suit. Now, it seems that if anyone were to be able to sue the government, it would be the oil companies who are being restricted. However, I discovered something recently. I discovered that I am the one paying 50 bucks a week to fill up my 4 cylinder Saturn. I also got an interesting email from Florida Power and Light.

]]> Utah is going to a 4-day workweek to save energy http://www.newscloud.com/read/Utah_is_going_to_a_4day_workweek_to_save_energy Shorter workweeks save energy.

]]> Will Canada Last? http://www.newscloud.com/read/Will_Canada_Last What will it take persuade Canadians that if they do not act soon to reverse the course of their nation, there will be nothing left to save? I am talking, of course, about so-called "deep integration" and its official expression, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP).

]]> 1 Declaration: Energy Partisanship: How to Resolve the Problem http://www.newscloud.com/read/1_Declaration_Energy_Partisanship_How_to_Resolve_the_Problem Energy has become one of the most divisive issues on Capital Hill today as Americans are pleading for a solutions to the high gas prices that are dragging down the US and global economy. Democrats and Republicans cannot seem to agree on an appropriate course of action. Democrats have been duped by environmentalists claiming global warming will kill us all or the caribou in Alaska or some other species will be devastated by drilling. Republicans seem to totally neglect the need for research into other alternative sources of energy claiming drilling will solve all our problems.

Could it be that both sides are right? Without a doubt.

]]> Think Progress » Top McCain adviser: offshore drilling ‘no immediate effect’ on gas prices http://www.newscloud.com/read/Think_Progress_Top_McCain_adviser_offshore_drilling_no_immediate_effect_on_gas_prices another example of McBush BS!

]]> American Solutions - RAND: U.S. Oil Shale Resources Are Three Times Larger Than the Current Oil Rese http://www.newscloud.com/read/American_Solutions_RAND_US_Oil_Shale_Resources_Are_Three_Times_Larger_Than_the_Current_Oil_Rese U.S. Oil Shale Resources Are Three Times Larger Than the Current Oil Reserves in Saudi Arabia

]]> Reid Energy Tax Increase Bill – Increasing Taxes and Prices | I'm A Pundit Too http://www.newscloud.com/read/Reid_Energy_Tax_Increase_Bill_Increasing_Taxes_and_Prices_I_m_A_Pundit_Too With energy prices reaching record highs, Congress continues its attempts to manipulate healthy market forces through additional tax increases. The Senate will vote tomorrow, June 10th, on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) "Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008." This bill is a violation of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, signed by 41 current Senators.

]]> Squawk Box Guest Warns of $12-15-a-Gallon Gas http://www.newscloud.com/read/Squawk_Box_Guest_Warns_of_1215aGallon_Gas It may be the mother of all doom and gloom gas price predictions: $12 for a gallon of gas is "inevitable." Robert Hirsch, Management Information Services Senior Energy Advisor, gave a dire warning about the potential future of gas prices on CNBC's May 20 "Squawk Box". He told host Becky Quick there was no single thing that would solve the problem, due to the enormity of the problem.

In other words...BUY A SCOOTER

]]> House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices | Reuters http://www.newscloud.com/read/House_passes_bill_to_sue_OPEC_over_oil_prices_Reuters The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the White House threatened to veto the measure. The bill would subject OPEC oil producers, including Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela, to the same antitrust laws that U.S. companies must follow.

]]> America is rotting from the inside http://www.newscloud.com/read/America_is_rotting_from_the_inside Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act - and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.

]]> Obama flacks for 'clean coal' in Kentucky http://www.newscloud.com/read/Obama_flacks_for_clean_coal_in_Kentucky Obama's energy plans would put a stop to coal-as-usual, but he's still touting "clean coal" in Kentucky in advance of the state's primary.

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