Archive for 'November 2011'

Oil and gas firms so far elude flak over super failure

November 28, 2011 10:05 AM by bobt

So far, oil and gas companies have been strangely absent from Democratic Party explanations for why the congressional super committee failed.

Drug tunnels give border issues new reason for alarm

November 22, 2011 11:17 AM by bobt

National obsessions blocking work vital to US energy supply apply just as logically to struggles against crime on the US-Mexico border. It’s just a matter of spreading fear.

 

Keystone XL delay serves needs only of obstructionists

November 14, 2011 3:53 PM by leifn

By definition, only one item on a list of bad attributes can be the worst.


 

Setting clocks back recalls series of US energy mistakes

November 4, 2011 10:45 AM by leifn

As the US switches off Daylight Saving Time, Americans should wonder why Congress in 2005 didn’t just fiddle with clocks and call it a day. Lawmakers instead reshaped energy policy in ways that haven't been good for crude oil and natural gas.