Outrage over the US government’s broad harvest of communications data is like antioil rhetoric from activists who drive sport-utility vehicles.
Archive for '2013'
Phone surveillance arouses libertarian passions in the US
June 13, 2013 11:11 AM by bobtIranian election smacks of strategy familiar in West
June 6, 2013 3:57 PM by bobtThe approach of Iran’s presidential election brings to mind a managerial strategy routinely employed in the West known as “buy-in.”
Russia to increase exports to China in strategic shift
May 31, 2013 11:21 AM by bobtIn a change of market strategy with geopolitical implications, Russia is increasing exports of crude oil to China at the expense of other Pacific Basin importers.
US should repeal its antique ban on the export of crude
May 23, 2013 3:52 PM by BobTSooner or later, the US government must allow general export of crude oil. Sooner would be better than later.
UK shale slowdown linked to flawed debate on climate
May 16, 2013 3:06 PM by bobt“Environmentalists don’t want safer shale gas. They want no shale gas.”
New study pounds carbon tax with preemptive assault
May 10, 2013 10:05 AM by bobtA US carbon tax has fallen subject to preemptive assault in a study released by the George C. Marshall Institute.
Tension relaxing on two fronts in important Turkey
May 3, 2013 12:08 PM by bobtTension is easing on two still-dodgy fronts in a mostly stable country supremely important in the logistics and geopolitics of energy.
US Supreme Court lowers curtain on an activist stage
April 26, 2013 9:29 AM by BobtThe international oil and gas industry escaped a legal hazard on Apr. 17 when the US Supreme Court narrowed the geographic scope of an antique law on civil infractions involving noncitizens.
Pioneer of climate alarm retires to fight fossil fuels
April 19, 2013 3:29 PM by bobtA pioneer of climate alarm has turned to full-time warfare against fossil energy.
Arkansas pipeline leak no reason to block Keystone XL
April 12, 2013 12:51 PM by bobtEnvironmental pressure groups responded predictably to a Mar. 29 pipeline accident in Arkansas. “With stakes this high,” the Sierra Club said after crude oil leaked into a neighborhood near Little Rock, “there is no excuse for the White House to approve Keystone XL.”
Iranian reformer summoned for new run at presidency
April 4, 2013 10:35 AM by bobtReemergence of an erstwhile reformer in a country institutionally resistant to reform adds an interesting note to the centrally choreographed politics of Iran.
East Mediterranean discoveries raise tension in region
March 28, 2013 10:41 AM by bobt
Price volatility is not a reason to block LNG exports
March 14, 2013 5:14 PM by bobtMessage to opponents of US exports of LNG: Price volatility is part of the energy business. Deal with it.
President’s Speech Resorts to Fantasy on Oil and Prices
February 21, 2013 11:18 AM by bobtThe state-of-the-union speech Feb. 12 smothered whispers of hope on energy policy with shrieks of delusional ambition.
More gasoline price elevation due from Tier 3 regulation
February 7, 2013 2:50 PM by bobtAn unseasonal but temporary increase in the price of gasoline has captured the attention of news media in the US, but regulations under development that could boost the price permanently have escaped notice.
Oil demand outlook depends more than usual on politics
February 1, 2013 12:37 PM by bobtForecasts of global demand for oil, always sensitive to economic fate, weather, and geopolitical surprise, are especially fragile this year. Economic growth depends extraordinarily much on another wild variable: politics.
What’s heartless about concern for government debt?
January 24, 2013 10:02 AM by bobtPresident Barack Obama delivered a whopper in a Jan. 14 press conference during which he pressed his campaign to marginalize political opposition.
Historic mistakes should guide US on LNG exports
January 17, 2013 9:54 AM by bobtPolitical opposition to LNG exports by the US brings to mind monumental energy mistakes of the past...
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High energy costs will be legacy of retiring EPA chief
January 4, 2013 9:46 AM by bobtThe regulatory activism for which Lisa P. Jackson long will be remembered hit full stride in her first year as administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
