Editor's Perspective

New York Times writer yields to glacier seduction

August 8, 2008 A celebrated New York Times columnist has observed glaciers melting in Greenland and issued this judgment on proposals for expanded oil and gas leasing of the OCS: "Madness. Sheer madness."

Doha's collapse will cut energy use the hard way

August 1, 2008 Adherents of the minimalist approach to energy consumption have much to cheer in the collapse July 29 of the Doha Round of trade negotiations.

High oil prices form weak base for state power

July 25, 2008 Most Americans base their distaste for foreign oil on presumed instability in the Middle East. They should note recent events in Moscow and Minsk.

Sulfur crunch could limit bitumen output

July 18, 2008 Production of bitumen and heavy oil in Alberta faces a constraint unrelated to problems receiving the most attention.

House leaders press national drilling program

July 11, 2008 House Democrats are pressing a national drilling program for the US.

Energy politics follows laws like those of physics

July 4, 2008 Politics and physics have disparate meanings for the word "energy" yet adhere in their treatment of the subject to natural laws with interesting similarities.

McCain more like Democrats than Bush on energy

June 20, 2008 Democratic leaders in Congress responded to oil-supply initiatives from the US president and the Republican who would succeed him as though they were identical. They couldn't be more wrong.

Blame obsession won't change the price of gasoline

June 13, 2008 The US Constitution gives Congress plenty of work to perform. So why do lawmakers keep adding to their load?

Elements of oil price relief are falling into place*

June 6, 2008 Except for that pesky asterisk, elements of relief from painfully high oil prices are falling into place.

Latest oil-price investigation targets traders

May 30, 2008 Oil and gas companies have reason to welcome but be wary of the latest report of an oil-price investigation.

Yes, the world's running out of oil; what's new?

May 23, 2008 The oil market seems to have panicked over the possibility that the end of oil availability has come into view.

Why suspension of SPR price can lower oil prices

May 16, 2008 Adult supervision has arrived. The Department of Energy on May 16 announced it is suspending by as much as 13 million bbl this year's acquisition of crude for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Intensity rising in the politics of energy villainy

May 9, 2008 If something goes wrong with energy—meaning gasoline prices rise—politicians identify villains and heroically flail away.

Farm interests strain facts to defend ethanol

May 2, 2008 Farm interests will say anything to protect the magic money machine that the US government has built for them with fuel ethanol.

Energy politics warps analysis of oil markets

April 25, 2008 Deception in service to energy politics is standard practice in the US Congress.

Bush attempts climate-change damage control

April 18, 2008 The climate-change proposal by US President George W. Bush deserves credit for damage control.

Study: Biofuels impeding struggle against poverty

April 11, 2008 Burning food for fuel is hurting hungry people.

Market hostility a factor in global economic tremors

April 4, 2008 For global investors, turmoil in credit markets and economic deceleration aren't the only causes for worry.

Climate bill seen raising gas use, lowering supply

March 21, 2008 Climate-change legislation in the US Senate would boost demand for natural gas while limiting supply, according to analyses by two industry groups.

EPA, Congress share blame for high fuel prices

March 14, 2008 Congressional oil-price inquisitions target the wrong people. Government officials, not oil-company executives, should have to answer for zooming prices.
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