Editor's Perspective
Prophecy fulfilled: Democracy stalls climate sacrifice
April 3, 2009
A prominent prophet of climate doom appears, after all, to be prophetic.
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Salazar: It's not war on oil and gas; it's taxation
March 20, 2009
In case anyone finds the difference between war and larceny puzzling, US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar offers help.
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Land-grab defeat doesn't herald a friendly Congress
March 13, 2009
Defeat by the US House of a major lock-up of federal land provides a welcome ray of hope—but a flickering one.
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Strange thinking steers assault on oil, gas, economy
March 6, 2009
Just when it seems utterances from Washington, DC, can't get any loonier, someone in the Obama administration says what he thinks.
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Obama's budget isn't just change; it's derangement
February 27, 2009
Change is nearly always good. The same can't be said for derangement. President Barack Obama, who ran for office as the high priest of change, has crossed this line.
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Hasty taxes might not be what people of the future need
February 20, 2009
Raising taxes to fund uncertain benefits far in the future can be worse than rising sea levels.
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Supply, oil use trends reshape future of refining
February 13, 2009
Growth in production of light hydrocarbons combines with shifting patterns of oil consumption and new transportation options to reshape the refining industry's future.
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Economy in peril no reason to stoop to politics of fear
February 6, 2009
The scariest part of the economic crisis is the US government's wild resort to the politics of fear.
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Relief from tax law complexity would help US economy
January 30, 2009
The new Treasury secretary's tax embarrassment highlights a lever that he and Congress profitably might pull to repair a broken economy.
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Plunge refutes US view of what steers oil price
January 23, 2009
If not for the political damage, uninformed bellyaching about oil prices would be amusing.
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TV show targets wrong element of '08 oil price leap
January 16, 2009
An "investigation" by a popular US television news show has uncovered information about oil prices that anyone familiar with the market knew months ago.
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In Russia-Ukraine gas row, everyone loses something
January 9, 2009
The new gas-price showdown between Russia and Ukraine is a complex affair in which all parties lose.
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Oil price extremes do not repudiate US 'deregulation'
January 2, 2009
A popular belief deserving stern resistance holds that oil price extremes of 2008 justify the revival of aggressive market regulation.
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Forecasts for oil prices depend on economic outlook
December 19, 2008
Guess the question from the answer: It all depends on the global economy.
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Smelly political, financial reports gag Democrats
December 12, 2008
Not that Republicans haven't exploded their share of stink bombs in recent years, but the week ending Dec. 12, 2008, was especially malodorous for Democrats.
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'Windfall profit' tax move leaves reason for worry
December 5, 2008
The US oil and gas industry has reason to feel relief and worry about President-elect Barack Obama's decision not to pursue a "windfall profit" tax on oil.
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Financial crisis hurts outlook for EU energy goals
November 28, 2008
The folly of governmental targets for energy use is coming into clear focus in Europe.
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Oil conservation starts before fuel limits take effect
November 21, 2008
The problem with conservation as an aim of energy policy is that its strongest advocates wouldn't know it if it stared them in the face. It's staring them in the face now.
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The bright side of bankruptcy: a political fantasy
November 14, 2008
In the rush to make financially troubled companies wards of the US government, a strange misconception seems to be at work: that bankrupt entities cease to exist.
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Waxman challenge might be a climate change power play
November 7, 2008
A chairmanship challenge at the House Energy and Commerce Committee may be the first step in a power play over climate change.
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