Editor's Perspective
Oil demand outlook depends more than usual on politics
January 25, 2013
Forecasts of global demand for oil, always sensitive to economic fate, weather, and geopolitical surprise, are especially fragile this year. |
What’s heartless about concern for government debt?
January 18, 2013
President 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 11, 2013
Political opposition to LNG exports by the US brings to mind monumental energy mistakes of the past. |
Ailing Chavez should put oil market on alert
January 4, 2013
The oil market faces new instability as the Jan. 10 inauguration approaches of newly reelected but apparently ailing President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. |
High energy costs will be legacy of retiring EPA chief
December 28, 2012
The 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. |
Weak articulation of fiscal belief hurts Republicans
December 14, 2012
Failure to articulate core belief lost the Republican Party a presidential election last month and now disarms it on fiscal policy. |
In growing global market for energy, coal still dominates
December 7, 2012
A surge in natural gas production in North America and regulatory assaults in the US can give the impression that coal’s future is grim. Not so, says Energy-Facts.org. |
US needs defense against military biofuel adventures
November 30, 2012
The US Senate has shirked fiscal responsibility by supporting biofuel boondoggles by the military. |
Iterative approach to regulation a pattern for EPA
November 26, 2012
Continuing its iterative approach to regulation, the US Environmental Protection Agency is looking anew at air-emission standards rejected in court. |
Bipartisan bills shield US airlines from EU GHG scheme
November 16, 2012
Nothing inspires US bipartisanship quite like coercion from abroad. |
Regulatory siege continues for oil and gas industry
November 9, 2012
Four more years for US President Barack Obama means 4 more years of regulatory siege on the oil and gas industry. |
SEC's antibribery rule moves backward on transparency
November 2, 2012
A killer fallacy of regulation is the assumption that if some is good more must be better. |
Freedom of Thought prizes underscore pressures in Iran
October 26, 2012
Much about the price of crude oil this year has had to do with Iran, but Iran has to do with much beyond the price of oil. |
China and Germany not proper energy models for the US
October 19, 2012
In the Oct. 16 debate, US President Barack Obama clarified his energy hopes instructively. |
Sales of Canadian bitumen likely on India visit agenda
October 12, 2012
Although China gets most attention as an alternative buyer of heavy oil from Alberta, Canada’s top energy official has taken a trip that deserves notice. |
Fact-checkers flub debate analysis of oil industry taxes
October 5, 2012
Fact-checkers who can’t keep facts straight perform no service. |
Fraud in renewable fuel marker sales was predictable
September 28, 2012
Many people never would cheat to make easy money. Regulation must account for the people who would and do. |
Economies cooling in countries key to oil demand growth
September 21, 2012
The economies of two countries crucial to oil-demand growth are cooling and, in one case, might be worse than indicated by official data. |
Survey respondents favor balance in energy policy goals
September 14, 2012
Believe it or not, support exists in the US for an energy policy that balances core objectives. |
Obama recommits to green energy as others wisely bail
September 7, 2012
Approaches to green energy are diverging on opposing sides of the Atlantic as the incumbent US administration presses expensively forward and European governments come to their senses. |
