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• Copenhagen Forum Demonstrating the Breadth of the Natural Gas Sales Effort

  American Clean Skies Foundation, Worldwatch Institute, and the U. N. Foundation sponsored a panel discussion titled The Evolving Role of Natural Gas . Panelists include: Holmes Hummel, Senior Advisor for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy Ian Smale, Group Head, Strategy and Policy, BP Dr. J.K. (Jorg) Gigler, Manager, Sustainability and Clean Energy, KEMA Maggie Fox, CEO, Alliance... Posted Dec 14 2009, 04:46 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: LNG, clean natural gas, shale gas, China solar power, coal bed methane, BPA wind

• Means, Motive and Opportunity - Who Discouraged US Nuclear Developments?

  Conventional wisdom tells us that "Environmentalists" worried about one or more of the below complaints have influenced world opinion and encouraged the current negative investment perception that surrounds new nuclear power plants: Nuclear plants are not completely safe Nuclear energy technology leads to dispersal of nuclear weapons capability Nuclear energy plants are massive and lead to... Posted Nov 30 2009, 05:34 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: clean natural gas, coal versus nuclear, oil producers

• Report from DC - New Natural Gas Marketing is Everywhere!

  In the past couple of days, I have noticed a significant increase in the amount of highly visible outdoor marketing in Washington, DC that is touting the benefits of burning methane, which is sold under the brand name of "clean, natural gas." At the corner of 7th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., right across the street from the National Archives, there is a bus station that I see each morning... Posted Nov 11 2009, 03:50 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: clean natural gas

• BBC Assures World That Natural Gas Is Abundant and Cheap - Just Ask Rune Bjornson Head of Statoil's Gas Division

  The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is one of the most respected news sources in the world. Its status as a media tax supported organization that does not completely depend on advertising dollars has allowed it to maintain investigative journalism departments, to continue to cover the world and to produce high quality dramatic shows that do not necessarily attract mass market audiences. Among... Posted Nov 09 2009, 04:24 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: clean natural gas, Statoil, BBC, Arthur Berman

• More "Little Guys" Bragging About A Century of Natural Gas Supplies

  Back on September 25, 2009, I wrote about a three part National Public Radio special about the U. S. domestic natural gas that portrayed the industry as a "mom and pop" enterprise made up of thousands of small companies with little political clout in Washington, DC. I expressed my skepticism about that portrayal at the time. Just a couple of days ago, I wrote about the blitz that portrays... Posted Nov 03 2009, 05:27 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: clean natural gas, ExxonMobil

• "Cleaner, Smarter Energy" - At Least That is What The American Natural Gas Alliance Says

  A friend of mine who has been a professional nuclear engineer for a couple of decades sent me a link to a mid September 2009 blog post at AdWeek.com titled Grey Energizes America's Natural Gas Alliance: WPP Group shop fires up first salvo this weekend . Here is a quote from the advertising trade press publication: NGA, a group of independent natural gas exploration and production companies, was... Posted Oct 23 2009, 03:43 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: NEI, FTC, clean natural gas, BBB, AdWeek