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Andrew Revkin posted a thought provoking blog yesterday titled Bringing Responsible Oversight to the Gas Drilling Boom on the New York Times hosted Dot Earth blog . In that post he agreed with those who have recognized the need for responsible regulation of the rapidly expanding industrial activity using...

I favor David and Goliath stories, especially when Goliath is a dangerous, selfish and greedy force that puts short term profits in front of health and safety issues that may affect generations. Though I have not yet had the opportunity to watch the movie, I have learned enough about Gasland and the...

About 15 months ago, I wrote a blog titled Means, Motive and Opportunity - Who Discouraged US Nuclear Developments? After several intense and interesting conversations during the past three days, I decided that it was time to update that post and provide some additional information. Please take a few...

On January 30. 2011, Bill Loveless of Platts Energy Week interviewed Kevin Book of Clearview Energy Partners and Matthew Armstrong of Bracewell and Giuliani to get their reaction to the recent announcement that Josh Fox's Gasland had received an Oscar nomination for best documentary film. The interview...

The above clip came from a lunchtime talk that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association on July 8, 2010, during the Energy Epicenter conference. Aside: People who are not from Colorado might need some background to explain the reference to working with Governor Ritter...

On July 8, 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave a lunchtime speech at Energy Epicenter , the annual conference of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. That speech provides a number of insights that are useful to those who are concerned about energy issues, concerned about the environment, and interested...

During my stint as a Washington DC bureaucrat, I noticed how certain phrases worked their way into the daily language. Most people were probably not even aware of how quickly they would adopt the popular phrases, but I have always been a bit fascinated with language and how it develops. I tried to take...

I admit it - I distrust very large companies who make billions of dollars in after tax profits every quarter. That is especially true when their leaders are reaching for my wallet and asking me to support their investments with my tax dollars as well as my purchasing dollars. I cannot fully explain how...

Just in case you have not seen the commercial, I thought it would inspire your day to see what the American Natural Gas Alliance has to say about wind and solar power. Doesn't that make you want to go out and build a few natural gas fired power plants? ...read more

There is an opinion piece in today's Wall Street Journal titled The Natural Gas Revolution written by John Deutch. According to the credit at the bottom of the article, Mr. Deutch is a professor at MIT and former under secretary of the Department of Energy. He currently serves on the board of directors...

Kate Mackenzie, who writes for the Financial Times excellent blog about energy called FT Energy Source (free registration required), published a reaction to President Obama's June 15, 2010 Oval Office speech about energy. Her piece was titled Obama’s big oil spill speech: An opportunity only half...

The above embedded video comes from a Canadian show called The Agenda with Steve Paikin on Friday, May 21, 2010 . For this episode, Steve interviewed Trevor Findlay, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Mr. Findlay was the lead for the production of a new report titled...

I have recently been visiting a blog published by the American Gas Association . It is both a learning experience and a bit of Sun Tzu motivated research . It is obvious from the blog posts that the utility segment of the natural gas industry wants to take advantage of concern about climate change and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...