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October 27, 2011
Fossil Fuels
Would the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Create 250,000 Jobs?
I’ve written extensively on this blog about some of the ridiculous new arguments being peddled by opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. I hadn’t seen as much in the way of new and implausible as…
October 18, 2011
Fossil Fuels
Can Rick Perry Create 1.2 Million Energy Jobs? Part II
My earlier post regarding Rick Perry’s energy plan appears to have attracted some attention. I want to follow up on one important point. First a recap of what I wrote: “The numbers that Perry and R…
December 15, 2015
Fossil Fuels
Oil Exports Budget Deal? Market, Climate, and Geopolitical Consequences
News outlets are reporting that a congressional budget deal could end the oil export ban in exchange for extension of the Investment and Production Tax Credits (ITC and PTC) that support solar and wi…
December 12, 2015
Climate Change
Two Cheers for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
LE BOURGET, FRANCE – The Paris climate summit (also known as COP 21) has adopted a new “Paris Agreement”. The agreement has the potential to mark a laudable and historic shift in how the world negoti…
August 18, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
The End of OPEC?
Is the “center of gravity” of the global energy system about to shift from the Middle East to the Americas? That’s the provocative thesis of an article by Amy Jaffe in the new issue of Foreign Policy…