Keystone Pipeline Is Dead – The Triumph Of Politics Getting more oil from Canada would have enhanced US energy security WASHINGTON – Now it is official. President Obama announced that he is against the proposed Keystone pipeline that would...
Lift The US Oil Export Ban It makes no sense to keep an energy trade restriction created at the time of the OPEC oil embargo WASHINGTON – At the time of the first OPEC oil embargo (1973-74), in an attempt to protect shrinking domestic...
In A Slowing Economy Invest In R&D, Education And Infrastructure We can make America more productive by getting better educated people, new airports and oil pipelines WASHINGTON – America is doing OK, (if compared to declining Europe and Japan), but not great. The once powerful US...
Keystone Pipeline Killed By Plunging Oil Prices? Canada's oil is very expensive. Hard to to stay competitive when extraction costs are above market prices WASHINGTON – I suspect that the Keystone pipeline project is dead, or at least is in a coma. And...
Opposition To Keystone Pipeline Part Of An Ideological Anti-Oil Argument Getting more oil from friendly Canada makes perfect sense. But opponents believe that oil is evil WASHINGTON – The US Senate just had a vote on the Keystone pipeline that would transport Canada’s oil to refineries...
After The Release Of The National Climate Assessment Report, Forget About Approval Of The TransCanada Keystone Pipeline This report recommends limiting the use of carbon energy. Canadian oil has already been demonized as a super polluter WASHINGTON – The US Government just released the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment. As you can imagine, the emphasis is...