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09Mar

Fight Back with American Energy

Just a week ago, sanctioning Russian energy seemed out of reach. Not anymore. On Tuesday, President Biden announced a ban on imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal to the U.S. The United Kingdom is phasing out Russian oil imports this year and moving to ban Russian gas. And the European Union – alarmingly […]
  • On March 9, 2022
  • Bloomberg, coal, electricity prices, Euracoal, Europe, European Union, Frans Timmermans, Joe Biden, National Mining Association (NMA), natural gas, oil, Rich Nolan, Russia, United Kingdom
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29Apr

Don’t Let Dispatchable Fuel Diversity Slip Away

Row after row of drilling rigs and frack trucks now sit idle in parking lots across oil country. Drilling in U.S. oil and natural gas fields has come to a screeching halt. It’s a scene and reality that not only has ramifications for oil and gas workers and the oil market, but for electricity consumers […]
  • On April 29, 2020
  • coal, electricity prices, Europe, fuel diversity, natural gas, oil, plant retirements
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22Apr

Affordability, Reliability and Balance Matter More Now than Ever

Energy markets are in disarray. Look no further than oil prices slipping into negative territory for evidence of the chaos. We are only just beginning to understand the economic disruption wrought by a virus that has brought much of the global economy to a screeching halt. While the turmoil in the oil sector is plainer […]
  • On April 22, 2020
  • COVID-19, electricity prices, Indiana, Michigan, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), oil, plant retirements
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18Dec

Campaigning on a Platform of Job Losses and Power Outages

Presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg recently announced that if elected he will phase out coal power in the U.S. by 2030. He made this proclamation standing in the pouring rain in front of a retired coal power plant, telling the handful of people gathered that the photo-op was “one of the dumbest things we’ve ever done,” […]
  • On December 18, 2019
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, coal, emissions, employment, HELE technology, innovation, Michael Bloomberg, natural gas, oil
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21Nov

Breaking News: Fuel Targeting Doesn’t Work

A report issued this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that U.S. carbon emissions from energy increased in 2018. You heard that right. Emissions are up, despite the near constant vilification of coal and hundreds of millions spent by activists like Michael Bloomberg. And to be clear: that’s hundreds of millions spent not […]
  • On November 21, 2019
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, coal, emissions, Environmental Science Technology, natural gas, oil, technology, U.S. Energy Information Administration, USE IT Act
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26Sep

Charting a Replicable Path Forward

U.N. Climate Week has delivered no shortage of rhetoric and theatrics, but not nearly enough focus on energy reality and replicable solutions. Amid the summit, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released its International Energy Outlook, projecting that global energy consumption is expected to increase 50 percent by midcentury as the global population surges towards 10 billion. […]
  • On September 26, 2019
  • coal, Fatih Birol, oil, U.N. Climate Week, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Recent oil Posts
  • Fight Back with American Energy
  • Don’t Let Dispatchable Fuel Diversity Slip Away
  • Affordability, Reliability and Balance Matter More Now than Ever
  • Campaigning on a Platform of Job Losses and Power Outages
  • Breaking News: Fuel Targeting Doesn’t Work
  • Charting a Replicable Path Forward
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