Great article from Charlie Cray in the Huffington Post:”It felt like I’d just walked onto the set of the sequel to Jurassic Park. There was an industry dinosaur who I’d thought was gone for good.”
He continues: “But no. Former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond, and his colleagues at the National Petroleum Council, an industry committee […]

In a move that is said to have surprised even some environmentalists, the US House of Representatives has put forward a $21 billion energy package, including repealing tax breaks given to oil companies in 2005.
The bill will cause problems in the Senate, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead with the entire package, taxes and […]

Interesting article in today’s New York Times about the differing Democratic and Republican long-term approaches to energy policy.
“Over the next decade or two, the differences could have a major effect on billions of dollars in government spending, on the relative prices of gasoline versus renewable fuels and on the efficiency of American cars and trucks”, […]

The Majority Leader of the American House of Representatives Steny Hoyer has admitted Congress had not reached a breakthrough on a compromise energy package but still hoped to bring the legislation back into consideration next month.
The Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been hoping that energy legislation could be approved before the two-week American Thanksgiving […]

In the late winter of 2006, the citizens of Burlington, Vermont prepared to elect one of five candidates to a three-year term for an open mayor’s seat.  At one forum, a citizen stood up and asked, “Within the next mayoral term, it’s likely the price of oil will hit $90 a barrel and gas will […]