House Passes Cash-for-Clunkers Bill
The House passed a bill that would give some $4 billion in vouchers to owners of gas-guzzlers who trade them in for more efficient cars. It would boost car sales.
Source: Wash Post, 06/10/2009
Energy & Fuel
Senate Panel Expands Gulf Offshore Leasing
"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved expanded oil and gas leasing today in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in a bipartisan vote that would upend a 2006 compromise with Florida senators that provided their state at least a 125-mile buffer in most areas until mid-2022."
Source: Greenwire, 06/10/2009
"Jon Wellinghoff, Obama’s Energy Futurist"
Jon Wellinghoff, the new chairman of FERC, will have enormous influence in a time when the United States' energy future is at a crossroads.
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 06/09/2009
"Algae Could Become Reliable Jet Fuel Source"
"Seawater algae -- a cousin to pond scum -- may someday become a significant source of fuel for military jets and airliners...."
Source: Dallas News, 06/08/2009
GM Ambivalent on Volt
As bankrupt General Motors fights for survival, the company is ambivalent about trading in its love for gas-guzzling muscle cars for gas-sippers or the plug-in Chevy Volt.
Source: WashPost, 06/08/2009
Biodiesel: A Noble Experiment, But There's Much To Consider
By NAOMI LUBICK
Willie Nelson recently graced the front of The New York Times business section in a laudatory story focusing not on the singer's gambling debts or tax evasion, but rather his latest money-maker: BioWillie Diesel.
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Oil Nears $70 Barrel
"Oil prices on Thursday set a new high for the year, buoyed by a weaker dollar and the first drop in unemployment since January."
Source: AP, 06/05/2009
Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization
Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture
THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
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"Tight Credit Markets Becalm Minnesota Wind Industry"
Development of wind power in Minnesota is being frustrated by a clogged up capital market.
Source: MinnPost.com, 06/02/2009
"What’s Next for the Chevy Volt?"
GM is saying that despite its bankruptcy the plug-in hybrid Volt still has the greenlight for a 2010 launch. But does it?
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2009
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