]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Energy Prices Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=latest&cid=51 The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009. The proposed revisions encourage designs that would reduce a building's impact on global climate change. Leadership in Energy ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128761?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Tropical Storm Gustav has thoroughly spooked the energy markets, driving oil close to $118 and threatening even more. Gustav's five-day projected path (NOAA)The storms latest projected path, according to the National Hurricane Center, marks a potenti... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:33:09 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128761?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/128638?rsstype=latest&cid=51 From one of my favorite former students:I know it's been a long time and you may not remember me with all your students year in and out, but I've been reading your environmental econ blog daily the past month. I just want to say thank you and keep up... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:20:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/128638?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128620?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Gustav has oil markets nervous and sent crude above $117, Bloomberg reports, and $110 looks like the new floor during hurricane season. What is Big Oil doing? BP is redoubling efforts in a mature market like Norway, where at least the investment clim... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:23:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128620?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/128574?rsstype=latest&cid=51 One explanation for the persistence of the current account deficit is that US assets are unusually attractive. Are they?:Are US assets special in the eyes of global investors?, by Steven B. Kamin, Vox EU: In principle, we would expect a mature indu... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/128574?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/128407?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog and WattHead - Energy News and Commentary...With Americans focused on energy prices as never before, a game-changing shift is occurring in the American political climate. The time has come for climate and clea... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/128407?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/128434?rsstype=latest&cid=51 With Americans focused on energy prices as never before, a game-changing shift is occurring in the American political climate. The time has come for climate and clean energy advocates to adopt a new strategy and policy agenda. Next year will see the... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:49:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/128434?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128476?rsstype=latest&cid=51 By Eric de PlaceI'm a bit late on this, but it's still worth mentioning. Via the NY Times:Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade, the government reported Thursday. Some 41,059 people we... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:47:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128476?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128365?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Tough talk, tougher choices (AP)Senator Barack Obama really wants to tackle climate change, of course. Thats such a big issue, its running neck-and-neck with health care at the top of the Democratic economic agenda. And Senator Edward Kennedy barely ... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:25:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128365?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128364?rsstype=latest&cid=51 The storm is mightier than the swordat least when it comes to oil prices. Energy markets shuddered Tuesday as Gustav became a hurricane near Haiti and aimed for the Gulf. Crude futures shrugged off a weaker dollar and surged past $117, Bloomberg repo... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:25:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128364?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/128333?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Watch out for higher gas prices later in the week with Gustav:Hurricane Gustav grew stronger as it moved on a path projected to take it over Haiti on Tuesday and just south of Cuba on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.Forecasters ... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:45:15 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/128333?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128309?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Crude futures fell below $113 thanks to a six-month high for the dollar and the reopening of the BTC oil pipeline, Bloomberg reports. But oil prices are still high enough to goose corporate activity, like PetroChinas $11.8 billion buy-out of a CNPC o... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:25:04 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128309?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128144?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Good news, beleaguered American consumer: The greenback and crude oil might finally be working in your favor. Can't get no satisfaction (AP)Bloomberg reports today that currency traders are chalking up the dollars second straight day of gains to the ... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:27:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/128144?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/128004?rsstype=latest&cid=51 While Congress and the Presidential candidates are busily debating far-reaching energy proposals, the existing tax credits for wind and solar power and other renewable energy are still slated to expire at the end of the year. The uncertainty about th... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:53:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/128004?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/128008?rsstype=latest&cid=51 With oil demand ...:Until recently, it seemed that oil prices could move in only one direction: up. But in the last few weeks, the great energy rally that kicked off at the beginning of the decade has shown signs of running out of steam.A combination... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:30:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/128008?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/127986?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Crude futures recouped lost ground after Russia recognized two breakaway republics, raising fresh fears about tensions in the Caucasus, Bloomberg reports. Conflict with Russia also threatens to scupper the civilian nuclear-technology pact dear to the... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:23:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/127986?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/127929?rsstype=latest&cid=51 This is mostly principles of microeconomics material, but I think it's a useful reminder about what to expect in commodity markets when there is a permanent increase in demand.Here is a typical model of the short-run and long-run response to an outwa... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:26:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/127929?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/real-deal/127863?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Business Standard:Oil prices are however, unlikely to slide back from the current $100-plus zone to the older sub-$100 zone in the near-term. Going by foreseeable market dynamics, high prices appear to stay. Lack of adequate supply growth, particular... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:08:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/real-deal/127863?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/127678?rsstype=latest&cid=51 No cleats on the carpet (WSJ)High-ish gasoline prices are supposedly emptying suburbia and killing property values in sprawling areas. But for some realtors, higher gas prices can actually mean more businessas long as they're in a saddle seat. From t... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:25:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/127678?rsstype=latest&cid=51 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/127575?rsstype=latest&cid=51 Crude futures fell back to $120 Friday thanks to a recovering dollar and the reopening of the BTC oil pipeline, Bloomberg reports. But dont bet on the end of high commodities prices, including oil: Developing-country appetite, plus the fact that poor... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:25:47 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/127575?rsstype=latest&cid=51