]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/fossil-fuel Blog Articles Tagged with 'fossil-fuel' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/154469?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Retail gasoline prices in the U.S. peaked back in July at $4.17 a gallon. (Source: EIA). At the end of 2008, gasoline had fallen to $1.67. We typically use about 140 billion gallons of gasoline each year, so that $2.50 drop amounts to an annualized d... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/154469?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:14:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/154457?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Tomorrow morning, the gym will be quite crowded with new members hoping to start the year off right. It is one of the most common new year's resolutions of all time, and also one that sounds good in theory...but in practice, rarely lives up to expec... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/154457?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/154572?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel With a campaign tag line, CHANGE WE NEED, President-Elect Barack Obama and a large portion of the American population should have some rather meaningful New Year resolutions for 2009.For many of us, as we review the financial carnage of 2008 and the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/154572?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:44:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153827?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel So it looks like a copy of Barack Obama's inauguration speech has been leaked.Here's an excerpt... Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On the battlefield of... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153827?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/153808?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel By Anna Fahey The cost of oil has been a rollercoaster ride since the 1970s. Thankfully, we've hit a low in this season of recession, foreclosures, and a major Wall Street meltdown. But nobody expects the ride to be over -- and the only way to go now... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/153808?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:07:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/153652?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel The quest for energy independence in the United States could bring a windfall of fortune for Canadian natural gas companies, according to analysts. First Energy Capital has parsed the so-called Pickens Plan, named after legendary Oklahoma oil investo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/153652?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:49:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/153836?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Much has been said and heard about the adverse effects of the fossil fuel effect on the earth's environment and how vehicles are contributing in a major way to pollution. Hybrid cars that run on batteries as opposed to fossil fuels are being promoted... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-technology-forum/153836?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:30:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/153669?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel From the inbox:I wanted to pass along a quirky letter to the editor that I saw today on the Concord Monitor's website. It was written by a 13-year old, Madeleine Stewart, and is one of those incisive notes that only someone with all the knowledge o... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/153669?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:53:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/153180?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel by Adam Stein View image This story will delight my colleague Peter, who has an inexplicable fetish for district heating systems: a group of college students are attempting to set up a hyperlocal utility in Portland, Oregon by linking a network of re... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/153180?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:13:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153399?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel The Environmental Protection Agency ruled that new power plants are not required to install technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, rejecting an argument from environmental groups. The ruling turns on a seemingly arcane regulatory question t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153399?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:56:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153400?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Earlier this week, President-elect Barack Obama announced his picks for his energy team, with Dr. Steven Chu to head up the Department of Energy.Dr. Chu is not the happy holiday gift the clean coal folks were hoping for. The blogosphere has been ab... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153400?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:36:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/153324?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel I was flummoxed...flabbergasted...dumbstruck...by the headline of this recent opinion column in the Tucson Citizen: Consider coal as gift this holiday season. Say what?No surprise to see that the author is with the notorious coal front-group AC... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/153324?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:20:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/153207?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel The following guest submission is from a poster who wishes to be identified as 'Silverthorne-Cebes', and describes himself as: Economist, retired; passionate about; ocean energy, development of eco-batteries for transportation, global debt repudiati... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/153207?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:27:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153195?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel A new model for calculating global goal reserves created by Dave Rutledge, chair of Caltech's engineering and applied science division, shows that previous estimates may overstate, by hundreds of billions of tons, the amount of economically recoverab... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153195?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:57:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153196?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel I've been receiving a lot of questions lately about how the Obama administration's energy policies will affect the renewable energy sector. After all, the President-elect has been very vocal about insisting on the need to develop new, cleaner forms ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153196?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153405?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel He may only be part of a noisy minority, but Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) isn't about to let his fringe status get in the way of his latest skeptic shtick.As he did last year, Inhofe, writing under the guise of the Minority on the Senate Committee on Env... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/153405?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:51:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153202?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel When it comes to making the transition to a green, low carbon economy, government stimulus plans are doubly beneficial, but public sector investment and spending alone will not be enough to spur decisive action and a long-term commitment. Nor... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/153202?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:40:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/153420?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Eminent climatologist James Hansen will urge U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to support a carbon tax, in a letter to be sent this week, Hansen said. Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies, is one of the leading voices for a... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/153420?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152450?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel First of its Kind: Sequestered Carbon in Sneek, the NetherlandsBack in March, I left my job with ConocoPhillips to become the Engineering Director for London-based Accsys Technologies, PLC (but my work is focused within the wholly-owned Titan Wood su... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152450?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/152185?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel During a recent work meeting with the western renewable energy zones group, it became clear the recent push for renewable energy in the western US has major wildlife and environmental implications. The main issues of public land managers and wildlife... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/152185?rsstype=tag&tag=fossil-fuel Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:11:32 -0500