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Breaking News - Energy Secretary Rick Perry has announced he will resign as US Secretary of Energy - effective date to be determined.
His resignation ends his tenure as the last original Cabinet head from the core energy and environment agencies.
On a policy level, Perry leaving the Energy Department won’t change the agenda set by the agency during his tenure, which focused mostly on exporting coal and natural gas.
His resignation ends his tenure as the last original Cabinet head from the core energy and environment agencies.
On a policy level, Perry leaving the Energy Department won’t change the agenda set by the agency during his tenure, which focused mostly on exporting coal and natural gas.
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53,300 jobs (a bounce of +5,300 jobs) Layoffs (total coal produced per US miner at lowest level in years.) Insert: Global demand for US coal is declining. Note: 2020 projection based on current orders. |
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Daily Dose: October 17, 2019
A Skeptical Survey of Recent Headlines Regarding the Oil Sector
A Skeptical Survey of Recent Headlines Regarding the Oil Sector
- Has the peak of the shale revolution come and gone? - Houston Chronicle
- False Promises: what if the boom is just a bubble? - Shale Report
- How Long Will the Shale Revolution Last? - David Hughes
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Daily Dose: October 16, 2019
Federal land leased to oil and gas companies Land leased to oil and gas companies for drilling. (Map - orange dots identify federal land leased to oil and gas companies.) Note: 60% of all land is leased at $2/acre or less. |
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Daily Dose: October 15, 2019
IMF Calls For Massive Carbon Tax
IMF Calls For Massive Carbon Tax
The International Monetary Fund says a massive global carbon tax needs to be implemented in the next decade to curb climate change. They suggest a $75 per-ton tax.
What such a tax would do: “In the United States, a $75 tax would cut emissions by nearly 30 percent but would cause on average a 53 percent increase in electricity costs and a 20 percent rise for gasoline."
What such a tax would do: “In the United States, a $75 tax would cut emissions by nearly 30 percent but would cause on average a 53 percent increase in electricity costs and a 20 percent rise for gasoline."
Daily Dose: October 14, 2019
Thirty large cities have met their pledge to halt the rise of greenhouse gas emissions.
The 30 cities are in alphabetical order: Athens, Austin, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Copenhagen, Heidelberg, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Montréal, New Orleans, New York City, Oslo, Paris, Philadelphia, Portland, Rome, San Francisco, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver, Venice, Warsaw, and Washington, D.C.
Thirty large cities have met their pledge to halt the rise of greenhouse gas emissions.
The 30 cities are in alphabetical order: Athens, Austin, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Copenhagen, Heidelberg, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Montréal, New Orleans, New York City, Oslo, Paris, Philadelphia, Portland, Rome, San Francisco, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver, Venice, Warsaw, and Washington, D.C.
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The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, for their work in the development of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that today power everything from mobile phones to electric cars.
The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, for their work in the development of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that today power everything from mobile phones to electric cars.
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A number of global organizations (USEA, USAID, World Bank, etc.) are seeking input (consultants, engineers, etc.) to support an ambitious electrification project in East Africa, including Burundi’s utility REGIDESO, the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP), the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), etc.
Please contact AES if you have questions or interest.
Featured opportunity: Seeking Experts to Support East African Electrification Project
A number of global organizations (USEA, USAID, World Bank, etc.) are seeking input (consultants, engineers, etc.) to support an ambitious electrification project in East Africa, including Burundi’s utility REGIDESO, the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP), the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), etc.
Please contact AES if you have questions or interest.
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