Fuels

Two House panels last Thursday voted out their portions of the economic stimulus spending package promoting increased production of alternative fuels and encouraging more energy efficiency and conservation. The votes, mostly along party lines, set the stage for what could be a partisan fight on the House floor this week.

With California facing a $42 billion budget deficit, the state’s year-old law (AB 118) to boost alternative fuel vehicles may be stalled.

With California facing a $42 billion budget deficit, the state’s year-old law (AB 118) to boost alternative fuel vehicles may be stalled.

The Senate of the new 111th Congress last Thursday sent a loud and clear message to producers of traditional fuels as it unanimously passed a $10-12 billion omnibus lands package that will take off the table millions of acres of public lands for potential oil and gas development.

The Senate of the new 111th Congress Thursday sent a loud and clear message to producers of traditional fuels as it unanimously passed a $10-12 billion omnibus lands package that will take off the table millions of acres of public lands for potential oil and gas development.

The Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly passed an $18 billion package to extend tax credits for renewable fuels and energy efficiency, many of which are due to expire at the end of the year. But rather than accept the Senate tax bill, the House Wednesday adopted a different strategy — raising the likelihood that the ongoing disagreement between the two houses over tax policy will not be resolved before Congress adjourns.

The City of Los Angeles has signed a 10-year deal with Seal Beach, CA-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. for supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel a fleet of 340 sanitation trucks.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) Friday called for an “energy revolution” worldwide to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. To halve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, at least $45 trillion — three times the current size of the entire U.S. economy — needs to be invested by governments and the private sector into the energy sector, the Paris-based agency said.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) Friday called for an “energy revolution” worldwide to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. To halve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, at least $45 trillion — three times the current size of the entire U.S. economy — needs to be invested by governments and the private sector into the energy sector, the Paris-based agency said.