Gulf of Mexico pipeline operators have been so busy picking up the pieces from last year’s hurricane season that they’ve apparently had little time and resources for building new Gulf of Mexico infrastructure. But if current indications are correct, the 2006 hurricane season will be something of a vacation compared to last year.
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CA Treasurer Gets OK for Last Piece of ‘Green’ Investment Plan
With action by the California state teachers’ retirement fund Wednesday, state Treasurer Phil Angelides announced that all of the pieces of his so-called “Green Wave” investment strategy are now in place. As a board member of two of the nation’s largest public sector pension funds, Angelides has convinced them to invest in companies producing clean energy technologies and those with acceptable environmental protection records.
CSU Forecasters Call for Active 2006 Hurricane Season, But Fewer Severe Landfalls
While the United States and a number of its southern neighbors continue to pick up the pieces from the overactive 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, there is mixed news for the 2006 season, according to the Colorado State University forecast team led by Philip Klotzbach and William Gray. According to the team’s first extended-range forecast for the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, the United States faces another very active hurricane season, but with likely fewer land-falling intense hurricanes than in 2005, which the team deemed the “costliest, most destructive hurricane season ever.”
NOAA Reviews Record 2005 Hurricane Season, Warns More Overactive Seasons to Come
As the U.S oil and gas industry continues to pick up the pieces from the record 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast of more overactive seasons to come is not reassuring.
CA Governor Puts Off Energy Issues
California Gov. Gray Davis is focused on anything but energythis week as he sorts through 1,400 pieces of new state legislationawaiting his signature by a Sept. 30 deadline, but he is expectedto re-focus on the simmering electricity issues next month,according to aides in Sacramento, CA.
Capitalist $$$ Invade Canadian Gas Field
Canadians are being told — by American investors on the prowlfor pieces of the action — that the North American natural gasmarket is headed for a spell of very tight supplies and they standto be prime beneficiaries. The projection emerged as a consensus ata Calgary conference billed as the mightiest assembly of financialmuscle ever held in the Canadian gas capital.
Congress May Produce Electric Bills by Recess
Key pieces of comprehensive legislation aimed at restructuringthe electric industry could very well come out of both the Houseand the Senate before lawmakers leave for recess in early August,Capitol Hill observers say.
House, Senate May Produce Electric Bills by Recess
Key pieces of comprehensive legislation aimed at restructuringthe electric industry could very well come out of both the Houseand the Senate before lawmakers leave for recess in early August,Capitol Hill observers say.