Idaho Gov. C.L. Otter signed oil and gas billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ pledge to support use of North American natural gas as the nation’s transportation fuel and the development of renewable energy. “Establishing energy security for this state and this country should be a top priority,” Otter said. “While there are some aspects of the Pickens plan I still have concerns about, I am signing this pledge to lend my voice to T. Boone Pickens and others calling for a comprehensive energy plan to end our reliance on foreign oil.” Pickens has been traveling the nation lobbying for his plan to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil by 30% during the next 10 years. More information on the Pickens Plan, which claims to have drawn more than 1.3 million supporters nationally, is at www.pickensplan.com.
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Gore Challenges Nation to ‘Repower’; Chamber Wants Action
Former Vice President Al Gore last week challenged the nation to produce all of its electricity through renewable resources within 10 years, a goal that he said the next president should embrace. His announcement followed a call by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which urged the next president and Congress to set a strategic long-term energy policy for the United States.
Gore Challenges Nation to ‘Repower’ Within 10 Years
Former Vice President Al Gore Thursday challenged the nation to produce all of its electricity through renewable resources within 10 years, a goal that he said he wanted the next president to embrace.
California Promotes Renewables But Gas Still Essential
While California regulators continue to emphasize efficiency, conservation and renewable energy, long-term power plans could include substantial supplies from billions of dollars of traditional natural gas-fired generation.
California Promotes Renewables But Gas Still Essential
While California regulators continue to emphasize efficiency, conservation and renewable energy, long-term power plans could include substantial supplies from billions of dollars of traditional natural gas-fired generation.
Climate, Renewables Up Ante for West LNG, Enviros Say ‘No Way!’
If coal-fired generation is out and intermittent renewable-based electricity is in the future power mix, more natural gas, including imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), will be needed after 2010 in California and more widely in other western states, according to the U.S. president of Australian-based Woodside Natural Gas, whose parent is a major LNG developer and operator on Australia’s Northwest Shelf.
Climate Change, Renewable Reliance Raise West’s LNG Need, Exec Says
If coal-fired generation is going to be increasingly pushed out and intermittent renewable-based electricity pushed into the mix, more natural gas, including imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), will be needed after 2010 in California and more widely in other western states, according to the U.S. president of Australian-based Woodside Natural Gas, whose parent is a major LNG developer/operator on Australia’s Northwest Shelf.
NY Regulators Emphasize Gas, Power Efficiency
In an effort to establish targets for energy efficiency — similar to the existing Renewable Portfolio Standard intended to reverse the pattern of increasing energy use in New York — the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) initiated a proceeding to design an electric and natural gas Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EPS).
NY Regulators Emphasize Gas, Power Efficiency
In an effort to establish targets for energy efficiency — similar to the existing Renewable Portfolio Standard intended to reverse the pattern of increasing energy use in New York — the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) initiated a proceeding to design an electric and natural gas Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EPS).
Nymex and Ardour Global to Offer Alternative Energy Contracts
Tapping into the renewable energy business, Nymex Holdings subsidiary the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) signed an agreement Tuesday with Ardour Global Indexes LLC, a developer of benchmark indexes for the global alternative energy industry, to introduce alternative energy index futures and options contracts.
