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Energy policy historically has been a matter of policymakers chasing events – and the most recent example is the current boom in natural gas. The controversial technique of fracking gets most of the attention, and there’s no question that fracking’s ability to vastly increase the supply of natural gas is reshaping the energy world.…
Mexico Tops List of Countries With the Most Energy Security
Posted by Amy Sinatra Ayres on October 15, 2012 A new ranking of the top 25 energy-using nations found that Mexico has the highest level of energy security. The country — which is home to the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos, one of the world’s largest oil companies — topped the International Index of Energy Security Risk ranking, released Monday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s…
New federal statistics show that, for the first time since 1949, the United States is exporting more petroleum products than it’s importing. Does your life feel any different? This is something of a trick question, as we’ll explain in a moment. But this goes to the heart of the long debate about “energy independence.” The…
Posted by A sign on Paquet Hall boasts that it is “the first and still the finest berthing” at Pearl Harbor. The three-story Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, built in a U-shape to enclose a palm-lined courtyard, survived the December 7 surprise attack 70 years ago to become a cherished part of the base’s history. This year, the 1927…
A decade ago, the United States urged Israel to lean more heavily on Egypt as an energy supplier, in hopes that such an economic tie would foster cooperation and peace. But those bonds looked more like shackles after a weekend explosion in the north Sinai desert on a terminal serving the natural gas pipeline that…
