Energy Files
2004

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• OPEC Nears Cut in Production To Boost Minimum Oil Price - Wall Street Journal 10dec04
• "Fuel for Nought" The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster -  The Guardian Weekly (UK) 8dec04
• GE, Calpine Set Accord to Build New Power Plant -  Wall Street Journal 1dec04
• Collapse of the Petroleum Delusion / Rise of the DIY Movement  - Culture Change Letter 16nov04
• On "Greening the Petroleum Economy" The Technofix Isn't - Culture Change Letter 22oct04
• Oil Firms Need Long Lead Times To Boost Supply: Petroleum Executives Say Projects Take Several Years  -  Wall Street Journal 4oct04
• Bubbling Up: Along for the Ride: Oil run-up pulled gasoline higher; next up, heating oil and natural gas? - Wall Street Journal 29sep04
• California Air Board's Tough Smog Rules Defy Auto Industry: Earth warming acknowledged as serious threat -  SF Chronicle 25sep04
• Demand for Oil Could One Day Outstrip Supply -  Wall Street Journal 9sep04
• Energy Dependence on Mid-East, Russia to Grow, Says Study - IIS 9sep04
• Demand for Oil Could Outstrip Supply - CNN Money 9sep04
• Navistar CXT Monster Pickup Gets 7 Miles to the Gallon -  AP 17sep04
• Fossil Fuel Age Will End, But Few Agree On When - Scientific American 1sep04
• Iraqi Oil Stopped -  AP 30aug04
• Big Oil Presses Ahead in Venezuela: Despite Chavez's Hand In Setting the Entry Terms, Energy Companies Pour In - Wall Street Journal 24aug04
• The Devil's Curse - Editorial / Guardian Weekly (UK) 13aug04
• $45.50/barrel: Stocks Tumble To Lows for Year As Oil Climbs -  Wall Street Journal 13aug04
• Oil Supply On a Knife Edge -  Guardian Weekly (UK) 13aug04
• Friends in the White House Come to Coal's Aid  - NY Times 9aug04
• Iraq and the Problem of Peak Oil -  Current Concerns 6aug04
• Wave Power Plan Gets a Test in Trinidad California -  SF Chronicle 4aug04
• Deutsche Warns Oil Price May Hit $100 -  Scotsman (UK) 2aug04
• Royal Dutch/Shell to Pay $150 Million In Settlement On Lying About Reserves - New York Times 30jul2004
• $43/barrel: Oil Prices Jump To Record High On Yukos Woes  - Wall Street Journal 29jul04
• Duke Energy to Refund $207.95 Million to Western Governments, Utilities  -  Charlotte Observer 14jul04
• Kerry to Bush: Immediately Push OPEC to Expand Oil Production - NY Times 19may04
• LNG: Fears of Terrorism Crush Plans For Liquefied-Gas Terminals: Explosion Could Create Deadly Fires  - Wall Street Journal 14may04
• Oil Industry Blames Regulations for Higher Gasoline Prices -  NY Times 13may04
• Cause: Regionals Lead Recovery of US Commercial Aviation Industry  - Jane's 6may04
  • Effect: USA Set to Implement Third and Final Pillar of Security Policy in Africa: African Coastal Security Programme (ACSP) - Sentinel Worldview / Jane’s 6may04
• Refining Business Boosts ChevronTexaco's Net 33% -  Wall Street Journal 30apr04
• Why Do the Coal and Oil Industries Love Hydrogen? -  Sierra 1may04
• U.S. Trucking Companies Haul Their Highest Prices in Years As Economy Strengthens And Fuel Prices Climb - Wall Street Journal 29apr04
• New Allies in the Energy Wars  - Editorial  / New York Times 26apr04
  • Western Governor's Association North American Energy Summit / Breakout Group Recommendations 16apr04
• Angola: Africa's Oil Tycoons -  The Nation 12apr04
• LNG: A Prized Energy Source, or Potent Terror Target? Push to build LNG terminals is under fire  - Christian Science Monitor 6apr04
• Brian Appel, Changing World Technologies: Turning Garbage into Oil—and Cash -  Newsday 4apr04
• Energy Department Will Enforce 13 SEER Air Conditioner Standard - Press Release / DOE 2apr04
• Soaring Global Demand for Oil Strains Production Capacity: Oil demand will exceed global refinery capacity at the end of this year -  Wall Street Journal 22mar04
• The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs -  Testimony before Committee on Science, US House of Representatives 3mar04
• Oil Refinery Groundwater Pollution: A Half-Billion Six-Packs -  Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming) 22feb04
• The Pines, Indiana: Arsenic, Boron, Lead, Manganese in Ground Water caused by fly ash waste -  Post-Tribune (Indiana) 15feb04

• Fuel Cells: Report Questions Bush Plan for Hydrogen-Fueled Cars - NY Times 6feb04

• A Turkey In Your Tank: Could Poultry Scraps Be the Next Big Source of Fuel Oil? - Fortune Small Business 1feb2005

• Oil We Eat: Following the Food Chain Back to Iraq - Harper's Magazine 1feb04

• Afghanistan: Geothermal Energy in Afghanistan: Prospects and Potential - Daud Saba et al 1feb04

• ChevronTexaco Pumps Profit in Quarter: Earnings boosted by high oil prices, bigger margins on gasoline -  SF Chronicle 31jan04

• Court Voids a Bush Move on Energy -  NY Times 14jan04

• Russian Growth Accelerates, Stoked by Oil  - NY Times 7jan04

• Coalbed Methane: Following busy year, Wyoming tries to cope with coalbed growing pains - The Billings Gazette 7jan04

• Plan Now for a World Without Oil  - Michael Meacher / Financial Times (London) 4jan04