Is Richard Branson gearing up to take on Tesla?
Richard Branson has slapped his Virgin brand on trains, planes, spacecraft, and (soon) cruise ships. Are cars next?
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Gal Luft: Can the American energy revolution survive a deal with Iran?
Undoubtedly in the event of lifting of the sanctions, cash-starved Iran would do all in its power to quickly ramp up its oil exports to make up for lost revenues, and the oil market could face an injection of 500,000-800,000 barrels/day of Iranian crude. At a time when U.S. crude oil supplies are already at […]
Day after boasting of Gulf’s health, BP confirms 25,000-pound tar mat
BP said the northern Gulf of Mexico had returned its “baseline condition” five years after its Deepwater Horizon disaster pumped more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off Louisiana’s coast. But the Coast Guard is supervising the ongoing removal of a large oil tar mat on East Grand Terre Island that has […]
Now is not the time to end oil export ban
Eleven oil company executives under the guise of their new lobbying group, Producers for American Crude Oil Exports, just met with the White House to urge the ban’s repeal, claiming that increased oil production can serve as the foundation of a new American economy, with unfettered oil exports creating even more jobs … If you […]
Tesla can now sell directly to consumers in New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a bill that will let Tesla sell its electric cars directly to consumers — handing Elon Musk’s company a major victory over traditional dealerships that opposed the move.
Iran’s nuclear deal could open oil flood
Iranian exports in recent years have been essentially capped by Western sanctions aimed at pressuring Tehran over its nuclear ambitions. A deal easing those sanctions could eventually translate into half a million barrels or more a day in Iranian crude heading into a currently glutted global market.
Why ethanol ain’t going away anytime soon
At the Iowa Ag Summit in early March, only two of the GOP “contenders” outright called for an end to ethanol subsidies; Texas Senator Ted Cruz and former New York Governor George Pataki. Every one else kissed Big Corn’s ring.
Elon Musk says Tesla software update will eliminate range anxiety
From Elon Musk’s Twitter feed, @elonmusk: Tesla press conf at 9am on Thurs. About to end range anxiety … via OTA software update. Affects entire Model S fleet.
NY Times fails to disclose oil funding behind pro-oil op-ed
The New York Times recently published an op-ed attacking renewable fuels from the Manhattan Institute’s Robert Bryce without disclosing his ties to the oil industry, despite a directive from its former public editor for the paper to fully disclose its op-ed contributors’ financial conflicts of interest.
If Alaska is the canary in the climate coal mine, we’re in trouble
Alaska is heating up at twice the rate of the rest of the country—a canary in our climate coal mine. A new report shows that warming in Alaska, along with the rest of the Arctic, is accelerating as the loss of snow and ice cover begins to set off a feedback loop of further warming.
