US Biodiesel: The Never-ending Subsidy Story
By Russ Finley   Feb. 03, 2010 
In 2004 the US Congress created a $1 per gallon blenders'' tax credit for biodiesel that was slated to expire in 2006. But in 2005 it extended the tax credit through the end of 2008 and, before that year was up, extended it again, through 2009.

China And The “Deniers”: Why Climate Change Issues Are Problematic for the Chinese
By Michael Economides, ET editor in chief, and Xina Xie, ET China correspondent  Feb. 02, 2010 
In the wake of Climategate, Chinese climate researchers have been looking for a way forward. For the past few years, the Chinese government has been supportive of the “consensus” western position on climate change.

Obama’s “Clean Energy” Pandering: His State of the Union Contains More Meaningless Sloganeering on Energy
By Robert Bryce  Jan. 29, 2010 
Never underestimate a politician’s willingness to pander.

Married to Mendacity: Growth Energy Continues Its Misinformation Campaign About the Ethanol Scam
By Robert Bryce  Jan. 27, 2010 
A couple weeks ago, after I published yet another story on corn ethanol “Yet More Outrages of the Corn Ethanol Scam,” Chris Thorne, the director of public affairs for Growth Energy sent us an email objecting to the story.

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BP Shareholders Protest Canadian Oil Sands Project
By Fred Pals  Feb. 08, 2010 
BP Plc shareholders put a resolution to the annual meeting on April 15 for a review of the risks of the company’s Canadian oil sands project, following a similar protest against competitor Royal Dutch Shell Plc.

US Seeks Access to Nuclear Program of Pakistan
By The News  Feb. 08, 2010 
Ameer Jamaat Islami Syed Munawwar Hassan has said US agenda tops creation of uncertainty in Pakistan so that it should have access to Pakistan’s nuclear program.

Ukraine Says No Gas War with Russia
By RIA Novosti  Feb. 08, 2010 
Ukraine''s foreign minister said on Saturday the ex-Soviet state is not "at war" with Russia over natural gas supplies and transits to Europe.

Iran Discovers New Oil, Gas Fields
By Tehran Times  Feb. 08, 2010 
Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi announced two oil and gas fields have been discovered respectively in western Kermanshah and southern Fars provinces.

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Obama’s Nuclear Power Policy
By Mark Clayton  Feb. 05, 2010 
Obama wants to triple public financing for new nuclear power plants, even as he nixes funds for storing commercial radioactive waste. The policy may be calculated to win votes for climate change legislation, but critics say it''s not ''coherent'' and carries new security risks.

Iran Accepts West’s Nuclear Deal
By BBC  Feb. 03, 2010 
Iran''s president has said it is ready to send its enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal to ease concerns about its nuclear programme.

Iran Urges Islamic States to Possess Nuclear Energy Technology
By People’s Daily  Feb. 02, 2010 
Iran''s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that the Islamic states should possess technology to produce nuclear energy, the official IRNA news agency reported.

US, Russia Near Deal on Nuclear Weapons
By Jonathan S. Landay  Feb. 02, 2010 
U.S. and Russian negotiators Monday began finalizing a new 10-year nuclear arms reduction treaty after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev resolved the last major differences over a pact to cut both nations'' deployed strategic nuclear warheads by about a third.

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5 Dead in Gas Plant Explosion
By Michelle McLaughlin  Feb. 08, 2010 
At least five people were killed Sunday when a massive explosion rocked a gas power plant being built in Middletown, Connecticut, the town’s mayor said.

Gas Sites Spur Air Worries
By Ben Casselman  Feb. 05, 2010 
Fort Worth, Texas, Officials Rethink Their Longtime Support for the Industry.

Oil, Gas Output Rise in Colorado
By KRDO  Feb. 05, 2010 
Colorado oil and gas production is on the rise, despite a global recession and tighter state rules on drilling.

Comparison of US Plans to Cap Carbon
By Timothy Gardner  Feb. 05, 2010 
A cap and dividend bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week would reduce the role of Wall Street in carbon markets by returning money raised from emissions credit auctions to the public.

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China’s Oil Giants to Develop Iraq Oil Field
By People’s Daily  Jan. 28, 2010 
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Total Exploration and Production in Iraq (hereafter referred to as "Total") and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (referred to as "Petronas") jointly won the bid for Halfaya oilfield in Iraq on January 27, 2010, according to Shanghai Securities News.

As China Rises, Conflict With West Rises Too
By Katrin Benhold  Jan. 27, 2010 
As recently as 2008, when China was still an emerging economy eager to put its best foot forward for Western consumers, it lifted censorship, at least temporarily, on several Web sites before the Beijing Olympics. At the same time, it responded to pleas from U.S. and European politicians to cooperate on several other fronts.

China’s Oil Imports Continued Upward Climb in ‘09
Michael J. Economides, editor-in-chief, and Xina Xie, China editor  Jan. 26, 2010 
For China, 2009 was supposed to be a year of economic slowdown and thus, lower energy demand. In the US, after years of increasing demand, oil consumption fell by about 5%, to about 19 million barrels per day.

Sino-Kazak Pipeline Transports 20 mln tons of Oil to China
By Istock Analyst  Jan. 25, 2010 
The Sino-Kazak Pipeline has piped more than 20 million tonnes of crude oil from Kazakhstan to China since it became operational in 2006, according to the regional government of Xinjiang.

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Belarus, Russia End Oil Supply Row
By Jacob Gronholt Pedersen  Jan. 28, 2010 
Russia has resolved an oil-supply dispute with neighboring Belarus, a government spokesman said Wednesday, easing concerns about midwinter disruptions of supplies to Europe.

Gazprom to Increase Gas Supplies to Europe as Demand Increases
By RIA Novosti  Jan. 27, 2010 
Gazprom intends to increase natural gas supplies to Europe to 160.8 billion cubic meters in 2010 from about 140 billion cu m last year as the global economy shows signs of recovery, the energy giant said on Tuesday.

BP Offers Technology, Expertise to Develop Russia’s Arctic Deposits
By RIA Novosti  Jan. 22, 2010 
British oil major BP is interested in operations in the Russian Arctic and is prepared to use advanced technologies and experience to prospect and develop natural resources, BP CEO Tony Hayward said on Thursday.

Poland to Deploy U.S. Missiles Near Russia
By Judy Dempsey  Jan. 22, 2010 
Three months after the United States announced a reformulated missile-defense plan for Poland, the Polish defense minister has announced that American surface-to-air missiles will be deployed near Russian soil.

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