In the News
New York City, State Push Energy Change
By Gary Shapiro
New York Sun, Aug. 15, 2007
Wherever one looks, the Empire State appears to be getting a little greener. Underwater tidal turbines submerged in the East River, geothermal homes in the Hudson Valley, an urban wind farm on a brownfield site south of Buffalo, and a solar building in Battery Park that reuses storm water are among projects changing the way New Yorkers meet their energy needs…
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Turning Green Into Green
By Gary Shapiro
New York Sun, Aug. 14, 2007
If America is turning to ecologically greener energy sources, a more traditional kind of green—a stream of Wall Street cash—may just fuel the way.
Venture capital and private equity investment are increasingly flowing into alternative energy, the executive director of Pace Law School's Energy Project, Fred Zalcman, said. He said that Wall Street sees an investment opportunity because of growing concern over climate change as well as increased interest in the search for non-carbon alternatives. One indicator, he said, is that large investment houses are becoming involved…
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Diesel Won't Solve Our Gasoline Woes
by Michael D. Tusiani, Chairman, CEMTPP Advisory Council
Washington Post, Aug. 8, 2005
Automakers are eager to sell you a diesel-powered vehicle. One of their responses to the rising price of gasoline has been to tell American motorists they can keep their large, powerful vehicles and at the same time save on fuel by buying a car or truck that burns diesel instead of gasoline. The new energy bill establishes a tax credit as large as $3,400 for diesels, matching the break allowed for hybrids.
Diesel-fueled vehicles do afford somewhat better mileage and may not require as much maintenance as gasoline-burners. But now and for years to come, the U.S.refining industry simply cannot produce enough diesel fuel to accommodate a significant increase in the number of vehicles that burn it…
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New Contenders Rise in the Battle for
Energy Dominance
by Sheri M. Whitley
Columbia News, Jan. 25, 2005
If Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest is applicable to the oil and gas industry, then top oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia should keep a wary eye on the smarter, fleeter countries emerging as leading producers. And the long-term implications of how that battle is waged and who wins it are perhaps more critical to the energy security of the United States than the current hostilities. So says Edward L. Morse, a member of the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, housed at the School of International and Public Affairs.…
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