Oil Dips on Inventory Report
Source: The Street, Andrea Tse  (7/14/11)
"Oil pares gains on bearish aspects of a weekly inventory report." More >

U.S. Clean Economy Employs 2.7M
Source: Dow Jones, Cassandra Sweet  (7/13/11)
"Study finds U.S. renewable energy companies employ 2.7 million people." More >

Can the Groupon Model Help Scale Solar?
Source: The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal  (7/13/11)
"Group-purchasing mania may advance solar installations on commercial roofs." More >

Republicans Lose the Battle of the Bulb
Source: AHN, Kris Alingod  (7/13/11)
"GOP fails to overturn law to make light bulbs more energy efficient." More >

Debt-Ceiling Deal Imperils Energy Subsidies
Source: NationalJournal, Amy Harder  (7/13/11)
"Oil & gas likely to take cuts in tax breaks. . ." More >

Pickens vs. Koch in Natural-Gas Feud
Source: Bloomberg, Jim Snyder  (7/13/11)
"Debate over the Natural Gas Act pits billionaires against one another." More >

Gunmen Blow Up Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline
Source: Bloomberg with Associated Press  (7/13/11)
"Latest of four such attacks this year highlights authority/citizen tensions." More >

Frank Curzio: Penny Stocks to Profit from Higher Oil & Gas Demand
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (7/12/11)
Oil and gas markets, as well as the technology to produce, distribute and utilize them, are evolving to meet growing global energy needs. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Frank Curzio, editor of the Penny Stock Specialist newsletter, brings us up to date on his views for what lies ahead in the energy markets and offers several ideas for investors seeking underpriced bargains with great growth potential. While his newsletter's definition of penny stocks extends beyond pennies, he believes that the opportunities are in the dollars. More >

Uranium Sector Building Momentum
Source: Financial Post, Peter Koven  (7/12/11)
"Junior development plays to outperform producers in the short term." More >

MIT Demos Solar Panels Printed on Paper
Source: cnet, Tim Hornyak  (7/12/11)
"MIT researchers show solar panels can be printed on cheap materials." More >

Oil Prices Rebound on Euro Recovery
Source: The Street, Andrea Tse  (7/12/11)
"A stronger euro and the successful auction of Italian 12-month bills bolstered prices." More >

GAS Futures Rise on U.S. Heat Wave
Source: Dow Jones, Amy D'Onofrio  (7/12/11)
"Traders bet many Americans will need to stay inside to escape the heat." More >

What's Up (or Down) with the Nat Gas Market?
Source: Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist   (7/12/11)
"The U.S. could easily become a global net exporter of natural gas in the near term." More >

China Calls for Offshore Oil Risks Review
Source: CTV, Ben O'Hara-Byrne  (7/11/11)
"Bohai Bay spills weren't formally announced until early July—weeks after the first leak was noticed." More >

Indonesian Coal Miners Plan $70M Investment
Source: Jakarta Globe, Ririn Radiawati Kusuma  (7/11/11)
"The government wants the local industry to add value to low-ranked coal." More >

Why Republicans Are Fighting to Save the 30-Cent Light Bulb
Source: Christian Science Monitor, Mark Clayton  (7/11/11)
"House will debate legislation to roll back energy-efficiency standards that would outlaw Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulbs." More >

China Threatens Russia Bid for Potash Control
Source: Bloomberg, Henry Meyer and Ilya Khrennikov  (7/11/11)
"China may thwart Russian efforts to control half the potash market as Belarus sells its assets to stave off a deepening economic crisis." More >

Fukushima: Nuclear Power's VHS Relic?
Source: BBC, Richard Black  (7/11/11)
"Have we been guilty of rejecting the nuclear Betamax in favor of an inferior quality VHS?" More >

Biomass Furnace Provides Alt. Energy Source
Source: Leader Post, Dan Yates  (7/11/11)
"A Saskatchewan-based pilot project is looking for an alternative fuel source in a familiar form—wood." More >

Brazil's Ethanol May Have Hit Bottom
Source: Platts, Guilherme Kfouri  (7/11/11)
"Brazil's swap curve for hydrous ethanol follows the sugarcane harvest, which spans from April to December." More >

DOE Grants Another $11M to Geothermal
Source: Renewable Energy World, Marc Favreau  (7/11/11)
"Advanced geothermal projects were selected as part of the department's efforts to reduce the cost of this energy source." More >

Stephen Maresca: Are Midstream MLPs Going Mainstream?
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report  (7/7/11)
Judging from fund flows into some of the Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) he tracks, investors apparently agree with Stephen Maresca, Morgan Stanley's MLP expert, that the midstream sector of the oil and gas industry has gone mainstream. As Stephen tells The Energy Report in this exclusive interview, investors want exposure to the income, yield and total return that the MLPs provide, and they're finding growing revenues and growing free cash flow per share in operators with good management teams, strong balance sheets and assets in growing supply areas that are connected to good market sources for demand. "It's a good time to be involved in midstream plays," he says. More >

Crude Oil Tops $98
Source: UPI  (7/7/11)
"Crude oil prices topped $98 per barrel as the U.S. added 157,000 jobs in June." More >

Oil Showing Signs of Strength and Higher Prices
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (7/7/11)
"If these resistance levels break, the sky's the limit for the next rally."
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EPA Finalizes Coal Plant Emission Rule
Source: Reuters, Timothy Gardner and Tom Doggett  (7/7/11)
"EPA aims to slash air pollution from plants east of the Rocky Mountains." More >