
Keystone pipeline: giant environment-eating snake or friendly gap-toothed bumpkin fuelling your tank?
In the energy business, a new pipeline that can carry 800 thousand barrels a day hardly makes the news; there are literally millions of miles of pipelines criss-crossing North America, including almost 200 thousand miles of big oil ones. Some pipelines have sprung leaks, which are disgusting and unacceptable, but spills of any magnitude […]

Asia/Pacific summit: US/China chart green(er) energy future, Putin punches baby that appears potentially gay
The US and China announced a plan to implement new limits on carbon emissions in November at the Asia Pacific economic conference or something, whatever it was called. The plan was met with lukewarm enthusiasm by “experts” (according to Reuters) because it didn’t break any new ground. Still, it is undeniably good news to have […]