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Public Supports Energy Over Environment

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Timothy Gardner, Reuters — For the first time in 10 years Americans are more likely to say the United States should give more priority to developing oil, natural gas and coal than to protecting the environment, according to a poll on Tuesday. The poll was conducted a few weeks before President Barack Obama announced he [...]

E.U. Tries to Head Off Future Natural-Gas Shortages

Mar 4, 2010    New York Times
BRUSSELS — The European Commission sought Thursday to keep all its options open to avoid future crises over supplies of natural gas, as new evidence emerged that another of its main energy goals — encouraging biofuels — might need to be revised.
Günther Oettinger, the bloc’s commissioner for energy, pledged €200 [...]