A new study from Resources for the Future and National Energy Policy Institute tested out ways to cut down on oil imports, and found the single largest saving could come from switching US long-haul 18-wheelers to run on natural gas. Clean Skies News' Margaret Ryan spoke with T. Boone Pickens, chairman of BP Capital, who has been advocating that switchover -- as one of several ways to reduce oil imports and improve US national security -- since 2008. They discussed the status of those efforts and Pickens' predictions for Congressional action.
Susan McGinnis anchors this afternoon's Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program:- A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.- Oil industry executives criticized President Obama's six-month ban on deepwater drilling, in London today, saying the world doesn't have enough other sources of oil to eliminate deep sea rigs. -Mayors from around the country gathered along the Louisiana coast to see environmental damage caused by the spill.- Denmark gives the green light to build one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. www.cleanskies.com
Elliott Gue, editor of The Energy Letter and The Energy Strategist, joins Clean Skies News to discuss the week's oil and natural gas inventories and just how much profit BP has already lost.
Clean Skies News talks to Energy Minister of Northwest Territories Bob McLeod, on his efforts to promote natural gas in a carbon-contstrained world. McLeod suggests natural gas pipelines running through Canada, as well as areas of shale gas in the US and Canada, could reduce the need for additional deep water drilling projects in Canadian waters with arctic ice.
Tyler Suiters anchors this afternoon's Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program: - President Barack Obama returns to the Gulf Coast.- BP makes plans to contain more than 2 million gallons of oil a day by the end of June. - President Obama asks supporters to demand clean energy legislation.- Big oil executives head to Capitol Hill.- Chevron reports an oil leak near Salt Lake City.- Scientists are one step closer to developing carbon capture and sequestration technology.- Dominion Resources strikes a deal to move and store natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. www.cleanskies.com
