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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Energy Reading
Speculators, Pension Funds, McCain, and Ducks
- A Christian Science Monitor op-ed on the biofuels debate over using land set aside for conservation purposes to grow crops used for biofuel production instead. [Biofuels put bucks over ducks]
- A Wall Street Journal editorial on speculation in energy markets. [Political Speculators]
- A MarketWatch article on yesterday’s congressional hearings on regulating oil markets and analysts’ claims that gasoline could come back down to $2/gallon under certain regulatory schemes that limit market speculation. [Gas could fall to $2 if Congress acts, analysts say]
- Another MarketWatch article on a plan developed by Senator Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., to ban large pension funds and other institutional funds from commodities trading (which would include oil). [Plan to bar funds from commodities garners few fans]
- A Wall Street Journal piece profiling Representative Randy Forbes, R-Va., and his proposals to end U.S. reliance on foreign sources of energy. [Capital Journal: Oil Woes Fail to Stir Leadership]
- One more Wall Street Journal piece looking at John McCain’s energy proposals; it finds him to be “all over the map.” [Senator’s Broad Range Of Energy Policies Defies Categories]
posted by Stephanie Cohen | 4:28 pm
File As: Energy Policy, Biofuels, Energy Politics
