Penn Station Commuters Plot Plan B for ‘Summer of Hell’
Commuters are exploring alternate routes by car, subway and ferry, and their employers are likewise considering allowing for flexible hours and working from home.
US Atlantic Coast refiners face new threat
The proposed partial reversal of Buckeye’s Laurel Pipeline would offer Midwest refiners easier access to the East Coast market.
Dishwashers are among the least-used appliances in American homes
(Mon, 19 Jun 2017) Compared with other major home appliances such as clothes washers, dryers, and cooking equipment, dishwashers are both less pervasive and less likely to be used when available. Of the 80 million households that have a dishwasher, 16 million (almost 20%) did not use their dishwasher in 2015, based on data from EIAâs Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS).
Trump Is Offering Populism, Minus the Free Candy
Consider an alternate history in which the Trump administration absorbed and embraced the lessons of right-wing populists from abroad.
World Offers Cautionary Tale for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
President Trump has called for private money to fund his $1 trillion plan, but similar moves in other countries have faced cost and quality problems.
Competition between coal and natural gas affects power markets
(Fri, 16 Jun 2017) In 2016, natural gas provided 34% of total electricity generation, surpassing coal to become the leading generation source. Natural gas first exceeded coal as the most common electricity fuel on a monthly basis in April 2015 and on an annual basis in 2016. The increase in natural gas generation since 2005 is primarily a result of the continued cost competitiveness of natural gas relative to coal.
In New L.I.R.R. Concourse, Commuters Can’t Quite Forget Transit Woes
Passengers praised a new train hall across from Penn Station, but wondered when the rest of the New York City area’s transit might start measuring up to global standards.
European mill consolidation concerns independent stockists, distributors
Mergers and acquisitions in European steelmaking could have important consequences downstream, with independent service centers increasingly nervous they will be squeezed out of the market.
Global oil markets expected to tighten in third quarter 2017, then loosen through 2018
(Thu, 15 Jun 2017) Forecast world production of crude oil and other liquids in 2017 and 2018 was revised slightly downward in the June edition of EIA's <em>Short-Term Energy Outlook</em> (STEO), which was issued after the May 25 announcement by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) of an extension to production cuts that were originally set to end this month.
Steel 232 investigation and the Russian investigation: On a collision course?
Findings of the Section 232 steel import investigation will likely be shared soon, and it will be interesting to see how imports from Russia are treated.