Rebuilding Our Infrastructure
Looking at infrastructure data from different sources provides conflicting pictures of what needs to be done
Who Owns the Street in Mexico City?
Bicycle riders fight a daily battle for space with cars and drivers.
China’s approach to global markets is one to follow: Fuel for Thought
Reflecting on the state of the world in Singapore a few weeks ago, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, offered praise for how well China has managed its ascendancy up the oil demand table.
Microchannel gas-to-liquid plants convert stranded natural gas to marketable products
(Mon, 14 Nov 2016) The first microchannel gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in the United States was completed in September. The new plant, built by ENVIA Energy, is located in Oklahoma and is expected to begin converting landfill gas into liquid petroleum products later this year.
The Trump Stock Rally: Calamity Averted With a Little Charm
Markets that had heavily favored Hillary Clinton were poised to dive on election night. Then President-elect Donald J. Trump sweetened his tone.
Trump and Congress Both Want Tax Cuts. The Question Is Which Ones.
Tax reform is one thing President-elect Donald J. Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan can agree on, broadly, though the specifics can get thorny.
What the Markets Are Really Telling Us About a Trump Presidency
The stock market has risen, with investors seemingly betting that Donald Trump will stick to proposals that would benefit corporate profits, and abandon others that wouldn’t.
What’s ahead for the energy railway industry after crude by rail went bust?
“Maybe we’ll talk about shipping water by rail at the next Railway Age gathering in 2017,” is what several delegates said at the Energy by Rail conference in Arlington, Virginia in October.
Trump’s Victory Bodes Well for Investors — for Now
Defying expectations, the stock market rebounded as investors cheered the changes a Donald Trump administration was likely to bring.
In 2015, U.S. coal production, consumption, and employment fell by more than 10%
(Thu, 10 Nov 2016) U.S. coal production dropped by more than 10% in 2015 to 897 million short tons (MMst), the lowest production level since 1986. Production in all three major coal-producing regions (the Appalachian, the Interior, and the Western) declined, as consumption of coal for electric power generation, industrial, and other uses fell by 13% to 798 MMst in 2015.