Samuel Bodman

Rising oil prices not led by speculation: U.S. energy chief

kyodo.co.jp     07-Jun-2008   105 related          

U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Saturday that the current high level of crude prices is not being driven by speculative activity on the oil market but imbalance of supply and demand. Bodman's remarks came after crude...                    

Energy chief: Flat production behind oil prices

usatoday.com     07-Jun-2008   1 related          

Nations should fight rising oil prices by cutting subsidies and vastly increasing investment in energy, while oil-producing countries need to ramp up output and divulge more information about how much they produce, the U.S....                    

krugman::Paul Krugman::Has the Bush administration bought into peak oil theory?

nytimes.com     07-Jun-2008   2 related          

OK, this story about what Samuel Bodman said in Japan isn't quite an endorsement of the theory. But it's a long way from the days when candidate George Bush claimed that he could keep oil prices low by using his personal powers...                    

Babacan confident Turkey will pass ‘democracy test’

todayszaman.com     05-Jun-2008   4 related          

Turkey’s democracy is going through a test at the end of which it will emerge strengthened, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has said during a visit to Washington. Speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Turkish Confederation of...                    

Road to Yucca Mountain Enters Final Turn

about.com     05-Jun-2008   149 related          

America's radioactive nuclear waste has entered what could be the last bend along its long and bumpy bureaucratic road to burial at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its official submittal of a...                    

Goverment Moves on Yucca Nuclear Waste Site

reverbiage.com     03-Jun-2008   9 related          

The long-awaited application, more than 7,000 pages, is so big it had to be delivered by truck. In order for licenses to be granted, the documents need to show that the proposed Yucca Mountain repository won't leak dangerous amounts...                    

Is there a short-term fix for high gas prices?

cnn.com     02-Jun-2008   252 related          

The price of crude oil has doubled since June 2007 In late May, the average price of gas nationally was nearly $4 per gallon Lawmakers and consumers are searching for short-term solutions (CNN) -- Gas prices have skyrocketed as a...                    

Babacan set to have high-level talks in US visit

todayszaman.com     02-Jun-2008   1 related          

During a bilateral working visit to the United States to last over a week, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan is expected to meet with a number of senior US officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza...                    

FM Babacan to hold talks in Washington, New York

todayszaman.com     01-Jun-2008   1 related          

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will travel to the United States on Monday evening to hold talks in Washington, D.C., and New York. Babacan is slated to meet with US Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza...                    

Washington River Protection Solutions wins Hanford contract

kimatv.com     30-May-2008   9 related          

The contract award marks one step in what is likely to be months of transition at south-central Washington's Hanford site, where three of five large contracts to rid the site of waste have been out for bid. The other two were awarded...