All Posts Tagged With: "economic downturn"

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Cap-and-Trade Proposals Are Failing The Public’s
“Test of Common Sense” Say Western Business Group

“If Congress goes back to the drawing board and develops climate legislation that follows these 10 common sense principles, it would undoubtedly be embraced by the American people,” says the Western Business Roundtable’s Jim Sims. No doubt, some will disagree with the group’s proposals.

23Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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When Energy Becomes the Real Currency

In other words, when it comes to energy shares, buy and hold. Increasingly, the wealth of nations will be measured in power (as in kilowatt-hours, not tanks or laws) rather than in currency or gold. A key point — the sharp oil-price spike of 2007-08 was not, as politicians wished to claim, the result of manipulation by shady speculators, but “an inevitable consequence of booming demand and stagnant production.”

6Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Vestas May Be Cutting Jobs and Spending
in Colorado

A perennial presence in recent job fairs around the state, Vestas is holding the line on hiring. “We have slowed down all our hiring in the U.S., including Colorado,” said the company’s Vice President of government relations.

12Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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West Slope Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Put on Hold

Backers of the proposed $80 million facility said that “given the instability of energy prices, the uncertainty in the capital markets and the general market malaise, they determined it prudent not to enter into a joint venture.”

9Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report–Natural Resources 2009 Survey

Credit capacity and capital access are the major concerns for the industry in 2009. In addition, the survey identifies CFOs’ expectations for executive pay, staffing, and various compliance and regulatory issues in the coming year.

9Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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View From Across the Pond:
U.S. Renewables Will Weather Bad Economy

The country’s well-established culture of innovation will continue driving high levels of investment and development momentum by leveraging a resilient venture capital industry, the prospect of a new ‘greener’ administration and strong existing state-level regulatory frameworks and incentives.

31Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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More Energy Companies Tying Executive
Pay to Performance

Nearly half of oil and gas company CFO’s surveyed say their executive compensation programs are now more closely tied to performance than they were before new proxy disclosure rules became effective.

16Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued