Simone Sebastian
Simone is assistant editor for FuelFix.com. She's an award-winning reporter who has covered energy for the Houston Chronicle and education for the San Francisco Chronicle, among other major newspapers. You can follower her on Twitter, @SimonesNews. Contact her at 713-362-6145 or simone.sebastian@chron.com.
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Follow live as IEA talks about U.S energy boom
The International Energy Administration will be giving a presentation today about the U.S. energy boom. See what the executive director has to say about it. More »
U.S. fuel demand hits new low; gasoline prices keep rising
Even as America’s demand for fuel dropped to its lowest July level since 1995 last month, gasoline prices are getting steeper. Experts say competing forces – the rising global oil price and the tepid U.S. economy – are at play. More »
WSJ: China’s Sinopec in talks for Texas clean-coal investment
The Chinese energy behemoth is negotiating an investment of up to $1 billion in the Texas Clean Energy Project near Odessa, according to The Wall Street Journal. More »
Obama goes pro-coal in campaign radio ad
Mitt Romney bashed the president’s effort to win over the fossil fuel industry, saying Obama has used his years in office to wage “a war on coal.” More »
Report sees a wallop to wind power if tax credit ends
Wind energy is giving a boost to the economy, but will falter if Congress doesn’t renew a tax credit set to expire this year, the Energy Department says. More »
Pipe maker moving Illinois headquarters to Houston
TMK IPSCO, the U.S. arm of Russia’s largest pipe manufacturer, will move its headquarters from Downers Grove. Ill, the company has announced More »
Layoffs buffet wind power industry
Word of staff cuts and factory closings at wind turbine companies from Dallas to North Dakota this month, as a federal tax credit heads toward expiration. More »
Feds cut ethanol projections
Federal energy authorities cut their forecasts for ethanol production as a historic drought hits the corn harvest and causes prices to soar. More »
U.S. should seize role as energy exporter, industry advisers say
Former Chevron vice chairman Peter Robertson said, under ideal conditions, U.S. and Canada can meet their own petroleum needs by 2035. More »
Amid subsidy debate, wind power hits 50-gigawatt milestone
The wind industry is putting its growth and Republican support on display as presidential candidate Mitt Romney gets some heat for his opposition to the wind power federal tax credit. More »
Study finds cars may need dual power source to cut emissions
While internal combustion engines will dominate U.S. roads for decades, government funding should help develop other nascent transportation fuels, the National Petroleum Council advises in its most recent report. More »
Kinder Morgan entities form pipeline deal
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners will buy Tennessee Gas Pipeline from Kinder Morgan Inc. in a $6.2 billion deal, part of a maneuver to gain regulatory approval for its El Paso Corp. acquisition. More »
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