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		<title>The UN Energy and Climate Change Advisory Group Recommends&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/the-un-energy-and-climate-change-advisory-group-recommends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 05:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Dear Friends. This is my last article as Lead Author of this blog. Although I plan to continue my research on all issues related to energy in the Americas, I am ready for new challenges and projects. I will make sure to post the occasional article as a guest contributor in this blog space.  Meanwhile, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=673&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another chapter on the Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the world watched with empathy the tragedy that struck Poland and reacted to the fallout from the billowing smoke coming out of the unpronounceable volcano in Iceland, another chapter in President Obama’s Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) was written earlier this month in Washington. At its essence, ECPA was supposed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=670&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Clinton Announces New Energy Partnerships</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/secretary-clinton-announces-new-energy-partnerships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remarks made by Secretary Clinton yesterday at the InterAmerican Development Bank on the occasion of the preparatory meetings of the Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas. Video is also available. SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, thank you very much, Luis Alberto, and to everyone here at IDB. Thank you for hosting this important gathering. And I am delighted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=663&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/energy-and-climate-partnership-of-the-americas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Energy and the OAS have launched a new website to bring together all information pertaining to the initiatives and events related to the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas. If the hemisphere&#8217;s energy coming and going is of interest to you, this is a site you should bookmark.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=661&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Setting a Hemispheric Energy Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This posting is a guest contribution by Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Council of the Americas in Washington DC. It was originally published as a contribution to the AS-COA website. Leaders from across the Americas will converge on Washington April 15 to 16 to promote the efficient production and consumption of clean energy. As a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=657&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Live Online Discussion on Technology Inclusion in the Hemisphere</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/a-live-online-discussion-on-technology-inclusion-in-the-hemisphere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends at Americas Quarterly are hosting a live online discussion on March 31 from 12:30-1:00 p.m. (U.S. EDT) on how to extend technological inclusion to minorities across the hemisphere. They would be thrilled if our blog visitors participated. Here’s the link for more information and to sign-up: www.americasquarterly.org/online-discussion-digital-barriers Fell free to share the link with your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=653&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Unconventional Gas Hits LNG and the future of new Pipelines</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/650/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This companion piece to the Huge Unconventional Gas Finds likely to change US Gas Markets was commissioned by Oxford Analytica and published in the end of 2009. SUBJECT: The impact of huge new US and Canadian unconventional gas developments on North American and global energy industries. SIGNIFICANCE: Reliable private and government estimates suggest that proven US [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=650&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Huge Unconventional Gas Finds likely to change US Gas Markets</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/huge-unconventional-gas-finds-likely-to-change-us-gas-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This policy brief, which will be followed by a companion piece, was commissioned by Oxford Analytica and published in the end of 2009. The other piece, which deals with the impact of the new gas finds on the LNG and Pipeline sectors will be posted in the next few days. SUBJECT: How huge new US [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=646&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shell and Cosan &#8212; oil and ethanol merger will deliver cellulosic ethanol from sugar cane</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/shell-and-cosan-oil-and-ethanol-merger-will-deliver-cellulosic-ethanol-from-sugar-cane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exclusive post that connects to work CIGI’s Portal for North America conducted a few years ago. NOTE: after this article was published I spoke (Feb, 18 at 2:00PM EST) to Iogen who clarified some points. The edits/comments appear in bold. Early this month, in a transaction estimated at US$12 billion, oil super-major Royal Dutch Shell [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=638&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oil groups mount legal challenge to Schwarzenegger&#8217;s tar sands ban</title>
		<link>http://cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/oil-groups-mount-legal-challenge-to-schwarzeneggers-tar-sands-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette Hester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the SugarCane Blog discussed on February 2nd, today&#8217;s article penned by Terry Macalister, the U.K. Guardian&#8217;s energy editor, looks at lawsuits against the California LCFS. It follows what we expected, as posted in the three companion pieces: &#8220;California&#8217;s Low Carbon Fuel Standard hit the Energy Sector&#8221;, &#8220;California LCFS: new hurdles for Canada&#8217;s Oil Sands&#8221; , and &#8220;California [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cigienergyblueprint.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7910685&amp;post=633&amp;subd=cigienergyblueprint&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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