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Energy Daily Editorial Team
Editorial Team

Energy Daily Editorial Team

Editorial Team

The Energy Daily Editorial Team produces Energy Daily's coverage of the global energy industry. We report on oil and gas, power grids and utilities, energy markets and policy, and the renewables and storage reshaping how the world is powered. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Energy Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

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Oil Speculators Dominate Open Interest In Oil Futures

Houston TX (SPX) Sep 02, 2009 - A new policy paper by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy shows a clear increase in the size and influence of noncommercial traders, or speculators, in the oil futures market since regulations were eased by the Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000. Speculators now constitute about 50 percent of those holding outstanding positions in the U.S. oil futures market, compared with only about 20 percent prior to 2002.

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President Obama’s Lack Of Environmental Leadership

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2009 - During the campaign, President Obama laid out his vision for combating global climate change. Unfortunately, President Obama's original vision seems to have been all but forgotten. His original proposal included a call for a national renewable energy standard (RES) where, by the year 2025, a full quarter of the nation's electricity would be generated by renewable sources. He seems to have lost sight of this vision.