http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R43313.pdf
Discusses Mexico’s interest in opening its oil and gas sectors to international companies to improve production, areas of U.S.-Mexico energy cooperation, and issues for Congress to consider if such reforms are instituted by Mexico. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R43299.pdf
Views the presidential election as marking Georgia’s further progress in democratization Close Georgia-U.S. ties have implications for access to energy and military cooperation with regard to Iraq and Afghanistan. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
Presents proposed regulations for public comment on the levels of renewable fuels to be blended into gasoline and diesel as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Seeks public input on approaches to address the E-10 blend wall. From the Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/media/weowebsite/factsheets/WEO2013_Factsheets.pdf
Projects developments in global energy markets to 2035 with a special section on the energy outlook for Brazil. From the Energy Information Adminstration
http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=914711
Analyzes the impacts that adoption of newer, more efficient commercial building energy codes by states would have on energy use, operational energy costs, and energy-related carbon emissions. Covers each state in a two page section. From the National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42374.pdf
Reviews the proposals of the Obama administration in the FY2014 budget proposal to eliminate a set of tax expenditures that benefit the oil and natural gas industries to provide $24 billion in additional revenues. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
Provides details on carbon pollution emissions and trends broken down by industrial sector, greenhouse gas type, geographic region, and individual facility. Cites utilities switch from coal to natural gas fuel as reason for 10% decline in carbon pollution from power plants. From the Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41325.pdf
This report focuses on the first component of a CCS system, the carbon dioxide capture process, and assesses the prospects for improved, lower-cost technologies for each of the three current capture approaches. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists