Report authored by two Democratic Congressmen on the cyber threat to the U.S. electrical grid.  Calls for the government to create an entity with authority to protect the grid against cyber attack or geomagnetic storms.  From the U.S. House of Representatives

Describes efforts to search for and develop energy resources in Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Uganda.  From the Energy Information Administration

This study examines how a carbon tax, combined with alternative uses of the revenues–such as reducing budget deficits, decreasing existing marginal tax rates, or offsetting the costs that a carbon tax would impose on certain people—might affect the economy and the environment.  From the Congressional Budget Office.

Warns of the danger to coastal and marine resources from 36 sunken ships across the U.S. seafloor that could leak fuel oil or oil cargo.  The most comprehensive assessment to date of the potential for oil pollution from shipwrecks in U.S. waters. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

New proposed regulations for public comment on hydraulic fracturing which would require wider disclosure of chemicals used in drilling and greater assurances against toxic fluids leaking into groundwater.  From the Bureau of Land Management of the U.S. Interior Department

Presents a basic analysis of the factors that contribute to a state’s carbon dioxide profile.   Over the decade, emissions rose in 18 states and fell in 32 states.  From the Energy Information Administration

Discusses World Bank plans to emphasize access to energy, especially electricity, as central to development strategies in less developed countries.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Latest in an annual series.  To be released in stages through May 2013.  Cover energy production, consumption, technology, and market trends.  From the Energy Information Administration

Offers map of U.S. with estimates of potential volumes of undiscovered gas within shale-gas assessment units.  Also includes a historical perspective of shale gas activity in the U.S.  From the U.S. Geological Survey

Looks at the status of the FutureGen project, designed originally in the Bush administration, then abandoned and resurrected by the Obama administration as a method to make coal-fired power plants more environment friendly through carbon capture techniques.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Summarizes the current state of solid state lighting technologies/products and evaluates barriers to their improved cost and performance.  From the National Research Council

Iraq has the fifth largest proven crude oil reserves in the world and is one of the few countries where much of its oil resources have not been fully exploited.  This report covers Iraq’s reserves and production for petroleum and natural gas.  From the Energy Information Administration

Discusses the current place of coal in the U.S. and world energy picture, the declining role for coal in the U.S. energy market, and issues relating to the sale of coal licenses on federal lands.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Examines federal wind-related energy initiatives including key characteristics of programs implemented in 2012, overlap, duplication or fragmentation in the programs, and the manner in which agencies allocate support to such projects.  From the Government Accountability Office

Describes the impact of optical technologies on the future U.S. economy and why it is essential for the U.S. to take advantage of their potential for creating new industries and job growth in such areas as solar power generation and new efficient lighting.  From the National Research Council

First U.S. report in a new international initiative in which governments, companies, and nongovernmental organizations lay out the principles that guide oil, gas, and mining companies in providing security for their operations in a manner which respects human rights.  From the State Department

Focuses on Europe’s problems in obtaining energy supplies in the face of rising competition, its efforts to diversify its sources of natural gas supplies, Russia’s role in Europe’s natural gas policies, and key factors that could hinder efforts to develop alternative suppliers of natural gas from areas such as Central Asia and North Africa.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Press release on population surge in Great Plains and Texas from energy development factors.  Includes lists of 10 fastest growing metro and micro areas by numeric and percentage increases.  From the Census Bureau

Latest progress on the energy bill moving through the House of Commons with new proposals that allow the government to set a decarbonisation range for the electricity sector after 2016.  House of Commons Library Research Paper 13/19

Four volume draft EIS plus executive summary plus fact sheet.  Covers potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed project including impacts from construction, spills, climate change, and economic impacts.  From the State Department

Reports on the supply and price fluctuations of crude oil and natural gas, the amount that comes from federal lands, and whether production on federal lands could be increased by making drilling more attractive through price and permit changes.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes the history since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the aims and levels of U.S. foreign assistance, and current mutual efforts aimed at counterterrorism objectives.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Proposes higher taxes on gasoline with proceeds to be used to lower the price of electric vehicles to promote U.S. energy independence.  From the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security

Describes the energy resouces in the South China Sea region and the political and technological problems in exploiting them.  From the Energy Information Administration

Examines the role that coal has played in boosting U.S. exports and how price trends have affected that performance in recent months.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Updates report with information about legislative action in 112^th Congress and other recent developments.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Summarizes the use of heat pump technology for residential buildings and constraints on their use in England.  From the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Discusses recent developments in the region and obstacles to peace and independence.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes what the changes are, why they were instituted, and their potential impacts, especially on state implementation plans for attaining the particulate standards.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Describes the growing relationship between the U.S. and Algeria as the latter provides sources of energy to Europe and the U.S. and serves as a bulwark against terrorist activity in Northern Africa.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists