Energy & Environment

Intelligence officials: Iran greater cyber threat to US infrastructure than China

By Nicole Perloroth, David E. Sanger, and Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times

From Nicole Perloroth, David E. Sanger, and Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times:  American intelligence officials believe that the greater danger to the nation’s infrastructure may not even be China, but Iran

United States Army’s Net Zero Program: Evolution and Outlook

On February 27, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Energy and Environment Program hosted an event with a presentation by Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment Katherine Hammack and a discussion with key staff members.

The Shale Revolution: Next Phase

By Robert Manning

It had an end of an era feel, when Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy—one of the cutting edge independents that drove the shale revolution—recently retired, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn upped his share of Chesapeake to 8.9 percent.

Bulgarian government resigns amid protests

By Joe Parkinson, Wall Street Journal

From Joe Parkinson, Wall Street Journal:  The European economic crisis felled its latest political victim on Wednesday as Bulgaria’s government resigned from office after days of nationwide protests against austerity, high electricity prices and official corruption.

Chinese Army unit is seen as tied to hacking against U.S.

By David E. Sanger, David Barboza, and Nicole Perlroth, New York Times

Bipartisan Senate bill expedites energy exports for NATO allies, Japan, and others

By Office of Senator John Barrasso

From Office of Senator John Barrasso: U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the “Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013 (S.192).

China’s growing interest in the Arctic ‘raises concern – even alarm – in the international community’

By Christoph Seidler, Spiegel

From Christoph Seidler, Spiegel:  You didn’t hear much Chinese spoken on the Mackenzie River until the summer of 1999