Will they, won’t they?

While the debate over ETS rambles on in Europe (with very few knowing what is really going to happen), over the pond in the US it is all about oil and the lifting of the US oil export ban. Delta Air Lines has urged US senators to resist calls to end the 40 year ban on most US crude oil exports, while oil producers, especially fracking companies, lobby Washington hard for a lifting of the export ban. The argument came to a head after the US Senate Energy Committee had its first hearing in 25 years yesterday on whether the