“Reuters is lying (again),” Elon…
Argentina's president is engaged in…
Pipeline operators have zeroed in on another good investment—rail depots to transport North American oil and gas to refineries, cutting out the middle man in a new trend that is…
Micro-scale biomass and solar grids are taking off in India, where the mains fails to meet growing demand."Blackout cuts electricity to 700 million Indians." So ran one typical…
There are many forces at work in our world today – climate change, the Arab Spring, population growth, and mass migrations to name a few. Some of these forces may…
As the world continues its downward spiral with markets hanging over a precipice, the EU looking closer to collapse than ever, and global geopolitical tensions rising to an…
New pipelines may provide new revenue for US refiners, which have seen big gains in 2012 and are now seeking to ride the wave of success. HollyFrontier Corp…
The struggle for control of Northern Iraq’s oil and gas and a looming Kurdish bid for independence will be the most visible energy-impacting conflict of 2013. The juniors…
Whether one believes 100 percent in the science behind global warming, the fact is that the northern polar ice cap is in retreat, sparking an energy resource scramble among those…
Spain’s Iberdrola has the gone the way of Repsol (REP.MC) in Latin America, as the Bolivian army seizes its buildings on orders from the government to nationalize the utility.
David Herron of Torque News stated in his article “60 kWh Tesla Model S rated at 208 mile electric driving range by EPA:”“The 85 kilowatt-hour Model S, $77,400…
Many people trot out their predictions for the coming year right about now. I'm generally allergic to predictions and think rather in terms of probabilities. Naturally, the world we live…
It is found that high concentrations of salts, including those of radium and barium, are present in the flowback waters from late-end fracking operations, lending fears over potential groundwater contamination.…
The ban on BP (NYSE:BP) is only the tip of the iceberg. In the wake of oil spills, deaths, murky war contracts, sharing of government secrets and other lapses in…
The American Petroleum Industry announced the U.S. oil and natural gas sector spent billions of dollars last year on environmental programs. The energy lobby said it estimates that about 20…
When the Obama administration formally enters its second term in a few short weeks, U.S. lawmakers will have presumably averted sending the national economy into a tailspin and will be…
Anyone who tells you that energy independence can be achieved based on globally traded commodities such as oil, coal and natural gas is either trying to mislead you or doesn't…
This is our last newsletter for 2012, so along with wishing you Happy Holidays, we’d like to leave you with a few notes on what we expect for the New…
Two words can change everything when they are combined: solar and crude. We’re just getting started with this in earnest, but what we’re talking about is solar technology…
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) saw its shares rise 1.7% last week as it moved to unload its Algerian assets for $1.75 billion. The company is seeking to offload a number…
A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting.LED…
Sometimes energy makes headlines, sometimes it doesn’t. But it almost always has important implications for the global economy, the environment, and our day-to-day lives.Here are 10 energy statistics…