Drexel University researchers successfully tested…
Cool paint coatings can effectively…
European investors, ever eager to embrace massive and profitable energy projects, in the last several years have dreamed of somehow persuading Turkmenistan to divert volumes of its ever increasing natural…
Reading the news, it sometimes seems as if China has bought up Africa's energy resources lock, stock and barrel. But one nation is bucking the trend - Mozambique, who according…
A decade ago Jim O'Neill, then Goldman Sachs head of global economic research and commodities and strategy research, coined an acronym that has increasingly come to dominate the last decade…
In the world of investing nothing is certain, but some companies seem a much surer bet than others. With globalization, investors are searching worldwide for places to park their money,…
Western investors can be forgiven for having the perception that China has bought Africa's energy assets lock, stock and barrel. Last month however, a new oil frontier opened in South…
In the investing world, little is certain beyond the fact that energy stocks are usually a wise place to park money, as global demand is consistently outstripping production. Smart money…
The 19th century saw an epic struggle between competing European powers to divvy up Africa for colonies. Now a similar struggle for Africa is underway, but the main competitors…
Why the entire sector should see a rising tide of revenue and profits... for the next few years. The rapid increase in horizontal drilling and the shale revolution, the energy…
The United States has implemented a variety of policies in the effort to cut back gasoline use. For example, the Obama Administration has invested federal dollars into GM's electric vehicles.…
On December 30, The U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C. stayed implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which was to take effect…
For the Russian Federation’s state-owned natural gas monopoly Gazprom, an entity that everyone loves to hate, 2012 is already shaping up as a decidedly mixed year. The good news…
Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to listen to your drinking buddies in the International Monetary Fund, at least if you want social stability in your country. On New…
The House of Representatives under the 112th Congress has been dubbed “the most anti-environmental House in history.” From a refusal to give up on styrofoam in the congressional cafeteria…
MIT Professor Christopher Knittel has a new paper on the potential for the United States to reduce petroleum consumption. From the paper's abstract: The United States consumed more…
Ivan Sixpack retains more than a passing interest in the Russian Federation’s income from oil and natural gas exports, which together constitute nearly half of all revenues in Russia's budget.
An ungodly row has erupted in Islamabad over the flight to Canada of Pakistan Commission on Indus Water (PIWC) former chief, Syed Jamaat Ali Shah. Shah’s sin/crime? To…
We all know that oil reserves are running low, gasoline prices are increasing and eventually it will become too uneconomical for many people to run their vehicles. Several solutions are…
The only question is, what took so long? Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s leading oil producer and rising BRIC superstar India are deepening their energy ties. India is seeking massive…
According to the World Bank, Zimbabwe is Africa’s third-largest power consumer after South Africa and Nigeria. If that’s the good news, the bad news is - Zimbabwe needs 1,900-2,200 megawatts…
A pair of new federal air pollution regulations could result in the closure of up to 67 aging, inefficient coal-fired power plants, simultaneously reducing both harmful air pollutants and driving…