Precious metal prices surge, particularly…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's upcoming…
Despite some crude inventory builds…
A decision by Ukraine’s parliament to allow European and U.S. companies to lease shares of the pipeline that carries Russian gas to the West could derail Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…
It’s becoming a sign of the times. E&P companies selling North American acreage—and private equity picking up the ground. Last week we got two more big deals in the…
Imagine using daily exercise not just to power your body, but also your cell phone. That’s what a team of scientists at the University of California-San Diego (UCSD)…
The uranium market had a lot going for it at the start of 2014, including the prospects of a Japanese nuclear reactor restart that now, at least partially seems…
OPEC member countries produced generous amounts of crude during July, causing a “glut” in the supply of oil, despite conflicts involving oil countries that have led to concerns of possible…
You can’t just flip a switch and immediately shift the world’s energy use from fossil fuels to something cleaner like hydrogen. Such change takes time. But a team of scientists…
A new analysis of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline says the project could be far worse for the world’s environment than estimated by the U.S. government.Washington has delayed…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is praising ExxonMobil as a paragon of “cooperation” for beginning work on a project to drill for oil in the Arctic despite stiff Western sanctions on…
The newly consolidated Kinder Morgan will be able to move aggressively to acquire rivals and to expand its existing 129,000 km of…
In a new global market report from Transparency Market Research, the onshore wind energy is anticipated to reach $898 billion by 2020. In 2013, the market was valued at $89.3…
Forget the better mousetrap. Research today seems focused on making a better battery – smaller but with greater capacity, lighter, and quick to recharge. That’s the key to truly portable,…
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) now says the meltdown of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011 involved all the fuel rods in the affected reactor, causing…
If you’ve ever looked at a flat-screen TV or computer monitor from an odd angle, you’ll get an idea of the challenge facing manufacturers of solar panels. Just as you…
The owner of a small Ohio oil and gas drilling company who ordered his employees to dump tens of thousands of gallons of fracking waste into a tributary of the…
A new study from the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, argues that using solar and wind energy may be the most expensive alternatives to carbon-based electricity generation, even though…
If you happen to notice a cigarette butt in a gutter, don’t be too quick to scorn it as disgusting and useless.Well, yes, it’s still disgusting, but a…
Solar power is clean and renewable, but out of the box it’s not terribly efficient, at best turning about 25 percent of sunlight into electricity. And solar panels tend to…
Japan’s Panasonic Corp. says it will help finance Tesla Motor Inc.’s $5 billion battery plant in the United States. And at least one major investment firm reportedly believes the batteries…
The American Automobile Association (AAA) has reported that the average pump price of a gallon of gasoline was $3.52 at the end of July, the lowest since March. In…
Not that you really need to know this, but Superman is a lawbreaker. The Man of Steel may have great powers, but they have nothing to do with the source…