Andy Tully is a veteran news reporter who is now the news editor for Oilprice.com
Libya’s decision to shut down its most productive oil field after a rocket attack on a related refinery has cut the North African nation’s output…
There are so many ideas for improving the efficiency and longevity of batteries, why shouldn’t someone come up with a water-based nuclear battery that also…
An assistant professor at Iowa State University is using 3-D printing to teach students about geology. In the process, he’s been developing a way to…
A new report says economies could expand if their governments reduce toxic emissions in cities and reduce the amount of energy and land used in…
Western sanctions won’t change any business plans for the Russian oil company Gazprom Neft during what’s left of 2014, but a senior executive says it…
Thirteen years ago, the administration of President George W. Bush announced plans for the first emission-free coal plant, showing that America could be a leader…
The price of Brent crude oil dropped to below $97 a barrel on Sept. 15, its lowest in 26 months, depressed by both a continuing…
Scientists in Texas have found a method of cooling electrons to nearly absolute zero, and they’ve done it at room temperature. Their discovery could lead…
The Kremlin says strengthened sanctions from the European Union and United States against Moscow will cost the West more than Russia.The EU on Sept. 12…
Two academic studies of the health dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have produced different conclusions. One, conducted by Yale University, said people living near…
No one disputes that the amount of Russian gas being piped through Ukraine has been cut by at least 20 percent. But who’s responsible?Poland said…
Among solar energy researchers, there’s nothing new about “perovskites” -- crystals that absorb both visible and infrared light and convert sunlight into electricity.They’ve been around…
The American Midwest is enjoying a one-two punch of an economic boom thanks to hydraulic fracturing. The relatively new – and still controversial -- technique…
Scientists at the University of Manchester may have found a novel way to dispose of nuclear waste: unleash bacteria that love to devour it.The bacteria…
The British government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to limit payments by BP, the UK’s second-largest oil producer, to some victims of the 2010…
Japanese researchers have developed a finely porous membrane that can trap greenhouse gases but lets clean air pass through.The work at Kyoto University’s Institute for…
At first glance, wind power might seem to be an easy road in the trip to renewable energy: Set up a turbine and begin cranking.…
It was four years ago that researchers at the MIT assembled a piece of yarn out of carbon nanotubes, coated it with TNT and lit…
The U.S. government’s guidelines to healthy eating are at odds with a healthy environment, according to a new report by researchers at the University of…
Iran’s oil minister says recent U.S. penalties against several companies in Iran and elsewhere will only encourage Tehran to evade the sanctions regime imposed to…