Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon.
After much debate, the U.S. is moving ahead with liquid natural gas exports, but it might want to study Australia’s experience to understand the possible…
A major coal mining company has announced another round of layoffs as declining demand for coal continues to depress the industry.Alpha Natural Resources, the world’s…
New York State is transforming itself into a model of solar power.In April, Governor Andrew Cuomo committed $1 billion to NY-Sun Initiative, a relatively new…
To the delight of American drivers, gasoline prices are continuing to slide downwards. The national average price of gasoline hit $3.35 per gallon at the…
Unsatisfied with the pace at which the federal government is acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, several U.S. states and a few Canadian provinces are…
The winding down of extraordinary measures taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve to ameliorate the effects of the financial crisis could reverberate through energy markets.…
With uncertainty put to rest over the Scottish referendum, several British energy sectors are hoping investment will resume after coming to a standstill before the…
The largest ever gathering for climate action took place in New York on Sept. 21, just two days ahead of a major negotiations on a…
There is so much surplus oil sloshing around right now, some of it is being stored on tankers at sea. It's well known that there…
Building on its success in getting the U.S. government to approve exports of natural gas, the oil and gas industry has moved on to the…
A prominent U.S. senator wants to halt all sales of coal mined on federal lands in the western United States because he says the government…
Oil prices may have gone as low as OPEC is willing to tolerate. After several months of price declines, the secretary-general of the Organization of…
The debate over natural gas exports appears to be over. On Sept. 10, the U.S. Department of Energy approved two more export terminals for liquefied…
With U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement of an open-ended plan for airstrikes on the Islamic State (IS), the U.S. and its allies will need to…
China’s run as the world’s most voracious consumer of coal may be coming to an end. A recent report from Greenpeace found that China’s coal…
Global oil prices have slid in recent weeks, a trend that shows no signs of changing in the immediate future. The two main benchmarks for…
The oil sands industry is developing new technologies to reduce pollution and the impact on the lands where they operate – an increasing concern as…
A new factory that hopes to break oil’s stranglehold over America’s transportation sector has just opened its doors in Iowa.The $275 million factory will churn…
An investigation by The New York Times has found that several prominent Washington, D.C. think tanks have regularly taken donations from foreign entities in exchange…
A new proposed pipeline would connect North Carolina to the Marcellus and Utica shale formations, bringing a massive new flow of natural gas to the…