Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon.
U.S. President Barack Obama thought he had put an end to the overseas financing of big coal-fired power plants, but American support for coal plants…
A recent study from Cornell University finds a probable link between drilling activity and an increased frequency of earthquakes in Oklahoma. Published in the journal…
As Americans head into their July 4 holiday weekend, gasoline prices are at their highest levels for this time of year since 2008. The surge…
Offshore wind has struggled to get started in the United States, but the federal government just announced a plan that could accelerate its development. The…
A recent court ruling giving cities and towns in New York State the authority to ban hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) represents an enormous blow to the…
Business for oil companies operating in Canada just got more complicated because of a Supreme Court ruling that significantly expands the ability of a native…
The U.S. has succeeded in lifting its oil production to over 8 million barrels per day, the highest levels in decades. But where exactly is…
In this age of rising greenhouse gas emissions, everyone is looking for ways to scale up clean energy and cut back on fossil fuels. That…
Violence in Mexico could thwart hopes of a budding shale boom, as oil and gas companies operating in Texas may think twice about moving south…
On June 20, the oil tanker SCF Altai docked in Israel and offloaded oil from Kurdistan. The completion of the sale marked a huge win…
The spike in instability in several oil producing regions around the world is threatening to knock some production offline, but it is also boosting profits…
The window of opportunity for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers in the U.S. is beginning to close, and it is not because of slow…
Chicago has long been the crossroads of the U.S. economy -- a teeming center of commerce geographically positioned at the nation’s midway point with access…
U.S. President Barack Obama may be engaging in a “war on coal” with carbon regulations intended to shrink coal’s share of energy production, but worldwide,…
By the end of the decade, North America will become a “titan of unprecedented proportions” when it comes to exporting refined petroleum products, according to…
When U.S. President Barack Obama spoke briefly on June 13 outside the White House on the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, he ruled out sending…
In the rapidly unfolding events and chaos in Iraq, leaders of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have capitalized on the situation to gain further leverage…
Along with 3 billion other viewers around the world, I plan to tune in for the month-long World Cup to see whether the 22-year old…
China has been buying up oil at a record pace in order to stockpile reserves for a rainy day as part of its strategy to…
On June 2, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a sweeping plan to rein in carbon pollution from the nation’s coal-fired power plants. It was the…