Forum on Arctic “Science of Change” Focuses on Decisions at the Top of the World
A polar bear walks across Arctic Ocean ice. Photo by Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard. The United Kingdom may not be an Arctic nation, but it has a unique perch on the front line of the dramatic...
View ArticleU.S. Edges Saudi Arabia, Russia in Oil and Gas
Oil derricks like this one in Williston etch a now-familiar silhouette against the North Dakota sun. Thanks to fracking, the U.S. is on track to be the world’s No. 1 oil and natural gas producer this...
View ArticleOn 40th Anniversary of Arab Oil Embargo, A Chance to Master Our Own Energy...
The 1973 oil embargo set the United States on a path to a more secure energy future, but we failed to see the transition fully through. National Geographic Image by Mark Thiessen. This week, the United...
View ArticleThe Arab Oil Embargo: A Crisis That Saved Us
A Portland, Oregon gasoline station is open for business during the 1973-74 oil crisis, but offers its fuel at a high price. Photograph by David Falconer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. National...
View ArticleBiofuels and Climate Change: Pulpwood to the Rescue?
New study concludes that biofuels can be part of climate-energy solution. The debate has been raging for years. Can biofuels, fuels derived from recently alive plant materials (or manure), serve as the...
View ArticleThailand, Singapore, and Indonesia Dominate Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2014
They came, they built super-efficient vehicles, gained friends and conquered. All 105 student teams from 15 nations participating in this year’s Shell* Eco-marathon Asia are going back to their home...
View ArticleObama’s Fuel Economy Drive for Trucks Aims to Curb Fast-Growing Climate...
In his call Tuesday for boosting the fuel economy of heavy-duty trucks, President Barack Obama is taking aim at one of the world’s fastest growing engines of oil demand and greenhouse gas emissions....
View ArticleObama Administration Grade on Coal Ash: Failing
Yes, failing … just like the coal ash ponds along the Dan River. What Put the Stuff on the Map Despite being a political football [pdf] that had been tossed around Capitol Hill, the coal industry and...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Need Fossil Fuel to Fight Poverty. (Clean Energy Does it Better.)
Last year President Obama launched Power Africa, an initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than two-thirds of the population is without electricity. In a parallel move,...
View ArticleObama’s New Carbon Rules: What Price Regulation?
Can good economic times roll while carbon emissions decline? Maybe so. It’s just a three-year span, but from 2010 to 2012, U.S. CO2 emissions declined while both gross domestic product and the number...
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