Power Shift
Beijing Backs Switch from Coal to Natural Gas

Unlike the United States, this shift isn’t being driven by price.

Hail Shale
Americans Will Enjoy Cheap Gas This Memorial Day Weekend

Give shale the credit it’s due this holiday weekend.

Crude Economics
OPEC Doubles Down on its Losing Hand

The decision to extend production cuts was as predictable as it was desperate.

Market Failure
Europe’s Decrepit Carbon Market Gets a Grim Prognosis

The EU’s ailing Emissions Trading System is looking more useless than ever before.

Settled Science
New Study Suggests We’re Overestimating Coal’s Planet-Wrecking Power

Our worst-case climate scenarios are relying on outdated, incorrect coal data.

Energy Innovation
Moving Towards the Battery Breakthrough

How close are renewables to a shale-like boom?

Crude Economics
OPEC’s Iraq Problem

Iraq isn’t towing the cartel line.

What's In a Deal?
Pressure Grows for Trump to Stay in Paris

Support for the Paris deal is coming from surprising places—Republican lawmakers, corporate America, and the fossil fuel industry.

Petrostates in Peril
OPEC’s Coffers Are Drying Up

Cheap oil is taking its toll on the cartel’s net export revenues.

Future Power
Macron’s Nuclear Mistake

France’s new energy minister is intent on shutting down nuclear power plants.

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