Rosneft recently requested $41.5 billion in state aid, and Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev just acknowledged that Moscow might throw the state-owned oil company a lifeline.

The Energy Information Administration bumped up its projections for Mexican oil production in 2040 by 75 percent after the country recently passed a raft of energy reforms. The North American energy revolution rolls on.

Researchers have found evidence of some 570 underwater vents leaking methane—a potent greenhouse gas—into the ocean. That this has taken scientists by surprise underscores how tenuous our grasp on climate science is.

Good morning, TAI readers! We hope you’re enjoying your Sunday, and that you’re making it through the dog days of summer unscathed (sunscreen helps). As you gear up for the week ahead, take the time to look back on what you may have missed on the site over the past week.

The Ivanpah solar thermal facility can power some 140,000 homes, but it can also ignite birds—thousands upon thousands of birds—mid-flight.

China desperately wants to boost its natural gas supplies to help alleviate its dependence on coal and the smog that energy source spews out, but it’s finding that task devilishly difficult.

A new study suggests the recent slowdown in global warming could last for another decade. That’s good news in the short-term, but it highlights our woeful lack of understanding of our climate.

A new report from CO₂ Scorecard claims that the U.S. shale boom has increased net global emissions, but seems to employ questionable methodologies to reach that conclusion.

Our southern neighbor’s struggles with drug cartels get plenty of attention, but there’s a very real success story going on in Mexico that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto highlights a number of promising reforms in a recent FT opinion piece.

Drillers are figuring out new ways to eke more oil and gas out of wells thought to be previously exhausted. The shale boom rolls on.