Roughly a quarter of India’s land is turning to desert, according to the country’s Environment Minister. More effective and efficient crops, especially GMOs, will be necessary to feed future generations.

NATO’s secretary general has accused Moscow of fomenting an anti-fracking misinformation campaign in Europe as a way to keep its customers reliant on Russian gas.

Only a month after its deployment of an oil rig to disputed waters in the South China Sea, China is sending four more offshore platforms into the region.

Russia can’t tap its massive shale hydrocarbon reserves without Western technology, and that’s led some to speculate that withholding the necessary technical know-how could be a weapon against Putin. But the West looks too divided—and the economic rationale for oil majors to partner with the Russians seems too strong—for us to count this as an arrow in our quiver.

France pays some of the lowest prices in Europe for its electricity, in large part thanks to its massive nuclear energy sector. But a new energy transition law aims to reduce nuclear’s share in favor of wind and solar.

Canada approved the Northern Gateway pipeline yesterday, but plenty of challenges remain for the project. Keystone remains the smartest option for everyone involved.

Thanks to fracking, the U.S. is dominating the refined petroleum products market. A new IEA report predicts that the rest of the world will jump on the shale bandwagon by the end of the decade, but America has built up an impressive head start.

Another day, another feckless climate conference ends in deadlock. Delegates to talks in Bonn are returning home empty handed after two weeks of divisive discussions.

This is the kind of news we can’t get enough of: U.S. petroleum production hit a 44-year high in April, while oil exports were higher than at any point since 1999.

After a long-running dispute over unpaid bills, Gazprom finally acted on its threat to disrupt gas supplies to Ukraine today. Putin is busy turning the screws on Kiev—and on the West as well.