Setting Sun
Here Come the Solar Layoffs

First Solar just announced a plan to cut 27 percent of its workforce.

Frack Baby Frack
America Is Flush with Shale Gas, Just in Time for Winter

Thank you, shale.

"Peak" Oil?
The USGS Just Found 20 Billion Barrels of Oil

It’s “the largest assessment of continuous oil” they’ve ever discovered.

Good Green News
Global CO2 Emissions Stall, Helped by Shale

Fracking is keeping American (and global) greenhouse gas emissions down.

Saudi Sorrows
Riyadh Is Reeling from Bargain Oil Prices

The Saudis are running a budget deficit equivalent to 20 percent of their GDP.

Crude Economics
Why OPEC Fears Donald Trump

America’s recent election could make OPEC’s proposed production cut even more irrelevant.

Market Forces
No, Trump Can’t Revive Coal

Coal stocks are soaring after the election, but our new president can’t save the industry.

Infighting
Washington’s Green Civil War

How environmentalists’ infighting doomed America’s first potential carbon tax in Washington state.

Enviro-Mental
Mainstream Greens Are Failing Our Warming World

As we set new temperature records, our response to climate change is flailing.

Hail Shale
US Oil Output Hit a 43-Year High Last Year

And though it has since flagged, there’s reason for renewed optimism.

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