Enviro-Mental
“Green” Germany Needs Brown Coal for Another Two Decades

By snubbing nuclear power, Berlin has consigned itself to decades of coal dependence.

Crude Economics
Iraq Has No Interest in Cutting Oil Output

That OPEC production cut is going to have to fall on the Saudis’ shoulders—if it’s to happen at all.

Shale Is Hale
New Fracking Technique Boosts Output 70 Percent

Welcome to the era of the “monster frack.”

Subsidies
2017 Is Going to Be a Bad Year for Solar

And get this: it’s because the industry already got the subsidies it wanted.

A New Cud to Chew
How a Seaweed Diet Could Save the Planet

Feeding cows seaweed could cut out 99 percent of their methane emissions.

Fear the Airpocalypse
China Struggling to Enforce Clean Skies Policies

Companies are defying orders to cut back on air pollution.

Oiligarchy
Russian Oil Chief Wants to Add Production, Not Cut It

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin thinks Moscow can add 4 million barrels per day in the coming years.

Crude Economics
OPEC’s Big Bet Has a Fatal Flaw

US oil companies are in much better shape than the cartel seems to think.

Foolish Fuel Subsidies
The Battle Greens Should Be Fighting

Fossil fuel subsidies are bad for both the environment and the global economy.

Cool Green Tech
A Climate Solution to Get Excited About

Scientists discovered a new way to convert carbon dioxide into usable fuel.

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