Crude Economics
Russia Really Doesn’t Want to Cut Oil Output

Russia’s Energy Minister again poured cold water on the notion that Moscow might join OPEC in production cuts.

Hail Shale
While Europe Gets Gouged, Americans Enjoy Cheap Power

The savings will be particularly welcome in poorer households.

Volatile Voltage
German Green Mania Makes for Panicky Prices

Intermittent renewables are wreaking havoc on German electricity prices.

UK Shale Hale Again?
The UK Jump-Starts Its Shale Industry

Is this a tipping point for British fracking?

So Much for Peak Oil
Alaska Just Nearly Doubled its Oil Reserves

A Houston-based company just discovered a field that could one day produce 200,000 barrels per day.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
Starving Oil Workers Sell Clothes for Food in Venezuela

Roughnecks are selling the clothes off their back to feed their families.

Pipeline Politics
Canada Proposes a National Carbon Price

Not all of its provinces are thrilled.

A Green Dream
No, the UN Can’t Enforce the Paris Climate Deal

What good is a “non-adversarial and non-punitive” treaty, anyways?

Crude Economics
Petrostate Production Soars Ahead of OPEC Cut

The cartel is talking about cuts, but all its members are doing is ramping up their output.

Methane Malaise
Even Hydro Power Is Bad for the Climate

Hydro power is emitting far more greenhouse gases than we thought.

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