Still Boondogglin'
Biofuels Less Green Than Gasoline

New research suggests that corn-based ethanol is worse for the climate than good old-fashioned gasoline.

Pricing Carbon
California Keeps its Dying Carbon Market on Life Support

The state’s carbon market is floundering, but that didn’t stop the legislature from moving to extend it.

Petrostates in Peril
Here’s How Much the Oil Price Fall Is Hurting OPEC

The collapse in crude prices cut OPEC’s oil export revenues nearly 50 percent in 2015.

Too Much Sun
Another Solar Panel Glut Looms on the Horizon

History repeats itself as an oversupplied solar panel market threatens producers’ profit margins.

Feeding the Future
One Step Closer to GM Food Crops in India

A government panel just approved India’s first genetically modified food crop.

Shake Rattle and Oil
EPA Acknowledges Fracking’s Earthquake Problem

The government agency echoed concerns over a pressing—but not fatal—flaw of the American shale boom.

Fuzzy Math
Another EU Car Company Exposed as a Pollution Cheat?

Fresh on the heels of the VW emissions scandal, a French carmaker is coming under increased scrutiny.

Frack Baby Frack
How Far Can American Shale Go?

Bargain crude dealt US shale a temporary setback, but the EIA expects output to climb 45 percent in the coming years.

Pricing Emissions
Keep an Eye on China’s Carbon Market

China is about to unveil the world’s largest carbon market. Can it succeed where the EU has failed?

Crude Economics
Caracas Could Unwittingly Balance the Oil Market

Faltering Venezuelan oil production could do what a production freeze deal won’t: balance the global crude market.

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