Still Boondogglin'
Biofuel Mandates Bleed American Refineries Dry

The largest U.S. refinery said that it could pay $750 million this year to comply with zany biofuel quotas.

Resilient Fracking
Shale Rebound Slowing Fall in US Oil Output

A global oil price collapse has slowed shale’s momentum over the past two years, but the industry is ready for a comeback.

Packing a Punch
Meet the Powerful, Pint-Sized Nuclear Power Plant

Small, modular nuclear reactors could help provide the planet with more zero-emissions baseload power than ever before.

How to Measure
The Oil Uncertainty Problem

The exact amount of oil currently in storage can be filed under the heading “known unknowns.”

The Shale Rebound
America’s Resurgent Oil Rigs

The U.S. oil industry added more rigs last week than any other week this year. Why that should terrify OPEC:

What a Mess
America’s Biofuel Boondoggle Rife with Fraud

We are shocked—shocked!—that a system of ill-thought out mandates has produced such brazen chicanery.

The Shale Rebound
America Taps Its Fracklog

Analysts expect America’s large “fracklog” of drilled but not completed shale wells could all but evaporate in coming months.

Feeding the Future
We Can Have Our Forests and Eat, Too

By growing more crops on the land we’ve got, we can help stop deforestation.

Geothermal Gaffe
When Green Energy Isn’t Actually Green

A number of Turkish geothermal plants sit atop geology that make them no cleaner than coal-fired power plants.

Unsettled Science
What a Cooling Antarctica Means for Climate Science

Scientists think they know why Antarctica has been cooling over the past two decades, but do greens even care?

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