Fracking Further
Shale Keeps Getting Leaner and Meaner

American frackers are cutting the costs of new oil production faster than any of their competitors.

Moving Crude
Canada Stares Down a Serious Pipeline Bottleneck

Canada’s pipeline network isn’t keeping pace with its buoyant oil sands crude production.

Energy Intensity
The Planet Is Figuring Out How to Grow, Greener

As global productivity increases, energy intensity is steadily falling. That’s not just good for the world economy—it’s good for the planet, too.

Propped Up
Germany Chucks One Green Subsidy Out, Reaches for Another

Feed-in tariffs for large renewable power projects have been scrapped in favor of competitive auctions.

Market Failure
Carbon Markets Are Failing on a Global Scale

From the US to Europe to Asia, the price of carbon is way too low to affect serious change in emissions habits.

Resilient Fracking
Another Sign Shale Is Rebounding

For the fifth time in six weeks, America’s oil rig count increased. That’s good news for shale.

Enviro-Mental
Germany’s Energiewende Sticks It to the Poor

German lawmakers want to keep exempting heavy industry from green power surcharges, but what about German households?

Grid-lock
The Cautionary Tale of Japan’s Solar Experiment

Japan’s fledgling solar boom is threatening to go bust as it struggles to connect new producers to its grids.

Hail Shale
America Is the New Oil #1, Thanks to Fracking

America has more recoverable oil than any other country in the world, according to new estimates.

Global Treaties
The Ozone Fix Doesn’t Justify the Paris Treaty

Scientists are now seeing evidence that the hole in the ozone layer is healing. Here’s what that means for the fight against climate change.

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