A King Dethroned
The Sorry State of Coal

The world’s biggest private coal company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today.

Hail Shale
Summer Gas Prices to Hit Twelve Year Low

Cheap oil means cheap gasoline, and American drivers are going to save big at the pump this summer. Thank you, shale.

Talking the Talk
Oil Prices Rise Ahead of Big Freeze Meeting

Brent crude rose above $44 per barrel in trading today on growing expectations for an April 17th petrostate summit. But there’s plenty of reason to be skeptical that the changes will hold.

Gas Glut
The Other Hydrocarbon Price Crash

Oil prices have mounted a minor comeback recently, but we haven’t seen the bottom of the LNG market yet.

Crude Economics
Oil Guru Says OPEC’s Era Is Over

Famed oil historian Daniel Yergin thinks “[t]he era of Opec as a decisive force in the world economy is over.”

Seeing Potential
This Week in Promising Green Dreams

What Scottish tidal power, waste-to-energy plants, and carbon farming have in common.

Settled Science
Climate Uncertainty Grows

New research suggests climate models are overstating the cooling effects of clouds. This is bad news for two very different reasons.

Good Green News
The Great Global Decoupling Has Already Begun

Here’s a dose of great green news: global economic growth is decoupling from emissions.

Counting Carbon
Uncertainty Surrounds China’s “Peak Carbon” Moment

Chinese emissions seem to be falling, but there’s very little scientific consensus over whether this dip is permanent or temporary.

The More the Merrier
China Pursues Promise of the Driverless Future

It’s not just Google: Chinese companies are hard at work chasing down the promise of driverless cars.

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