Two Kinds of Green
The Misleading Science of Bill McKibben

Prominent green leader Bill McKibben took some dubious shots at fracking this week.

Biofuel Boondoggle
America’s Ethanol Industry Shows Why it Needs Subsidies

Biofuel producers are sinking as their government subsidies are being cut—hardly the sign of a healthy industry.

Everything's Bigger...
Crashing Oil Prices Can’t Keep Texas Down

A bearish oil market isn’t keeping Texas from attracting hundreds of thousands of new residents.

Fracking Goes Global
American Shale Gas Makes its European Debut

The first shipment of U.S. ethane—derived from fracked shale gas—arrived in Norway on Wednesday.

Crude Economics
Russia’s Rosneft Runs the Red Queen’s Race

Maturing oil fields mean Rosneft is having to drill more wells to keep output level.

Crude Economics
The IEA Doesn’t Think Much of the Petrostate “Freeze” Plan

An International Energy Agency chief thinks the petrostate production freeze plan could be “meaningless.”

Gazproblems
Warsaw Weakens Gazprom’s Grip

A new LNG import terminal and a proposed pipeline to Norway could help Poland diversify away from Russian gas.

Future Power
America’s Aging Nuclear Problem

More than a third of US nuclear power capacity is due to go offline by 2035. That’s a big problem.

Resilient Shale
Here Comes the Fracklog

U.S. shale producers are starting to tap previously drilled but not yet completed wells, threatening a recent rebound in prices.

Nuclear's Power
China Has a Smart Green Response to Toxic Smog

China is going to build a nuclear plant to help reduce smog near Beijing. Meanwhile, public support for the energy source is bottoming out in the U.S.

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