Enviro-Mental
Sand Causes Cancer, Say British Fracktivists

Green campaigners reach a new level of absurdity with the claim that sand, an ingredient in fracking, is a carcinogen.

Putin's Pain
It’s Not Just Oil: Russia Has Gazproblems, Too

Gazprom expects to fetch its lowest gas price in Europe in more than a decade, thanks to the bearish crude market.

Limping to Paris
It’s Pay Up or Shut Up for the Climate Deal

Developing nations require payment if they’re to sign on to a Global Climate Treaty this December.

Biofuel Boondoggle
Corn Ethanol Isn’t Green, Study Confirms

New research says that ethanol distilled from corn can actually raise greenhouse gas emissions. Remind us why we’re mandating this, again?

the shale boom
Are Shale Producers Out of Tricks?

Analysts expect U.S. shale productivity to taper off, but they’ve thought so—and been proven wrong—before.

Hail Shale
U.S. a Green Leader, Thanks to Fracking

No other developed country is making more progress in moving away from coal than the United States, according to a new report.

Unintended Consequences
Another Green Policy Backfires

Homeowners that participated in a federal green financing program are having trouble selling their houses in California.

Limping to Paris
No One’s Happy with the State of Climate Talks

Poor countries were just handed a new cudgel with which to beat developed countries at the upcoming climate talks in Paris.

Meet Your New Meat
Start the Countdown: Five Years Until Shamburgers?

The Dutch team that brought the world its first lab-grown hamburger aims to put the faux beef on the market by 2020.

Crude Economics
Saudis Fighting Russia for Europe’s Oil Market

Riyadh is cutting oil prices for Europe, hoping to dislodge Moscow’s hold on the regional market. That’s bad news for Putin.

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