Limping to Paris
The Developed World Is Unprepared for Climate Summit

Just what the green movement needed: more grim news about this December’s climate summit.

Crude Economics
Low Oil Prices Are Here to Stay

A new IEA report shows oil supply outstripping demand by 3 million barrels per day, the biggest such gap in 17 years.

After the deal
Sanctions Not the Only Obstacle to Iranian Gas in Europe

Tehran faces a host of obstacles to gaining a foothold in Europe’s natural gas market.

Ready the Reactors
Japan Restarts Its First Nuclear Reactor After Fukushima

The Land of the Rising Sun is reopening its first nuclear reactor this week after shuttering all fifty of its plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Crude Economics
Oil Price Plunge Hits Venezuela the Hardest

No other petrostate is reeling from the bearish crude market more than Venezuela.

Enviro-Mental
Scotland Duped into Banning GMOs

Concerned over its “clean and green” image, Scotland is moving to ban GMOs. That’s yet another mark hoodwinked by Luddite greens.

Crude Economics
Saudis Are “Hemorraghing” Cash as Oil Prices Plunge

Shale’s resilience has put Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world’s petrostates in a very tight spot.

The Show Must Go On
“Frack Now, Pay Later”

Oil services companies are lowering their prices and even acting as lenders to help keep the shale industry afloat.

Filling Up
Shale’s Greener America, Truck Fleet Edition

Thanks to the shale boom, more and more companies are choosing to fill up their trucks on propane and compressed natural gas.

Crude Economics
Brent Crude Slides Below $50

Oil prices are plunging once again, erasing brief gains made this spring.

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