Polar Shares
Russia Claims North Pole in Arctic Land Grab

Moscow submitted a new claim to some 463,000 square miles of the Arctic this week.

Gridlock
Germany’s Neighbors Rankled by Its Energiewende

Germany’s grid can’t handle its wind and solar production, and its neighbors are paying the price for that failure.

The Intermittency Problem
Renewables Fail Even When They Succeed

Prices drop when wind and solar production peak, so how can renewables hope to compete?

Power Politics
Obama Opens Up New Front in the Coal War

The White House is unveiling an updated version of a plan to green our nation’s power plants, and coal stands to be the biggest loser.

Follow the Money
Paris Isn’t Worth a Climate Fund

The developed world hasn’t followed through on a Copenhagen climate fund promise, and that could sink this December’s talks.

American Innovation
Can We Turn CO2 Into Fuel?

Scientists are working on methods to turn atmospheric carbon dioxide into fuel. It’s difficult to look at the next fifty years with the kind of Chicken Little mentality environmentalists favor.

Isn't It Ironic?
Gazprom Doesn’t Think Turnabout Is Fair Play

How’s this for irony: Gazprom is disputing the price it’s paying for gas imports from neighboring Turkmenistan.

Road to Paris
Climate Summit Draft Document Still “Bewildering”

Climate negotiators already face a tall task in Paris this December. A bloated draft text is the last thing they need.

Pricing Emissions
China Ignores Deadlines to Fudge Carbon Market Numbers

Trading just ended in the last of China’s seven carbon markets and the compliance rate was high, but only thanks to flexible deadlines.

Smart Green Tech
How GMOs Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Scientists have genetically modified rice to boost crop yields while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. How can greens reject this?

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