Enviro-Mental
Germany’s Dubious Green Leadership

Merkel and Hollande ramped up the green rhetoric today, but Germany is hardly setting a good eco-example.

Crude Economics
Saudi Oil Output Hits High Water Mark

Riyadh pumped more oil in March than at any point since November 2005. The world is awash in crude.

Smarter Not Harder
A Smarter Approach to the Climate Change Problem

The case for a better way to cope with climate change: research and development, not a doomed global climate treaty.

Crude Economics
Strap in for a Long Oil Price War

OPEC is clashing with the rest of the world’s oil producers, and as the IEA reports this price war is only just beginning.

Crude Economics
Troubled Times for Albertan Oil

Crashing oil prices and a new oil-unfriendly government pose big threats to Albertan oil sands production.

The Paris Summit
UN Climate Chief Sets Greens Up for Disappointment

The UN climate chief is busy lowering expectations for December’s historic climate summit in Paris.

Frack Baby Frack
Ingenuity Saving Shale, Stymying Saudis

The same inventive spirit that kicked off the shale boom is keeping it alive in today’s bearish oil market.

Frack Alack
A Post-Mortem for European Shale

Shale has failed in Europe, as complex geology, entrenched local opposition and byzantine regulations have strangled the potential boom before it could begin.

Predictive Problems
How Climate Models Warm the Planet

Uh oh: the supercomputers necessary to power our best climate models are energy consuming (and planet-wrecking) monsters.

A New Swing Producer
U.S. Shale Gets Ready to Take on Price Rebound

American shale helped set off the crash in crude prices, and now it’s prepared to prevent a rebound.

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