Target Practice
Brexit Looms over Europe’s Climate Commitments

The European Commission just proposed national climate goals for its members, but Brexit could throw a wrench into the whole process.

Propped Up
Germany Chucks One Green Subsidy Out, Reaches for Another

Feed-in tariffs for large renewable power projects have been scrapped in favor of competitive auctions.

Enviro-Mental
Germany’s Energiewende Sticks It to the Poor

German lawmakers want to keep exempting heavy industry from green power surcharges, but what about German households?

Global Treaties
The Ozone Fix Doesn’t Justify the Paris Treaty

Scientists are now seeing evidence that the hole in the ozone layer is healing. Here’s what that means for the fight against climate change.

Take That Malthus
Rediscovering Gaia’s Riches

The discoveries of new water supplies for parched California and a massive new reserve of helium in Africa pile fresh dirt on Malthus’s grave.

Crude Economics
2015 Was OPEC’s Worst Year in Nearly Two Decades

For the first time since 1998, OPEC ran a collective budget deficit last year.

Self Denial
Berlin Buries Shale Dreams with Indefinite Fracking Ban

Germany took a big step backwards by slapping its fledgling shale industry with an indefinite ban.

Buyer's Market
An End to LNG’s Asian Premium?

An oversupplied market is giving new ammunition to Asia’s LNG buyers in their fight to move to spot pricing.

Frack Baby Frack
Resilient Shale Producers Get Their Second Wind

$50 crude is breathing new life into an American shale industry that has struggled in recent months.

Enviro-Mental
Germany Moves to Slow its Out-of-Control Energiewende

After tripling its renewable power output in a decade, Germany is now having second thoughts and wants to control spiraling costs.

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