Frack Attack
Saudis Seducing U.S. Shale Workers

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil firm is luring laid-off American shale workers to frack the Middle East.

Enviro-Mental
Biofuel Boondoggle Fleeces American Drivers

Misguided biofuel mandates will cost American drivers some $10 billion this year, according to a new report.

Pipeline Politics
Obama Echoing Hollow Anti-Keystone Rhetoric

Obama once seemed to lay the groundwork for approving Keystone, but seems to be taking a different road these days.

Crude Economics
OPEC Sees US Shale In Trouble

OPEC’s chief doesn’t think U.S. shale can compete in today’s low-price market. Here’s what he’s missing.

Glass Houses
Germany’s Naked Green Hypocrisy

A German minister criticized EU members’ support for nuclear energy, conveniently forgetting his own country’s huge renewables subsidy regime.

Grid-lock
Solar Stumbles in Land of the Rising Sun

Japanese solar is booming but utilities can’t keep up.

Crude Economics
Russian Oil Production Set to Tank

A top Russian oil executive is predicting an eight percent drop in output over the next two years on account of low prices and Western sanctions.

Diversifying the Portfolio
Is American LNG Ready to Help Europe?

A crash in Asian LNG markets could be sending U.S. shale gas to Europe. Putin won’t be pleased.

Failure to Fund
Why Don’t We Spend More on Energy Research?

A new report warns that the U.S. is severely underfunding research into innovative new energy technologies.

End the Boondoggle
Biofuels Struggling Across the Atlantic, Too

Crashing oil prices and policy uncertainty have closed one of Britain’s largest biofuel facilities. It seems the boondoggle is a global phenomenon.

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