President Obama will announce Tuesday that the federal government will further tighten fuel efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, according to a White House official, as part of the president’s ongoing effort […]
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Fracking the Eagle Ford: What Chemicals Are Spewed From Oil Wells
Air pollutants are released at every stage of oil and gas extraction. This diagram shows some of the many emission sources during drilling, fracking, production and processing at an oil well in […]
Fracking the Eagle Ford: Citizens’ Complaints Reveal Air Pollution Woes
The top environmental regulator in Texas, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), keeps a public database of citizen complaints filed with the agency. We scraped hundreds of entries to find the […]
New Report Finds Oil Sands Production Costs Below U.S. Tight Oil
Canada’s oil sands are often thought of as one of the world’s most expensive, marginal sources of crude. That may not be the case, however, according to a new report by Scotiabank […]
AEO2014 projects more coal-fired power plant retirements by 2016 than have been scheduled
Coal-fired power plants in the United States have been under significant economic pressure in recent years because of low natural gas prices and slow electricity demand growth. The Annual Energy Outlook 2014 […]
DISCUSSION: Why are German retail electricity prices rising?
This chart suggests that the increase in FIT rates are offset by a decrease in wholesale power prices. What else might explain rising German retail electricity prices?
Study: methane leaks negate climate benefits of natural gas – The Tech
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U.S., China agree to work on climate change
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States, the world’s top emitters of greenhouse gases, pledged on Saturday to work together to attenuate the effects of global climate change. via Reuters: Environment […]
China’s Coal Bases: A Tour of the Largest Fossil Fuel Development Project in the World (Slideshow)
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Big Oil’s troubles will lead to the next huge advance in energy technology
An unmistakable message was hidden in the flurry of downbeat oil company earnings reports released in the last week or so: A major technological advance is on its way in old energy, […]
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