The emission levels of some pollutants from the Athabasca oil sands may be higher than previous official estimates, according to researchers at the University of Toronto. The focus of the study, polycyclic […]

Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) reported a big loss for the fourth quarter of 2013, its eighth straight. The numbers came in lower than many analysts expected and the company continues to struggle […]

Recent extreme cold weather in the Northeast boosted natural gas demand beyond the capacity of the natural gas delivery system that supplies New York and New England. As a result, the spot […]

In the aftermath of the 11 March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, the then ruling Democratic Party of Japan took all of the country’s 54 nuclear reactors offline before subsequently restarting two […]

Renewable energy has always faced a significant bottleneck for broader acceptance – the wind doesn’t blow 24 hours a day, the sun doesn’t always shine, and 24/7 renewable power sources such as […]

It is well known that advances in technology have enabled the US to experience a huge boom in oil production over the past several years. Since 2007, oil production from North Dakota’s […]

The biggest story this week in oil and gas is declining profits and production and soaring project costs for the supermajors as disappointing fourth-quarter 2013 earnings come in, among other bad news […]

Texas should keep a 10.2 percent to 14.1 percent cushion of electric generation capacity, according to a report Friday that will inform and probably intensify a politically charged debate over the future […]

In 2012, the top-five states for total expenditures on out-of-state coal delivered to the electric power sector each spent more than $1.5 billion. Texas spent the most for out-of-state coal, followed by […]

Wind and solar are often labelled intermittent by their detractors. But a closer look at conventional power plants shows we need to change our terminology. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1jGPdWX