Prometheus Institute

The search for a means to halt the continuous fall in crude oil prices is not going to be easy. One reason for that is the very short lag between shutting a […]

A year end report from the United Nations says that using corn to make ethanol does more harm than good. Is ethanol officially over The post Are Biofuels Finally Over? appeared first […]

A study released Monday afternoon by the Seismological Society of America confirms — again — that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, activity associated with natural gas drilling in the Ohio portion of the Marcellus Shale […]

More than a few utility customers have considered defecting from the electric power grid. The technology exists for going off the grid. The price tag is the problem. It is too steep […]

Filed under: Energy News via Alternative Energy http://ift.tt/17wLWGu

Wholesale on-peak electricity prices were up at trading hubs across the nation between 2013 and 2014, driven largely by increases in spot natural gas prices and high energy demand caused by cold […]

Nearly a decade and a half after it was first proposed, America’s first commercial offshore wind project, Cape Wind, could be on its last legs. Yesterday, National Grid and NSTAR, the two […]

Some are trying to figure out if nearby fracking operations are to blame. The post Texas City Hit With 11 Earthquakes In 24 Hours appeared first on ThinkProgress. via ThinkProgress » Secondary […]

With Nymex natural gas averaging $2.93 per MMBtu for the next six months, the commodity’s economics need to be re-assessed. While the current negative price signal can be rationalized, sub-$3 gas price […]

"If you repeat a falsehood long enough, it will eventually be accepted as fact." In the financial markets and economics it is a common occurrence that the media and commentators will latch […]