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OPEC has, for years, insisted that it is an economic organization and not a political one. But few observers would disagree with the suggestion that pretty much everything in OPEC is political. […]

With U.S. crude oil production at the highest level in two decades, outstripping pipeline capacity, the United States is relying more on railroads to move its new crude oil to refineries and […]

Coal’s share of total domestic power generation in the first four months of 2013 averaged 39.5%, compared with 35.4% during the same period last year, according to the Energy Information Administration [EIA]…. […]

Victor Hugo once wrote that “there is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” This little piece of wisdom, penned in the aftermath of the French Revolution, applies well […]

The media is abuzz once again with stories about dying bees. According to a new report from the USDA, scientists have been unable to pinpoint the cause of colony collapse disorder (CCD), the […]

As the US oil and gas industry has gone through a boom over the past few years, the number of spills and accidents has increased into their thousands. The exact impact of […]

HSBC report on India renewables says wind energy there is already at parity with new-build coal, and solar set to follow from 2016-18. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/wind-at-parity-with-new-coal-in-india-solar-to-join-by-2018-hsbc-14836?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wind-at-parity-with-new-coal-in-india-solar-to-join-by-2018-hsbc-14836

Compressed-air energy storage, or CAES, is one of the cheapest ways to store really massive amounts of energy for long periods of time. In fact, beyond pumped hydro storage, compressing air when […]

Residents of northern Chinese lost an average of five years from their lives because the government handed out free coal from 1950 to 1980. via Grist http://grist.org/article/coal-burning-slashed-lifespans-by-five-years-in-china-study-finds