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President Trump has questioned the science behind climate change as “a hoax” in positioning himself as a champion of coal. The three largest American coal producers are taking a different tack. Seeking to shore up their struggling industry, the coal...

At the second presidential candidate debate, one red-sweater-wearing American earned notoriety for his question about little-discussed energy policy. The question deserved a thorough response, given that it brushes on some myths of the clean energy transition...

Emailnbsp Email Printnbsp Print Advertisement HOUSTON — Windmill blades could be seen on a loading dock at one of the nation’s busiest ports during a recent visit to the offices of the Port of Houston Authority to discuss major petrochemical...

Reposted from THE ATLANTIC   As the great research ship Chikyu left Shimizu in January to mine the explosive ice beneath the Philippine Sea, chances are good that not one of the scientists aboard realized they might be closing the...

Stuart Staniford: Should The Last Few Years Have Updated Your Idea of Peak Oil? For oil production to halve over the next twenty years, it would have to decline on average by 3.5%/yr throughout that time (possibly some years by more, some years by less...