All Energy Voices
Californians support coal despite LA plan to ban itCalifornian support for clean coal power is in stark contrast to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to remove coal from the city's electricity mix by the year 2025, Tracey writes.
BP to sell US wind assets, renew focus on petroleumBP will sell its US wind energy assets as part of a strategy to focus on oil and gas. It also forms part of the program to raise $38 billion from assets sales in order to cover the costs that BP is facing from the fallout of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Peixe writes.
Despite public support for Keystone XL pipeline, activists step up criticismThe Keystone XL pipeline draws support from two-thirds of Americans, according to a new Pew poll. Activists plan protest at Obama fundraiser in San Francisco as they press on with efforts to block the Keystone XL pipeline.
The future of fuel-efficient, self-driving carsSemi-autonomous driving is already here, Alic writes, and the future will clearly see self-driving and an increase in fuel efficiency. According to Germany’s Continental tech supplier, we’re looking at fully automated driving by 2025.
Nissan Leaf sales soar in record month for plug-in carsMarch car sales showed growth in electric vehicles, with a dramatic jump in Nissan Leaf sales. March 2013 will probably be one of the best months ever for the electric vehicle industry, although it's still a small sliver of the automotive market.
What does the ExxonMobil spill mean for the Keystone XL pipeline?The ExxonMobil pipeline spill accident comes roughly two weeks before State Department officials head to Nebraska to vet public comments on the Keystone XL pipeline. How will the ExxonMobil spill in Arkansas impact the Keystone XL pipeline debate?
Tesla Motors expects first profit; Fisker Automotive eyes bankruptcyTesla Motors announced late Sunday it exceded its sales target for its Model S electric car and expects to record a profit for the first time in the company's history. Meanwhile, its biggest luxury electric-car competitor, Fisker Automotive, is exploring filing for bankruptcy.
Oil supermajor drops out of Canadian tar sands projectTotal SA, a French oil supermajor, will sell its 49 percent stake in a Canadian oil sands project. The sale raises questions about whether the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project is really in the US’ interests, Alic writes.
How high oil prices lead to financial collapseFinancial collapse is related to high oil prices, Tverberg writes, and also to higher costs for other resources as we approach their limits.
Where do you stand on fracking?Few topics in the energy sector generate more debate than the relative merits and demerits of fracking, Stuebi writes.
EPA further limits sulfur. Will higher gas prices follow?The Environmental Protection Agency announced new standards on sulfur in gasoline Friday that many say will lead eventually to a hike in gas prices. The EPA expects a 1 cent per gallon increase; industry says it will be much more.
Pipelines can't keep up with North American oil boomThe oil boom in North Dakota and Western Canada is overwhelming pipeline capacity, Graeber writes. Shipping more oil by rail could help ease the glut.
IMF: End energy subsidiesGlobal energy subsidies reinforce inequality by benefiting the wealthiest, largest consumers of energy, the International Monetary Fund says in a new report. But eliminating them is politically difficult, especially in times of economic hardship.
Roads soak up the sun. Could we use that energy?By using special piping technology, scientists are trying to turn roads into giant solar energy collectors, Peixe writes, but the concept is not without obstacles.
Oklahoma earthquake: How oil extraction shifts the ground beneath usOklahoma's largest recorded earthquake is the latest epicenter of a debate over the connection between fossil fuel recovery and seismic activity. To what extent does oil and gas production cause earthquakes? In the case of the 2011 Oklahoma earthquake, a new study suggests the connection is strong.
Do high natural gas prices mean the shale boom is ending?High natural gas prices seriously undermine the official story that the US has a century of cheap natural gas waiting for the drillbit, Cobb writes.
A look at clean coal technology in the 21st centuryClean coal technologies impact our daily lives, Gates writes. One of those clean coal technologies is dry sorbent injection, which removes hydrogen chloride and other acid gases through two basic steps.
Will nanowires provide a breakthrough for solar power efficiency?Nanowire solar cells could absorb more of the sun's energy than theory, the so-called Shockley-Queisser limit, would allow, a new study says. Such a breakthrough could go a long way to make solar a more viable alternative to fossil fuels, though it's still years away from production.
Cyprus bailout: Russia misses chance for natural gasGreek Cypriots have shuffled back and forth to Moscow in an attempt to lure Russia into a bailout package that would have given it a stake in the island’s estimated 60 trillion cubic feet of natural gas offshore, Alic writes, but the Cyprus offer wasn’t big enough to tempt the Kremlin.
Did climate change cause the Syrian uprising?Climate change played a role in the Syrian uprising, according to a new study. Due to the devastating drought and subsequent lack of food and water in rural areas, hundreds of thousands fled to the cities, where existing problems were only exacerbated by the influx of new mouths to feed, Kennedy writes.
