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- The next big energy boom? Storage
Installed capacity of energy storage is expected to more than triple over the next five years, according to a new report.
- To ease smog in Paris, an 'odd' solution
Beset by air pollution, Paris will seek to nearly halve the number of cars on the road on Monday.
- Will California's drought affect hydroelectric power?
This past winter has produced a record low amount of snow in California, meaning less runoff to power hydroelectric dams. Will the state's energy supply suffer?
- Do new federal fracking rules duplicate existing state laws?
Some are raising concerns that federal rules requiring oil and gas companies to disclose the chemical ingredients used in the fracking process may duplicate state laws already in place. Wyoming has had a chemical-disclosure rule in effect since 2010.
- Keys to a low-carbon future on both sides of the pond
The path to less expensive, lower emissions electricity systems in the US and EU share many basic features, writes Paul Bledsoe of the German Marshall Fund.
- Can new federal rules make fracking safer?
For the first time in three decades, the US is updating its federal oil and gas regulations on fracking. But will measures on chemical disclosure, waste water disposal, and well integrity make fracking safer?
- Boston may not believe it, but it has been the warmest winter ever
Winter temperatures across global land and ocean surfaces have been the highest on record since 1880. The eastern US was cold, but much of the rest of the world was warm.
- Obama cracks down on another emissions giant – the US government
In his latest executive action, President Obama is targeting greenhouse emissions from the federal government. It's all part of his climate change agenda, which has taken center stage in his second term.
- Algeria leads exporters' charge to rally oil prices
Algeria is in talks with other oil producing countries in an effort to reverse the nearly nine-month plunge in oil prices that have take a toll on major energy exporters.
- Will US oil production drop in 2015?
US crude oil output may fall by half this year, according to a projection by the oil cartel OPEC. That goes against what many predict will be a slowdown in production growth – but not an overall drop.
- Oil prices plunge to 6-year-low. Why gas prices won't follow suit.
After rebounding in February, oil prices hit a 6-year-low on oversupply concerns. But this time around, the drop in crude prices may not mean as big a drop in gas prices as you might think.
- US and global oil prices are diverging again. Here's what that means.
A domestic oil glut helped bring US crude prices inline with the global benchmark. But in the last month or so, the spread between the two has widened again.
- Sea lion pups washing ashore in California test capacity of rescue network
Never have sea lion pups washed up on California beaches in such high numbers. Scientists point to a few potential reasons for the strandings.
- Record number of endangered manatees spotted in Florida's annual count
Surveyors counted 6,063 manatees during February flyovers along the state’s east and west coastline, topping the previous high-count found in 2010 by nearly 1,000 individuals.
- Why global emissions stalled last year [Recharge]
Worldwide emissions stall despite continued global economic growth; US solar has a banner year; China scales up on nuclear power. Catch up on global energy with Recharge.
- Global emissions pause comes amid China's clean energy push
- Not all oil is created equal. Why that matters for climate change.
A new report documents the climate impacts of various types of oil. As governments address climate-warming greenhouse gases, that information could help policymakers and industry prioritize oils based on their emissions.
- How the little Channel Islands fox came back from near-extinction
Tiny foxes are native to California’s Channel Islands, but they were driven to near-extinction by events tied to human activities. Now, they’ve made a remarkable comeback.
- Report: US wind power tomorrow will be what coal power is today
President Obama has made wind energy a key component of his efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions from the US power sector. A new report suggests it could make up more than a third of US power production by midcentury.
- Nicaragua's clean energy progress has only just begun
Spurred on by high oil prices and an unreliable grid, Nicaragua attracted $1.5 billion in renewable energy investement between 2006 and 2012. Now it gets about half of its electricity from renewable sources.