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- Oil prices are still high. Ten reasons that's a problem.
Oil prices are still high, Tverberg writes, and will continue to be so if we expect to have more tight oil and more oil from other unconventional sources. Tverberg offers 10 reasons why high oil prices are a problem.
- Andes glaciers melting at record rates
Andes glaciers, a vital source of fresh water for tens of millions of South Americans, are retreating at their fastest rates in more than 300 years, according to the most comprehensive review of Andes ice loss so far.
- Andes glaciers melting at record rates
Andes glaciers, a vital source of fresh water for tens of millions of South Americans, are retreating at their fastest rates in more than 300 years, according to the most comprehensive review of Andes ice loss so far.
- Baghdad and Kurds vie for Kirkuk oil
Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government are in ongoing disputes over Kirkuk oil, Graeber writes. Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi had said Baghdad would sue any company exporting oil from the KRG, he adds.
- Deep freeze: In northern US, mercury plunges, heating costs rise
The most frigid place is the upper Midwest, where the highest temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday were forecast to be below zero. The cold front will generate lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes region.
- Oil and climate change in the age of energy scarcity
As energy scarcity returns to civilization, we are being forced—often painfully—to become conscious once again of the energy flows in our daily life, Cobb writes.
- Boeing 787 battery debacle: lessons for clean energy
Boeing 787 battery fires are causing Boeing and its customers major headaches, Stuebi writes, and has implications for the future of clean energy. The Boeing 787 design uses lithium-ion batteries in order to maximize fuel efficiency.
- Keystone XL pipeline approved by governor, now in Obama's hands
Keystone XL pipeline construction was given the go-ahead Tuesday by Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman. The approval comes after the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality concluded the Keystone XL pipeline's new proposed route would have "minimal environmental impacts."
- Algeria natural gas plant takeover is bad news for region's energy
Algeria ranks third among African countries in terms of oil reserves, Graeber writes. Should Algeria go the way of Libya, or Mali, he adds, at least 60 percent of the country's budget is at risk from terrorist attacks.
- Inauguration 2013 speech: Obama puts energy, climate change in spotlight
During his Inauguration 2013 address Monday, President Obama made a case for clean-energy innovation and curbing climate change. His Inauguration 2013 speech recalled the views on the environment and energy policy that the president espoused in his first inaugural address.
- Boeing 787 probe centers on lithium-ion battery maker
Boeing 787's lithium-ion battery maker is the focus of an investigation launched Monday by Japanese and US officials. Boeing 787 Dreamliners were grounded after an overheated battery forced the emergency landing of an All Nippon Airways 787 flight last week.
- Boeing 787 probe centers on lithium-ion battery maker
Boeing 787's lithium-ion battery maker is the focus of an investigation launched Monday by Japanese and US officials. Boeing 787 Dreamliners were grounded after an overheated battery forced the emergency landing of an All Nippon Airways 787 flight last week.
- London Heathrow airport hit with snowstorm; Flights cancelled
London Heathrow airport canceled about 130 flights Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe. London Heathrow airport officials say they have spent millions improving its winter resilience since the airport was virtually shut down by snow for several days in December 2010.
- London Heathrow airport hit with snowstorm; Flights cancelled
London Heathrow airport canceled about 130 flights Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe. London Heathrow airport officials say they have spent millions improving its winter resilience since the airport was virtually shut down by snow for several days in December 2010.
- Energy politics: Who really leads the world in oil?
Media reports about oil production across the globe are confusing and definitively political along an East-West divide, Alic writes.
- The right way to fail in cleantech
Failure is inevitable in the transition to cleantech, Stuebi writes, but there's a right and a wrong way to fail in cleantech.
- Will oil troubles push the US into a severe recession?
High oil prices and continued oil problems around the world will likely push the US economy into a severe recession by the end of 2013, Tverberg writes.
- Boeing 787 battery fires underscore complexity of energy storage technology
Boeing 787 battery fires, along with the bankruptcy of A123 systems, highlight the difficulties of making money with new energy storage technologies, Dikeman writes.
- Keystone XL pipeline: Could blocking it be bad for the environment?
The Keystone XL pipeline has long been a target of environmentalists, Holland writes, but blocking the Keystone XL pipeline may actually have some counterproductive effects on the environment.