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Organizing and synthesizing the world's energy dataEnergy is a sector potentially well-suited to be mined with big data—the accumulation, integration, synthesis and interpretation of enormous amounts of data from disparate sources—Stuebi writes.
Helium shortage? Bureaucrats, firms are creating too little hot air.Helium shortage is raising prices for everyone from physicists and hospitals to retailers of Mylar balloons. But it's not supply and demand that's caused the helium shortage, it's a botched public-private handoff of responsibility.
But is it really 'green'? FTC cracks down on false eco-friendly adsNew guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission warn marketers not to make broad, unqualified claims that their products are environmentally friendly or eco-friendly.
'Green banks': The answer to clean energy's subsidy woes?Green banks, clean-energy finance banks that operate as public-private financing institutions, are being touted as a life-line that will push the clean energy industry into maturity, according to OilPrice.com
The clunky, lagging transition to renewable energyHistory suggests that it can take up to 50 years to replace an existing energy infrastructure, and we don't have that long, Cobb writes.
Is energy independence a fantasy?Can America's vast shale oil and gas reserves – combined with fracking and drilling technlogies – drive the U.S. to complete energy independence? It looks doubtful, according to OilPrice.com and a report from Credit Suisse.
Oil prices fall as global demand weakensOil prices dropped 12 cents to $92.07 per barrel Monday amid expectations for weaker demand. The lag in oil prices showed pessimism over the prospects for both domestic and global demand given weak growth in China, the US, and Europe.
Natural gas boom in US. Is Russia the big loser?Natural gas resurgence in the United States means lower natural gas prices, more potential for Europe to drill its own natural gas, and a rising threat to Russia's gas exports.
Unexploded bombs lurk off US coastDisposed World War II explosives and munitions in the Gulf of Mexico pose a threat to offshore oil drilling, according to Texas oceanographers.
World's largest solar farm coming to CaliforniaAnalysts predict First Solar will win the rights to supply NextEra Energy Inc. with solar arrays for what will be the world’s largest solar farm, according to Consumer Energy Report.
As sales lag, Nissan offers Leaf discountsNissan joins General Motors Co., the maker of the Chevrolet Volt, in offering cheap leases and big discounts on electric cars.
- Think you know the odd effects of global climate change? Take our quiz.
Climate change conjures images of long, hot summers, melting ice caps and stranded polar bears. But as the weather gets stranger, so too does its effects on the environment, sometimes in the oddest of ways. How well do you know the signs of change?
Energy alchemy: Navy turns sea water into jet fuelThe Naval Research Laboratory has designed a system which harvests carbon dioxide and hydrogen, the raw ingredients of jet fuel, from seawater, according to OilPrice.com.
Dodging the law, scouring forests for...ginseng?A new breed of ginseng diggers are looking to parlay rising Asian demand for the increasingly rare plant's roots into a fast buck. Amid a sluggish economy, police say, more poachers are seeking out wild ginseng, ripping up even the smallest plants and ignoring property lines.
Oil production in US hits highest level in 15 yearsReports from the Energy Department released this week show that overall crude output in the US rose 3.7 percent to 6.5 million barrels per day by the week of September 21, according to Consumer Energy Report.
Tesla charging station: Almost as fast as pumping gas?Tesla charging station offers 150-mile range after half hour of charging, roughly as fast as stopping for gas and a bathroom break. So far, there are six solar-powered Tesla charging stations, all in California.
Oil demand slumps in AugustTotal petroleum deliveries for August 2012 were at their lowest level for the month in 15 years and domestic oil production followed similar trends, according to OilPrice.com.
Good news, bad news for Mississippi RiverA new report from the National Park Service finds the stretch of the Mississippi River that flows through Minneapolis, Minn., to be in better shape than it was 40 years ago. Good news aside, the report also finds challenges lurking just around the river bend.
Is the world economy suffering from 'high-priced fuel syndrome'?The major issue for many countries is that oil is becoming too expensive for the economy to afford, Tverberg writes.
Exxon, Rosneft eye oil in nuclear wastelandExxon Mobil and Rosneft are planning to drill for oil in the Kara Sea, which the Soviet Union used as a dumping ground for radioactive material for more than 25 years, according to OilPrice.com.
