Fueled by fracking in the region, petrochemical and plastics projects in the Ohio River Valley are attracting tens of billions of dollars in investment, overwhelming state regulators who are unprepared and ill-equipped to oversee this next wave of industrialization.
Read more...Tesla and GM are nearing the end of a subsidy road.
Read more...Italy threatens to make trouble on another European front.
Read more...Comprehensive analysis of why it matters that fracking companies are overestimating their ‘proved’ oil and gas reserves– as allowed under an SEC rule change.
Read more...After a decade of failed carbon taxes, Washington state is pushing to pass the country’s first “carbon fee.” Will this time be different?
Read more...A discussion of the how Europe’s efforts to buck the US sanctions against Iran may play out.
Read more...Bitcoin energy use alarmists are being proven right.
Read more...A network of oil companies arond Mayfair, but registered in Britain’s offshore tax-haven network, provides a snapshot of the new imperialism.
Read more...Russia remains very much entwined in Europe’s economy.
Read more...Fracking harms the environment and shale oil companies fail to turn a profit but that doesn’t stop Wall Street from lending them huge sums of money, driven by lust for fees.
Read more...Elected officials have sided with natural gas companies on tax proposals and property rights legislation. Industry lobbyists have convinced regulators to soften new rules aimed at protecting residents and their communities from drilling damage.
Read more...Looking at the potential benefit of tax subsidies for carbon capture.
Read more...Fracking is one reason why our bad climate change picture is getting even worse.
Read more...A sobering take on the impact of fracking on climate change.
Read more...A recap of why not to like nuclear power.
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