Expanding estimates of North America’s supply of accessible shale gas, and more recently, shale oil, have been trumpeted in many circles as…
In recent days a coalition of Mexican advocacy groups has been protesting in front of Televisa, the country’s largest TV network, to…
Welcome back, D.C., it’s good to hear from you. By now, hopefully, you and your neighbors in the mid-Atlantic area are back online after…
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In 2010 and 2011, Republicans and Democrats proposed mandating clean power generation in the electricity sector. To evaluate public support…
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At midnight, in the northernmost location in the United States, this town packed in ice seems unwelcoming. It is silent and cold. Frozen…
Developing long-term carbon control strategies is important in energy intensive industries such as the oil sands operations in Alberta. We…
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill posed near-term economic risks to the Gulf of Mexico region and raised questions about appropriate…
The U.S. environmental movement has devoted immense effort and political capital to blocking Keystone XL, the pipeline that would bring…