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Shell Eco-marathon Europe Kicks Off in Rotterdam
France’s Team Microjoule takes advantage of a few rain-free hours on Friday to take the lead in Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2013. The blue car pictured behind is an electric car with solar panels,...
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Tar Sands Tour: Boomtown, Scarecrows, and Spin; “We Have Met the Enemy, and...
The words in the title above came from Pogo, and they have bounced around in the back of my brain since the 1970s when I first heard them. Many times I’ve been confronted with the truth of that quip by...
View ArticleBiofuels at a Crossroads Forum Probes Key Climate Change Question
When President Obama unveiled his long-awaited climate change strategy this week, he never mentioned biofuels. (See “Obama Unveils Climate Strategy.”) But with nearly a third of U.S. greenhouse gas...
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25 Years From Now and Still Relying on Fossil Fuels?
Will the energy future look like the present; in this case, a coal plant in Alma, Wisconsin? Photo: U.S. Geological Survey The federal government’s latest international energy projections are out, and...
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Fossil Fuel Collateral Damage
Could your neighborhood be next? Neighborhoods can be turned upside down by shale oil and shale gas drilling (see here and here), by pipelines dug through backyards, and by pipeline spills that send...
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Forum on Arctic “Science of Change” Focuses on Decisions at the Top of the World
A polar bear walks across Arctic Ocean ice. Photo by Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard. The United Kingdom may not be an Arctic nation, but it has a unique perch on the front line of the dramatic...
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U.S. Edges Saudi Arabia, Russia in Oil and Gas
Oil derricks like this one in Williston etch a now-familiar silhouette against the North Dakota sun. Thanks to fracking, the U.S. is on track to be the world’s No. 1 oil and natural gas producer this...
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On 40th Anniversary of Arab Oil Embargo, A Chance to Master Our Own Energy...
The 1973 oil embargo set the United States on a path to a more secure energy future, but we failed to see the transition fully through. National Geographic Image by Mark Thiessen. This week, the United...
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The Arab Oil Embargo: A Crisis That Saved Us
A Portland, Oregon gasoline station is open for business during the 1973-74 oil crisis, but offers its fuel at a high price. Photograph by David Falconer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. National...
View ArticleBiofuels and Climate Change: Pulpwood to the Rescue?
New study concludes that biofuels can be part of climate-energy solution. The debate has been raging for years. Can biofuels, fuels derived from recently alive plant materials (or manure), serve as the...
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Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia Dominate Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2014
They came, they built super-efficient vehicles, gained friends and conquered. All 105 student teams from 15 nations participating in this year’s Shell* Eco-marathon Asia are going back to their home...
View ArticleObama’s Fuel Economy Drive for Trucks Aims to Curb Fast-Growing Climate...
In his call Tuesday for boosting the fuel economy of heavy-duty trucks, President Barack Obama is taking aim at one of the world’s fastest growing engines of oil demand and greenhouse gas emissions....
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Obama Administration Grade on Coal Ash: Failing
Yes, failing … just like the coal ash ponds along the Dan River. What Put the Stuff on the Map Despite being a political football [pdf] that had been tossed around Capitol Hill, the coal industry and...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Need Fossil Fuel to Fight Poverty. (Clean Energy Does it Better.)
Last year President Obama launched Power Africa, an initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than two-thirds of the population is without electricity. In a parallel move,...
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Obama’s New Carbon Rules: What Price Regulation?
Can good economic times roll while carbon emissions decline? Maybe so. It’s just a three-year span, but from 2010 to 2012, U.S. CO2 emissions declined while both gross domestic product and the number...
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