U.S. Coal Industry Revives—for Now

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Jan 11, 2018 Before his election, Donald Trump promised a new age for coal. But so far, the industry’s gains appear to be temporary, and its future remains bleak. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Energy Wars of Attrition: The Irony of Oil Abundance

By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch Mar 11, 2016 The oil attrition wars may not lead us into a future of North American triumphalism or even to a more modest Saudi version of the same but into a strange new world in which an unlimited capacity to produce oil meets an increasingly crippled capitalist system without the capacity to absorb it. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Real Story Behind the Oil Price Collapse

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Mar 13, 2015 With demand stagnant and excess production the story of the moment, the very strategy that once generated record-breaking profits for the oil industry has suddenly become hopelessly dysfunctional. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Low Oil Prices Threaten U.S. Fracking Industry

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 8, 2015 Some North Dakota companies have shut down 40 percent of their operations as plummeting oil prices render the industry far less viable than during the boom of the past five years. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scientists Refute Lower Emissions Claim for Fracking

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 19, 2014 As advanced technology triggers the boom in extraction of natural gas, a new study warns that market forces mean the cheaper fossil fuel could replace not just coal, but also low-emission renewable and nuclear energy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fracking Fuels Conflict Over Water Resources

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Sep 15, 2014 Limited water supplies near the richest oil and gas reserves accessible through fracking threaten to create tensions that could block future projects using the controversial extraction process. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Campaigners Spy Signs of Concern Among Frackers

By Caroline Lucas, Climate News Network Jun 26, 2014 U.K. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas asks if the NATO general secretary really believes Russia is secretly the puppet master behind efforts to stop shale gas extraction in Europe, or if anti-fracking campaigns are just becoming more effective. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fracking Boom Threatens U.S. Water Supplies

By Valerie Brown, Climate News Network Jun 18, 2014 Widespread fracking for oil or gas may have transformed the U.S. energy market, but campaigners warn that the boom is seriously depleting or contaminating vital water supplies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Questions on the Future of Fracking

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Apr 25, 2014 The fracking industry is radically changing the U.S. energy industry. But there are growing doubts about how sustainable it will prove. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Energy Revolution Is In Reverse

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 18, 2014 The world should be moving to a clean energy future, the IPCC says. The recent record of global greenhouse emissions show it's heading in entirely the wrong direction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fossil Fuel Euphoria

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Oct 17, 2013 For years, energy analysts had been anticipating an imminent decline in global oil supplies. Suddenly they’re singing a new song, and the expected boost in energy is predicted to provide the United States with a cornucopia of economic and political rewards, including industrial expansion at home and enhanced geopolitical clout abroad. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Natural Gas Bubble

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Jan 5, 2013 The natural gas industry is waging an aggressive public relations campaign to bolster investor confidence, despite evidence showing that shale gas is an unreliable resource and that the production process releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. The natural gas industry is waging an aggressive PR campaign to bolster investor confidence, despite evidence that the production process releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )