October 28, 2012

Is the United States turning into a Petro-state?

Matt Stroller at Naked Capitalist asks whether the United States is gradually transforming into a resource extraction economy with a more oligarchic […]

October 28, 2012

French scientists transform H20 into gold

Scientists from France's Ecole Polytechnique have developed a remarkable new technology which extracts trace amounts of gold from industrial waste water.

October 28, 2012

The ‘water alchemists’ in the new wild west

Producing oil and gas without water is impossible

October 28, 2012

Peak oil may already be here, and the knock on effect could range from bad to truly awful

Just a one percentage point decline in oil production generates an immediate oil price spike of over 60 percent

October 28, 2012

Brown, Obama Under Fire for Hurting Ohio Coal Families

President Barack Obama and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown have been hostile towards the coal industry

October 28, 2012

Coal port debate packs Squalicum High School

Close to 2,000 people participate in public meeting to identify concerns about the Gateway Pacific Terminal coal export pier

October 28, 2012

Slowing Chinese economy hits U.S. metal industry

As China's economy cools, U.S. exporters are increasingly feeling the chill.

October 28, 2012

Moratorium no more for nuclear power

Despite safety concerns, China has made the right decision to re-start construction of nuclear reactors. Boosting the nation's energy supply remains pivotal for sustaining long-term economic developments in the country.

October 27, 2012

More than a dozen nuclear power plants in Sandy’s path

Landfall expected Sunday night

October 27, 2012

Work stoppage ends at Glencore’s Colombian coal mine

Anglo American's Q3 met coal output surges 12%, thermal coal dips 15%