EnergyApril 13, 2016
Coal Decline Pushes World's Largest Private Coal Company into Bankruptcy
Peabody Energy filed for bankruptcy on April 13, joining a string of coal companies in recent months
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EnergyApril 12, 2016
Inside a Western Town That Refuses to Quit Coal
Coal provides the economic engine for a small town in eastern Montana
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EnergyApril 11, 2016
Is There a Future for Western Coal?
Mining coal in the Powder River Basin is no longer a sure bet
EnergyApril 8, 2016
How the Prophet of Peak Oil Explained Fracking in the 1950s [Excerpt]
An excerpt from Mason Inman’s The Oracle of Oil
EnergyApril 1, 2016
Tesla Releases Its Electric Car for the Masses
The Model 3, listed at $35,000, has 115,000 preorders and climbing
EnvironmentApril 1, 2016
Chernobyl Didn't Kill Nuclear Power
The accident was just one factor that makes it a hard sell to fight climate change
EnvironmentApril 1, 2016
Stop Wasting Time--Create a Long-Term Solution for Nuclear Waste
Three decades after Chernobyl, the U.S. needs to tackle its own ominous nuclear safety problem
EnergyMarch 31, 2016
Scotland Is Now Coal-Free after More Than a Century
The last coal-fired power plant in Scotland has been shut down as the system moves toward renewables
EngineeringMarch 31, 2016
Rogue Nuclear Tests Could Be Spotted with New Method
Today's Nuclear Security Summit tackles proliferation, and scientists try a way to trace gases from secret bombs
EnergyMarch 30, 2016
Presidential Candidates Should Talk about Energy
Voters are listening...
EnergyMarch 30, 2016
The Engineer Who Foreshadowed the Smart Grid--in 1921
Edith Clarke was a pioneer in electrical engineering whose innovative ideas have been called the first steps toward “smart grid” technology
EnergyMarch 23, 2016
Do the Majority of Americans Oppose Nuclear Energy?--Maybe Not
Two stories about nuclear energy