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Energy economics

A Uniper energy company coal-fired power plant and a BP refinery are seen beside a wind generator in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. 

Did the world ‘build back better’ since the start of the pandemic? Not so much. 

Environment

Two years into the pandemic, stimulus money around the world has largely fallen short in transforming the energy economy. 

A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, North Dakota.

Political climate: Part I

Critical State
A crowd of protesters

What Germany’s energy revolution can teach the US

Because of renewable energy sources, Wolfhagen, Germany, with 14,000 inhabitants, is able to generate about 106 percent of the its electricity needs throughout the year. The surplus is sold to neighborhing communities, and the Wolfhagen's residents receiv

Tiny Wolfhagen, Germany leads the country’s green energy transition

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Shoubra El-Kheima Power Station, belonging to the North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company, is pictured in Cairo, April 19, 2014. Egypt needs to find at least $5 billion to invest in its dilapidated power grid, a government official told Reuters.

What’s on Egyptian voters’ minds? They want enough electricity to keep the lights on

Development & Education
Kings of the American Road, then and now. 40 years after the Arab Oil Embargo, American driving habits are slowly changing.

America may finally be learning the lessons of the 1970s oil shock

Environment

The Arab oil embargo of 1973-’74 changed the way Americans thought about driving, at least for a little while. Now 40 years later, it’s changing again.

Kings of the American Road, then and now. 40 years after the Arab Oil Embargo, American driving habits are slowly changing.

America may finally be learning the lessons of the 1970s oil shock

Environment

The Arab oil embargo of 1973-’74 changed the way Americans thought about driving, at least for a little while. Now 40 years later, it’s changing again.

Most climate change gases can be traced to just 90 companies

Environment

Human-produced global-warming gases occur when people extract oil, gas or coal from the ground and burn them. Now, a study reports that, throughout history, the majority of all of those products were extracted by just 90 companies.

At this month’s climate change conference, there’s a new tactic for reining in greenhouse gases

Environment

Four years ago, the world’s largest economies agreed to eliminate the subsidies for fossil fuels — but they didn’t commit to a timetable. At a climate change conference underway in Poland right now, organizers are hoping to change that.

Collaboration could be the answer in U.S. energy debate

Environment

In his inaugural address on Monday, President Barack Obama spoke of America’s need for renewable energy. But with Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s recent approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Obama is faced with a new front in the ongoing energy debate.