Energy

Energy analyst Robert Bryce maintains a database showing that, as of November 2025, local communities have rejected or restricted 595  read more »

Sometimes policy change is necessitated by reality. The welcome new entente cordiale between Ottawa and Alberta, fast tracking new energy developments, marks a pleasant example.  read more »

The Ivanpah concentrated-solar project has been an environmental and economic disaster.  read more »

The Roman god Janus had two faces: for comings and goings, beginnings and endings  read more »

The State of California sent a large delegation to the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Belém, Brazil, including California Governor Gavin Newsom and top officials  read more »

There is a lot of talk about nuclear power around the world today. However, except for China and, maybe, Russia, there is no action.  read more »

In May, Michael Polsky, the CEO of Chicago-based Invenergy, appeared on Fox Business to announce that his company was awarding some $1.7 billion in contracts to build the long-delayed Grain Belt Express transmission project.  read more »

Bill McKibben may be the highest-profile climate activist in America. For more than a decade, he has been campaigning against the hydrocarbon industry  read more »

Natural gas and crude oil are commonly needed fossil fuels to manufacture insulation, wires, and computers used in all methods of generating electricity.  read more »

In 1946, when ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose computer, was first turned on, it used so much power (about 174 kilowatts) that it caused the lights in Philadelphia to dim momentarily.  read more »