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Papal conclave: Will cardinals elect another 'green pope'?Pope Benedict XVI espoused environmental justice and renewable energy in his nearly eight years as pontiff. Will the cardinals choose another 'green pope' to follow Pope Benedict XVI?
A continued viable domestic coal industryAmerica has depended on the reliable and abundant coal that comes from our land and powers our lives for more than a century, Gates writes, and it鈥檚 clear that coal should continue to be a reliable source of electricity for all of us.
Fukushima two years later: How safe are US nuclear plants?Two years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, US officials say the country's nuclear plants are safe. A new report from an environmental organization challenges that assertion.
Keystone XL pipeline gets legislative push from HouseThe Keystone XL pipeline, held up by reviews for four years, is getting a legislative push from members of the US House of Representatives, Graeber writes. The聽Northern Route Approval Act would strip the president of his authority to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
Is the EPA an impediment to economic recovery?The Environmental Protection Agency needs to analyze and understand the full, cumulative economic impacts of its regulations, Tracey writes, and not seemingly choose sides when it comes to energy production.
Three endangered shark species get protectionGlobal conference agrees to regulate trade in three sharks prized for their fins. Nations decide oceanic whitetip, hammerhead, and porbeagle sharks are more valuable alive than dead.
Crowd-funding emerges as source of capital for cleantechCrowd-funding may provide cleantech entrepreneurs early-stage capital at a time when early-stage funding is drying up for cleantech.
Moniz confirmation for Energy secretary: four things to watch forEnergy secretary nominee Moniz is expected to have a fairly easy confirmation in Congress, but he'll still have to answer tough questions about the sequester, nuclear energy, and direct financing of 'green' energy companies.
In Venezuela, oil and idealism won't mix foreverVenezuela's oil is too big for major energy companies to ignore and too risky to plunge into. Eventually, post-Ch谩vez Venezuela will choose pragmatism over idealism. 聽
Jobs report: the energy connection to growthGrowth in the energy sector is one of many factors contributing to a healthy jobs report. Unconventional oil and gas production have created more than 1 million jobs with 800,000 more expected by 2015.
Daylight saving time: Can springing ahead save energy or money?Daylight saving time 2013 starts 2 a.m. Sunday, with much of America turning the clock ahead one hour. But when does daylight saving time save money?
Keystone XL pipeline will create 35 permanent jobs, State Department saysThe Keystone XL pipeline will generate about 42,100 jobs in the construction phase, but leave only 35 permanent jobs to operate the pipeline, a new State Department report says.
NTSB: Dreamliner battery fire more serious than first thoughtNTSB released new documents indicating 聽that a battery fire on a 787 Dreamliner took an hour and 40 minutes to extinguish. The smoke reduced visibility to zero and the heat was so intense it melted a stainless steel casing for Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries, according to the NTSB.
Global temperature rise is fastest in at least 11,000 years, study saysThe study, which also found the magnitude of the global temperature rise to be unmatched in 4,000 years, suggests that the current warming trend cannot be explained by naturally occurring temperature fluctuations.- Global temperature rise is fastest in at least 11,000 years, study saysThe study, which also found the magnitude of the global temperature rise to be unmatched in 4,000 years, suggests that the current warming trend cannot be explained by naturally occurring temperature fluctuations.
North Korea threat is part of the geopolitical gameNorth Korea on Tuesday threatened to attack the US and South Korea with 鈥渓ighter and smaller nukes鈥�.聽The threats and recent tests of long-range rockets and nuclear weapons are not the result of bravado, rather of fear, Alic writes.
Thousands of sharks near shore of Florida's spring break beachesThousands of sharks near shore are part of an annual migration of blacktip sharks moving into feeding grounds near Palm Beach, Fla.
The richest oil barons in the USKennedy takes a look at the billionaires who have benefitted the most from the US oil industry, according to Forbes' recently released rich list.
Five energy challenges for Venezuela With the passing of Hugo Ch谩vez, the issue of what Venezuela chooses to do with its oil moves to center stage for the energy industry 鈥� and for environmentalists. Here are five energy challenges that Venezuela will have to face.
After Hugo Ch谩vez, what's next for Venezuelan oil?With Hugo Ch谩vez's passing, some are looking for a new era in Venezuelan oil. But Venezuela's role in the global oil market has diminished over the years and some expect little change in Venezuelan oil after Hugo Ch谩vez.
