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Global warming slowing: What does that mean?Global warming is slowing but greenhouse gases keep rising. What's happening? Scientists say the global warming lull is likely due to heat going deep into the ocean and natural climate fluctuations.
5.3 earthquake hits Fukushima, near nuclear plant5.3 earthquake in Fukushima did no damage to the prefecture's troubled nuclear plant, according to Tokyo Electric. The 5.3 earthquake hit early Friday morning in Japan.聽
Alaska dividend: Oil revenue means $900 for each residentAlaska dividend is bigger than last year's payout, but less than half the record Alaska dividend in 2008.
Officials: No endangered species hurt in Hawaii molasses spillThough more than 26,000 fish, shellfish, and other marine life were killed in the 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor, health officials say no endangered species were killed.
The $1.5 trillion oil find in the Gulf of MexicoThe oil industry is quickly mobilizing to make the most of a new play in the Gulf of Mexico said to contain聽15 billion barrels of oil, or more than $1.5 trillion worth based on current prices.
New twist in Ecuador vs. Chevron caseIn a legal battle that has continued for two decades, the case against Chevron in Ecuador was led by New York lawyer Steven R. Donziger, who is now the target of another lawsuit alleging misconduct and fraud.聽
Tesla Motors eyes self-driving cars. Are they more efficient?Tesla Motors has jumped into the race to build a self-driving car. Autonomous transport promises greater convenience, safety and energy efficiency than the human-operated vehicles of today. Self-driving cars are the kind futurist, energy-centric issues Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk likes to tackle.聽聽
Sound and fury over energy nominee Ron BinzRon Binz 鈥� President Obama's pick聽to head an obscure federal agency 鈥� has energy insiders drawing battle lines. Is the聽Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the next flash point in the debate over US energy?
New climate change map adds a new factor: peopleA new map,聽published this week in Nature Climate Change, assesses the degree to which humans have modified regional landscapes, in addition to how exposed those regions already are to climate change.聽
Gas prices set record: 1000 days straight above $3 a gallonGas prices averaged more than $3.00 in the US Tuesday 鈥� a record 1,000 days in a row, according to AAA. If we have so much oil in the US, why are gas prices so high?
Typhoon Man-yi complicates Fukushima nuclear cleanupTyphoon Man-yi brought heavy rain and wind to Japan Monday, raising concerns over the fragile cleanup at the聽Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Workers already struggle to contain contaminated wastewater, and rain from Typhoon Man-yi adds to the complications at Fukushima.
Antarctic ice sheet melting from below, scientists sayThe Pine Island Glacier, one of the most rapidly melting ice masses in the world, is being rapidly eaten away by warm currents of water below.
Black swans and the oil market: how to profitBlack Swan events almost always push oil prices higher. Here's why.
Colorado floods predicted by scientistsColorado, and especially Boulder, Colo., has a history of flash floods. In 2004, the University of Colorado's Natural Hazards Center listed a flash flood in Boulder as one of six "disasters waiting to happen" in the United States.
Can anyone break Russia's hold on Europe's gas?Europeans want cheaper natural gas to jumpstart an economy crippled by high energy costs. The trouble is, alternatives to Russian gas are plenty in theory, but few in reality.
Listing white rhinos as endangered could save all rhinos, conservationists sayThe US Fish and Wildlife Service has named southern white rhinoceros an endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act,聽a move that the organization says could help protect the other four highly endangered species of rhinos.
Move over Keystone XL. There's a new pipeline in town.With the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline up in the air, the company behind the controversial pipeline is pushing forward with a separate pipeline to refineries in Canada. 聽
New LNG export approval: an export opening for Marcellus gasThe US approves a fourth facility to export liquefied natural gas: Dominion Energy's Cove Point terminal in Maryland. Via pipeline, Cove Point offers Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale producers direct access for LNG exports.
Massive molasses spill prompts shark-attack warningMassive molasses spill:聽A brown plume of sweet, sticky liquid was spotted seeping into聽Honolulu Harbor聽and Keehi Lagoon on Monday after a ship hauling聽molasses聽to the West Coast聽pulled out to sea.
Will Europe go shopping for oil in the Caspian Sea?While the realignment of the energy map could bring short-term birth pangs to the European economy, Graeber writes, by the time the eurozone is in full swing, producers from the Caspian Sea may have taken Russia's place as the exporter of choice.