Energy In America - Page 81

January 8, 2015

Energy in America: Dead Birds Unintended Consequence of Wind Power Development

As California attempts to divorce itself from fossil-fueled electricity, it may be trading one environmental sin for another -- although you don't hear state officials admitting it.

November 20, 2014

Oil prices dip as traders eye Europe crisis talks

The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors kept one eye on Europe's efforts to solve its debt crisis and the other on the potential for Middle East tensions to disrupt supply.

November 20, 2014

China declares US energy projects violate free trade, stepping up trade spat

China’s government has ruled that U.S. government support to six American solar and wind power projects violates free trade rules, adding to strains between Beijing and its trading partners over renewable energy.

November 20, 2014

US oil major detects oil spill off Nigeria

Exxon Mobil Corp. says it has detected an oil spill along the shoreline of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta.

November 20, 2014

Some Nevada wind power users say returns lacking

Three years ago, Albert and Dena Sousa spent about $30,000 to install two vertical axis wind turbines at their Spanish Springs home after they were told the technology would cut their power bill in half.

November 20, 2014

Asian energy boom threatens Montana ranches

Rising U.S. coal exports that the industry hopes can offset flagging domestic demand have Montana ranchers facing the possibility that their way of life could be sacrificed to feed Asian energy demands.

November 20, 2014

Southwest needs power lines to become solar hub

Pick any stretch of road slicing through the American Southwest. The sun beats down on the asphalt like nowhere else and heat waves distort the landscape.

November 20, 2014

1st tidal power delivered to US power grid off Maine

A tidal power project is delivering electricity to the U.S. power grid for the first time, energy officials said Thursday.

November 20, 2014

Gulf oil platforms are beginning to produce again and refineries are slowly coming back online

The nation’s oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast is slowly coming back to life in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac.

November 20, 2014

Activists question plan to ship plutonium to NM

Nuclear watchdogs are fighting a proposal to ship tons of plutonium to New Mexico, including the cores of nuclear warheads that would be dismantled at an aging and structurally questionable lab atop an earthquake fault zone.