Energy

The low number is part of a steep and steady drop that's been ongoing since 2007.

• By Francie Diep

Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced a plan to block offshore drilling off the state's coast on Monday.

• By Kate Wheeling

Justice Beth Walker voted to re-open an already decided case around the time her husband owned stock in a variety of energy companies. And that's not even why she's been impeached.

• By Ken Ward Jr.

The Canadian Federal Court of Appeals ruled against the Trans Mountain pipeline in what some are calling a major setback for oil and a win for environmental and indigenous groups.

• By Emily Moon

The origins of car fuel economy standards can be traced back to the 1970s.

• By Brian C. Black

A group of oil, gas, and other manufacturing companies announced their support Wednesday for a Republican lawmaker's proposed tax on carbon emissions.

• By Emily Moon

While cleaner than fossil fuels, large-scale hydropower dams come with steep social and environmental costs of their own.

• By Kate Wheeling

A proposed natural gas pipeline is uniting Oregonians across the political spectrum.

• By Kate Wheeling

Women atop the Pyramid of the Sun stretch and get energy from the rising sun during celebrations of the spring equinox on March 21st, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Coal emits more carbon than any other fuel source.

• By Candace Butera

The U.S. is projected to see growth in energy exports as a result of increased energy efficiency, new electricity generation, and a continued projected growth in the production of liquids and natural gas.

• By Candace Butera

The energy terminal would have shuttled 131 million barrels of oil per year down the Columbia River.

• By Kate Wheeling

Here's why that's bad news.

• By Kate Wheeling

Canadian activists call on their government to consider First Nation and ecological interests over those of multinational corporations.

• By Massoud Hayoun

The House Intelligence Committee will investigate an alleged racketeering scheme, dating to 2009, perpetrated by Russian commercial nuclear executives.

• By Morgan Baskin

Exxon claims the study was paid for by activists. It was published in a reputable, peer-reviewed journal.

• By Kate Wheeling

Biofuels can reduce emissions, benefit American corporations, and create jobs. But slashing the budget of the Bioenergy Technologies Office effectively eliminates those possibilities.

• By Michael White

The 19th-century British economist Stanley Jevons predicted—correctly—that the invention of more-efficient steam engines would lead to more coal getting burned.

• By Peter C. Baker

Once a Chicago meatpacking facility, The Plant now serves as an incubator for various food start-ups.

• By Susan Cosier

More than 200 out of the 523 coal-fired power plants that were in operation five years ago are now closed or slated for closure. What should we do with them?

• By Daniel J. McGraw

The Archdiocese of Chicago is acting on the pope’s environmental message.

• By Susan Cosier

Last year, Simi Valley Landfill entered what is becoming a fast­-growing business of transforming fetid odors from decaying trash into fuel, a feat made possible by the miracles of modern chemistry and government subsidies.

• By Olga Grigoryants

In Wyoming, where Philip Anschutz is currently building the largest wind farm in the world, coal, which is cheap and plentiful, is the answer to just about everything.

• By Gabriel Kahn

By air or water, pollution from power plants is a problem no matter which exit it takes.

• By Rachel Cernansky