Interest in the Arctic is growing as climate change shrinks the region's cap of sea ice, opening the area to new shipping, fishing, tourism and oil and gas exploration. But a new report from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions warns that there are signs of creeping militarization that could disrupt the cooperation that has defined Arctic geopolitics since the end of the Cold War.
By piecing together clues from Arabic historical records, Spanish researchers have assembled a rough chronology of climatic events in the Mesopotamian region from the years 816 to 1009. The records, which focus on the Iraqi city of Baghdad, depict a markedly colder region where snowfall and summer cold waves occurred with far more frequency than they do today.
HOUSTON -- Major changes are in store for the nation's natural gas industry in the next five to 10 years, an official with the Chicago-based Gas Technology Institute said during an industry gathering here Wednesday. (EnergyWire, )
In the obscure world of federal rulemaking and administrative law, Wednesday's gathering of progressives at American University was about as close as you could get to an old-fashioned revival meeting. (Greenwire, )
Tesla Motors Inc. has announced it will sell up to $830 million in shares and debt as part of its plans to repay a federal loan. (Greenwire, )
The poor man’s satellite? (ClimateWire, )
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday approved a bill that would bypass administrative review and issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. (Greenwire, )
The chief of the world's largest independent oil company said that humans are accelerating climate change and that action must be taken. (Greenwire, )
