California Gas-Fired Power Plant Files for Bankruptcy
August 17, 2017The La Paloma natural gas plant in California filed for bankruptcy last December because it was not getting enough operating…
Book Review: “Keeping the Lights on at America’s Nuclear Power Plants”
August 7, 2017For decades, misplaced fears of nuclear energy convinced environmentalists and lawmakers to shutter America’s nuclear power plants. However, a new…
Electricity Prices in South Australia Skyrocket
August 2, 2017As of July 1, 2017, electricity prices in the state of South Australia are the highest in the world, exceeding…
Switching to Markets Could Save You 15 Percent or More on Climate Insurance
July 25, 2017A recent piece in The Week on the climate change debate is at once refreshing and disappointing. On the one…
The Philosophic Roots of the Paris Agreement Part V: “Small is Beautiful”
June 30, 2017“Whenever something is wrong, something is too big.” -Leopold Kohr In energy, what is hyped as new and transformative is…
BP Sees Large Drop in Global Coal Production, Small Drop in Consumption
June 26, 2017According to BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy[i], global coal production dropped by 6.5 percent in 2016 with a slower…
