Administration's Drill Ban Draws Blast from Judge
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Stephen Power  (2/3/11)
"Judge Martin Feldman dubs government's conduct contempt of court." More >

Oil Shoots Above $103 on Egypt Crisis
Source: AFP  (2/3/11)
"Political crisis erupted in violence, sparking fresh energy concerns." More >

Australian Floods Cause Drought in the Coal Market
Source: Marin Katusa, Casey's Energy Report   (2/2/11)
"What does this mean for coal prices and coal equities?" More >

China Takes Lead in Race for Clean Nuclear Power
Source: Wired, Richard Martin  (2/2/11)
"China's new program is the largest national thorium-MSR initiative to date." More >

Natural Gas, Electronics Groups Sue EPA
Source: Greenwire, Gabriel Nelson  (2/2/11)
"New federal regulations require companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions." More >

OPEC's Oil Reserve Revisionism
Source: Energy Tribune, Andres Cala  (2/2/11)
"Eventually, the revisions will have a profound effect on oil markets." More >

SA Says Coal for Power a Priority
Source: Reuters, Agnieszka Flak  (2/2/11)
"Miners have focusing on exports due to the promise of higher returns." More >

UK Wind Energy Jobs Surge 91%
Source: Bloomberg, Alex Morales and Sally Bakewell  (2/2/11)
"UK must derive 15% of electricty, heat and transportation from renewables by 2020." More >

Texan Cold Snap Prompts Rolling Outages
Source: Fuel Fix, Tom Fowler  (2/2/11)
"About 330,000 homes and businesses were experiencing blackouts." More >

Electricity from Waste Heat
Source: Renewable Energy Focus  (2/2/11)
"Denmark researchers explore turning vehicles' waste heat into electricity." More >

Should Solar Stocks Trade on Rising Oil?
Source: The Street, Eric Rosenbaum  (2/2/11)
"The facts don't support the rhetoric, but the rhetoric may support trading action." More >

New Geothermal Plant Enlightens on Climate Change
Source: Clean Technica, Tina Casey  (2/2/11)
"All we need now is a forceful national energy policy supporting clean energy." More >

Poll: GOP and Dems Favor Alt-Fuel Bill
Source: Politics Daily  (2/2/11)
"Poll finds 83% favor bill providing incentives to develop alt energy." More >

Batteries that Breathe
Source: IEEE Spectrum, Neil Savage  (2/1/11)
"Using oxygen as a cathode could give lithium batteries 10x the energy." More >

Andrew Coleman: E&Ps with Margins for Error
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (2/1/11)
Andrew Coleman, E&P analyst with Madison Williams & Co., believes that reserves and production growth, especially in liquids-rich oil plays, will continue to drive the share prices of E&Ps even higher. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Andrew provides you with his favorite oil and gas names for 2011, as well as some others with margins stout enough to withstand just about anything the market throws at them. More >

Crude Awakening
Source: ‎Business Standard, Christopher Swann  (2/1/11)
"Egypt unrest pushes Brent crude above $100/bbl for first time in more than two years." More >

Australia Coal Mines Shut Ahead of Cyclone
Source: Reuters  (2/1/11)
"Two coal mines, rail lines shut ahead of cyclone." More >

Energy Companies Fail to Track Carbon
Source: EnviroLeader  (2/1/11)
"Poll finds 58% of those surveyed lack system to track carbon emissions." More >

Chile, U.S. to Sign Nuclear Pact
Source: Latin American Herald  (1/31/11)
"Goal is to institutionalize cooperation, train engineers." More >

Nuclear Plants to Hire 50K in Next Five Years
Source: The Herald-Times, Charlie Mathews  (1/31/11)
"Personnel demand is powering up after over two decades of dormancy." More >

EPA Says Biofuels Bad for the Environment
Source: Energy Digital, John Shimkus  (1/31/11)
"Biofuel production plants may be in trouble with EPA report." More >

China Increases Oil Search in U.S.
Source: UKPA  (1/31/11)
"China's state-owned offshore O&G company is intensifying its search." More >

Kenya in Fresh Efforts to Increase Electricity Supply
Source: The Standard, Patrick Githinji  (1/31/11)
"Efforts to increase the national power grid are gaining momentum." More >

Energy M&A Slows as Oil Prices Accelerate
Source: Fortune, Dan Primack  (1/31/11)
"The higher crude prices go, the fewer deals will come." More >

Did U.S. Fracking Firms Break Environmental Law?
Source: Reuters, Ayesha Rascoe  (1/31/11)
"Safe Drinking Water Act regulation exempts fracking except when diesel is used." More >