Book review: America’s Christianity-and-crude cocktail explained in Anointed with Oil
Industry
“In his keynote address [to the American Petroleum Institute in 1941], [Henry Luce, founder of Life Magazine and the term
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The polarizing EU elections and the energy transition
Opinion
Citizens around the world are voting to change the way things are done. There are many causes of this upheaval
Gas industry must prioritize decarbonization to retain European market
Industry
Gas has grown prolifically in Europe over the past three decades. It past coal in 1996 and could pass oil
The Libyan oil era is over
Opinion
For decades, Libyan oil has been a linchpin of European oil-supply security. In 2011, the British and French even went
Book review: Titans of the Climate compares U.S.-China climate policies
Environment
“Both China and the United States were blessed and cursed with gigantic natural energy resource endowments in the form of
Turkey is shifting gears on gas
Opinion
Russian missiles and U.S. fighter jets have dominated the news in Turkey in recent weeks as Ankara is set to
Yearning for Euro-denominated oil
Opinion
Last September, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker proposed a bold idea. “We must do more to allow our single currency
Energy conjoins NATO, 70 years later
Opinion
On April 4, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrated its 70th birthday in Washington in rather ho-hum fashion. The
Book review: The Uninhabitable Earth unfurls the climate kaleidoscope
Environment
You’d think that a culture woven through with intimations of apocalypse would know how to receive news of environmental alarm.
Europe is entering its golden age of gas
Consumption
In a 2011 report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) asked a provocative question: are we entering a golden age of
Will Europe really quit coal?
Consumption
Within the last two years, governments across Europe have pledged to rid their power sectors of coal. In January 2018,
Book review: A Bright Future encourages world to rethink nuclear
Industry
Nuclear power may be the world’s most contentious energy source. Some believe it is the only answer to our climate
No deal Brexit threatens French gas security
Opinion
As the clock ticks to March 29, the deadline for the United Kingdom to reach a deal to exit the
Venezuela, oil and the Monroe doctrine
Opinion
In early 1959, oil prices were low and falling. British Petroleum had cut prices. The United States had instituted import
Book review: Energy Kingdoms explains why Gulf states must end free energy
Opinion
At the office tower where I worked, colleagues propped open lobby doors when they went outside to smoke so that