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Could the country’s largest public power utility really become private?
Blake Farmer May 22, 2013
President Obama floated the idea of selling the Tennessee Valley Authority in his budget, released last month. He started receiving pushback almost immediately.
Japan takes energy race overseas, promotes solar at home
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes May 20, 2013
Things have been electric on the Japanese stock market recently. But the country is in need of energy and is hunting for it in innovative ways.
Does U.S. oil boom mean lower prices at the pump?
Sarah Gardner May 14, 2013
America's closer to energy independence, but the days of $2 gas are history.
How the markets will react to more North American fuel production
Juli Niemann May 14, 2013
When fossil fuel gets cheap.
A new era in North American fossil fuel production
Krissy Clark May 14, 2013
A new report says North America will once again dominate fossil fuel production
Tesla's secret to success? Selling emissions credits
David Weinberg May 8, 2013
Luxury electric car maker Tesla is expected to report a profit on Wednesday. The profit comes not from the $100,000 cars, but from California Zero Emission Vehicle Credits that amount to thousands of dollars a car when resold to other car makers.
The next 10 years in energy
Ben Johnson May 7, 2013
It's cheaper and easier than ever to extract natural gas -- thanks in part to advances in controversial technologies like hydraulic fracturing. As technology advances over the next decade, will it stay that way?
Natural gas prices skyrockets, will wells and fracking follow?
David Weinberg Apr 29, 2013
Natural gas prices are at a two-year high. Does this mean even more natural gas in our lives?
Today's Army marches on its batteries while searching for alternatives
Alex Chadwick Apr 22, 2013
The Rapid Equipping Force seeks solutions to problems soldiers encounter in the field -- such as packing pounds and pounds of batteries on patrol.
Counting what's in freight cars, as Union Pacific reports earnings
Peter O'Dowd Apr 18, 2013
If you could see inside the cars on a freight train, you'd know more about which parts of the economy are up -- or down.
