All Energy/Environment
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Genetically modified salmon not harmful, FDA says
Genetically modified salmon – despite concerns of environmental groups – is unlikely to harm the environment. The Food and Drug Administration report is the final step before approval of the genetically modified salmon, which grow twice as fast as regular salmon. 12/22/2012 12:33 pm
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SolarCity IPO launches new breed of solar company
SolarCity is off its highs of last week, but is still trading above its IPO offered price. SolarCity is leading the way in making alternative energy accessible for the retail consumer. 12/22/2012 11:00 am
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Enbridge ups investment in Northern Gateway pipeline
Energy firm Enbridge has committed an additional $150 million to the Northern Gateway pipeline which would carry oil from Alberta’s oil sands into northwestern British Columbia, according to Consumer Energy Report. 12/22/2012 09:00 am
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Eight reasons cleantech investors go wrong
Technology adoption tends to be slower in energy than in other sectors, which makes it easy for cleantech investors to under-price risk and overestimate commercialization. 12/21/2012 11:45 am
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US government waives pollution laws for 1,500 underground water supplies
The Environmental Protection Agency has granted some energy and mining companies permission to pollute underground water supplies across the US, according to an investigation by ProPublica. 12/21/2012 11:00 am
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KiOR starts making biofuel, but future still iffy
KiOR passes a key hurdle as its Mississippi plant begins producing biofuel – a cellulosic gasoline. But plenty of pitfalls lie ahead before KiOR's cellulosic gasoline is successful commercially. 12/21/2012 08:00 am
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How utilities can turn pilots into partnerships
Expanding into more customer-centric pilots would greatly help utilities position themselves to protect and expand their market standing, Shrank and Tehranian write. 12/20/2012 05:27 pm
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Energy predictions from last year: Did they come true?
Rapier grades the predictions he made last year about Keystone, natural gas prices, and other energy topics. 12/20/2012 09:00 am
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Coal on the rise as developing nations seek cheap fuel
Coal will surpass oil as the world’s most popular fuel source within 10 years, according to a report from the International Energy Agency. 12/19/2012 05:00 pm
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The one chart about oil's future everyone should see
With high oil prices and new drilling techniques unable to move the needle on worldwide crude oil production, we should ask ourselves whether it is wise to base energy policy on the fantasies of industry and government forecasters, Cobb writes. 12/19/2012 12:11 pm
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SolarCity: Why all the buzz behind cleantech's latest IPO?
SolarCity ebbed the tide of bad financial news for the green energy industry with its successful IPO last week. In an interview with the Monitor, SolarCity head Lyndon Rive gives a behind-the-scenes look at the company's soaring debut on Wall Street and explains what it means for the future of renewable energy. 12/18/2012 02:13 pm
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Keystone XL oil pipeline hits snag in Texas
A judge in Texas has ordered that TransCanada Corp., the company behind the building of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, must stop work on a stretch of the line that will run beneath property owned by Michael Bishop for two weeks, due to that man’s challenge of the pipeline’s intentions. 12/18/2012 09:00 am
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Edison Mission Energy files for bankruptcy. Is natural gas to blame?
Edison International's Edison Mission Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. Edison Mission's financial woes reflect the obstacles coal faces in a market increasingly dominated by cheap natural gas and a shift towards renewables. 12/17/2012 04:11 pm
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Petrobras feels the downside of fossil fuel subsidies
Taxpayers, activists, and politicians see this outrageous tally of fossil fuel subsidies and get angry at the oil company — but in Petrobras' case, Rapier writes, it's the oil company footing the bill. 12/17/2012 12:53 pm
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Amid energy crisis, a need to define and promote innovation
Today’s energy technologies won’t be able to propel the world to deep reductions in global carbon emissions, Stepp writes, but improving energy innovation and developing new designs can. 12/17/2012 09:15 am
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EPA squelches soot. First step in a deluge of regulations?
The US Environmental Protection Agency has imposed stricter standards on soot – or fine-particle pollution. Critics charge it's the beginning of a 'regulatory cliff.' 12/15/2012 10:52 am
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Exxon: US energy production surge to continue
The energy production revival in the United States will continue into the far future, according to a report released this week by fuel giant Exxon. 12/14/2012 03:57 pm
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Three ways utilities can lead energy innovation
As new and disruptive vendors, technologies, and business models enter the market, many utilities have seemed unsure about what their role is or should be. Here are three roles utility companies can play to help spur energy innovation. 12/14/2012 11:34 am
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SolarCity IPO: How it beat the solar curse
SolarCity defied a trend of failing solar IPOs Thursday when its share prices soared nearly 50 percent on its first day of trading. What's behind the succes of the SolarCity IPO? 12/13/2012 05:18 pm
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West Virginia gas pipeline explosion – just a drop in the disaster bucket
The West Virginia gas pipeline explosion follows several high profile natural gas accidents and a rapid increase nationally in pipeline mileage – even as federal oversight appears to lag. 12/12/2012 06:30 pm
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