Shale Gas Moratorium Sought by Quebec Groups
Source: CBC News  (2/7/11)
"Quebec is sitting on vast deposits with billions in potential royalties." More >

Talison Lithium: The World's Only Pure Lithium Producer
Source: Richard (Rick) Mills, AheadOfTheHerd  (2/7/11)
"Revolutionary change has come to our electrical-storage needs; leading the change is lithium." More >

DOE Launches Solar Power Initiative
Source: Sustainable Business  (2/7/11)
"Initiative aims for 75% reduction in photovoltaic solar energy systems costs." More >

Polls: Americans Back EPA and Clean Energy
Source: USA Today, Wendy Koch  (2/7/11)
"Most Americans want the current EPA to do more—not less." More >

Energy? No Thanks
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (2/7/11)
"The oil service ETF is now stretched 33% above the 200-day MA." More >

Michael Blum: Headwinds or Clear Sailing for MLPs?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (2/3/11)
Noting that 2009 and 2010 provided an "extraordinary run" for master limited partnerships (MLPs), Wells Fargo Senior Energy MLP Analyst Michael Blum still sees plenty of potential. Learn which sectors are positioned to run ahead of the wind and which MLPs have set their sights on achieving investment-grade status in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report. More >

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 >