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When it comes to fulfilling the new energy investment imperatives, there is only one clear winner who stands head and shoulders above all other energy sources.

While the EPA has come under fire from utilities over power plant regulations, the trucking industry could prove to be a willing partner in fighting emissions.

The Mexican government has unveiled much-anticipated offers for offshore acreage in the Gulf of Mexico for oil exploration.

In a clear understatement, particularly with regard to the direction of energy policy, President Obama remarked: “Obviously, Republicans had a good night.”

Saudi Arabia’s move to cut the cost of its oil to US customers has injected fear into the oil markets, bringing the price of OPEC crude below $80 and suggesting to some observers that the cartel is preparing for a global price war.

OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem el-Badri says he doesn’t expect demand for the cartel’s oil or its production levels to change in the coming year, and he is urging member states not to be alarmed by oil’s current low prices.

Zero net energy use -- whether for buildings, neighborhoods, or entire cities -- is a dream that’s creeping slowly toward reality in dozens of places in the developed world.

With all respect for fans of “Battlestar Galactica,” the folks at Merriam-Webster have listed the word spelled "fracking" as the method for extracting oil and natural gas from the ground.

Although serious obstacles remain, China is finally making progress on tapping its vast shale gas reserves, which hold the promise of a new source of clean energy for the coal smoke-choked country.

As the Canadian government pushes a new law rendering pipeline companies liable for all damages from leaks and spills, the only friend to both sides in this polarized world of dirty oil sands is leak prevention technology.

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce a program that would cut emissions from his country’s coal-fired power plants by 20 percent nationwide and would lead to a cap-and-trade program in every state to pay for the right to pollute.

Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) has approved a plan to freeze the soil around the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant to prevent radioactive groundwater from entering the general water supply.

The dispute between Beijing and Hanoi over China’s placement of an oil rig in disputed waters has escalated over the May 26 sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat.

On June 3, Russia plans to reduce the gas supply to Ukraine — and hence, to Europe — if Kiev has failed to pay in advance for next month’s gas deliveries, the price for which has been doubled as a result of the political crisis.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison issued a paper on May 16 said those bubbles from freshwater brooks may finally answer the question about the volume of methane in the Earth’s atmosphere that is so far unaccounted for. Only human use of fossil fuels outstrips methane as a contributor to greenhouse gases.

Several of the largest oil companies in the world are doubling down in Russia despite moves by the West to isolate Russia and its economy.

A majority of Americans believes that increased natural gas exports would create U.S. jobs and stimulate the domestic economy, or at least that’s what a lobbying group for the energy industry would have you believe. But what people tell pollsters doesn't always reflect the lay of the land.

Countries around the world are showing increased interest in developing solar energy but perhaps none is more unusual than Saudi Arabia, which exports more oil than any other nation.

Batman’s fashion statement may be a black body suit and cape, and even his car is black. But is the Caped Crusader going green?

Grins were on the faces of China National Petroleum executives this week as they celebrated a blockbuster 30-year deal for Russian gas. For some, however, those grins could soon turn to grimaces, because the deal comes against a backdrop of a series of high profile corruption investigations by the state, and CNPC has been caught in the dragnet.