Energy

A wind turbine farm owned by PacifiCorp near Glenrock, Wyo.

Wind farms breeze past laws protecting vulnerable birds

by Whitney Williams

Environment | It happens about once a month in Converse County, Wyo.—A golden eagle, soaring over the barren foothills of one of America’s green-energy boomtowns, suddenly meets its destiny: a wind farm’s spinning…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/wind_farms_breeze_past_laws_protecting_vulnerable_birds]

Moderate warriors?
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Moderate warriors?

by Daniel James Devine

Science |  Obama’s Cabinet picks on energy and environment have had nice things to say about natural gas

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/moderate_warriors]

President Obama sits in a Chevy Volt during LG Chem's 2010 groundbreaking ceremony in Holland, Mich.

Paid to play

by Daniel James Devine

Energy |  Idle workers at an electric car battery factory receive wages funded by federal stimulus dollars

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/paid_to_play]

NOT EASY BEING GREEN: Scientists cultivate algae for biofuel research at Sapphire Energy
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Algae alert

by Daniel James Devine

Science |  Report says biofuel manufactured by algae may not be sustainable

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/11/algae_alert]

Oil optimism
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Oil optimism

by Daniel James Devine

Energy |  The United States is poised to become the world’s largest oil producer

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/11/oil_optimism]

An oil drilling rig near Kennedy, Texas

Big oil

by Daniel James Devine

Energy |  The U.S. energy outlook appears bright, no matter who wins the White House on Election Day

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/10/big_oil]

Renewable fuel relief

Renewable fuel relief

by Daniel James Devine

Energy |  Expensive corn pits livestock producers against ethanol makers and farmers in a clash over biofuel

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/08/renewable_fuel_relief]

Fracking: Fact or fiction?
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Fracking: Fact or fiction?

by Michael F. Cochrane

Energy |  Horizontal drilling is boosting domestic natural gas production, and dubious controversy over its safety

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/06/fracking_fact_or_fiction]

Too much of a good thing?

Too much of a good thing?

by Michael F. Cochrane

Energy |  SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 13, 2020-The governor's office today issued an emergency executive order restricting the home charging of plug-in electric vehicles…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/11/too_much_of_a_good_thing]

The Japan Syndrome

The Japan Syndrome

by Cal Thomas

Energy |  In the 1979 movie The China Syndrome , reporter Kimberly Wells (played by Jane Fonda) witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant and then uncovers a plot to…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/03/the_japan_syndrome]

Power loss

Power loss

by Paul Glader

Energy |  Japan's disaster deals a huge blow to a global nuclear renaissance

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/03/power_loss]

Oil from a rock
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Oil from a rock

by Daniel James Devine

Energy |  Political trends and commodity prices are pushing forward a controversial way to produce domestic energy

[http://www.worldmag.com/2010/11/oil_from_a_rock]

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