Energy

Solar And Wind Energy May Be Nice, But How Can We Store It?

9:19am April 05, 2016

Renewable energy is taking off across the nation, but storing the energy is still a problem that is challenging companies to innovate, with solutions ranging from molten salt to ice.

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As Renewables Boom, Companies Explore Energy Storage Technology

4:28pm April 04, 2016

Renewable energy has a problem — the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine when we use electricity the most. Batteries can store energy for later, but companies are looking for cheaper alternatives. Three reporters examine technologies that employ air, salt and ice.

Assessing The Legacy Of The Nuclear Security Summit

5:10pm April 02, 2016

State Department Undersecretary Rose Gottemoeller offers the Obama administration's take on the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C.

Customers lined up at a Tesla store on Thursday to put in down payments for the new Tesla Model 3 in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Tysons Corner, Va.

A Tesla For The Masses? Orders For Model 3 Top 100K In First Hours

1:41pm April 01, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

Before the Model 3 was even unveiled, people lined up at Tesla stores to put down a deposit. With a base price of $35,000, the car will go on sale late next year at the earliest.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at SUNY Purchase on Thursday in Purchase, New York.

Politics & Government

FACT CHECK: Hillary Clinton And Donations From Fossil Fuel Industries

9:46am April 01, 2016

by Peter Overby

Donations linked to the oil and gas industries equal two-tenths of 1 percent of Clinton's overall fundraising.

Science

Tundra Issue: How To Keep Oil Workers From Crossing Paths With Bears

3:11pm March 31, 2016

by Rachel Waldholz

March is when oil equipment starts using ice roads on the Alaskan North Slope. It's also when polar bears and cubs emerge from dens. Aerial spotters find dens so roads and workers can bypass bears.

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An oil field truck is used to make a transfer at oil-storage tanks in Williston, N.D., in 2014. It was atop tanks like these that oil worker Dustin Bergsing, 21, was found dead.

Mysterious Death Uncovers Risk In Federal Oil Field Rules

9:41am March 30, 2016

by Emily Guerin

Oil worker Dustin Bergsing, 21, was found dead on top of a North Dakota oil tank in 2012. A journalist and a doctor looking into the death found a pattern of similar fatal accidents.

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This USGS map displays potential to experience damage from natural or human-induced earthquakes in 2016. Chances range from less than 1 percent to 12 percent.

U.S. Geology Maps Reveal Areas Vulnerable To Man-Made Quakes

5:59pm March 29, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Parts of Oklahoma and Texas have about the same risk of an earthquake as parts of California, the maps show. Why? Wastewater that oil and gas operations are pumping into wells adds pressure on faults.

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National

Bankruptcies Fuel Uncertainty In Coal Communities

5:04am March 25, 2016

by Leigh Paterson

Peabody Coal, one of the largest coal producers in the world, is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. It would be the latest in a string of major coal companies going under. But drive through Wyoming's Powder River Basin, where 40 percent of U.S. coal is mined, and it's as if nothing has changed, even at sites owned by bankrupt companies.

Politics & Government

North Carolina Coal Ash Oversight Commission Disbanded

10:44am March 18, 2016

by Neal Charnoff

The committee created to oversee the shutdown of Duke Energy's coal ash ponds has been disbanded.