Energy

Oil-Soaked Wildlife Turn Up On California Coast, As Cleanup Efforts Continue

9:49pm May 23, 2015

by Nathan Rott

Workers continue to clean the coastline near Santa Barbara, where some 105,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled. Several pelicans, both dead and alive, have been found soaked in oil.

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In Arctic Drilling Debate, A Dispute Over Cleanup Preparedness

9:12pm May 18, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

Royal Dutch Shell can drill oil exploration wells this summer in the Chukchi Sea, if Shell shows it can prevent and clean up a potential spill. Environmentalists are skeptical; Shell says it's ready.

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'Not On My Land': Southern Residents Fight Building Of Palmetto Pipeline

6:58pm May 15, 2015

by Sarah McCammon

Kinder Morgan is proposing the pipeline to carry oil and natural gas through South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. But smaller oil suppliers are also concerned about markets like Savannah, Georgia.

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U.S. Gives Conditional OK To Shell Oil For Drilling Off Alaska's Arctic Shore

6:59pm May 11, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The company wants to resume drilling in the Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska; it broke off that effort in 2012 because of safety problems.

After completing training in 2013, Claire Kerstetter now works as a fluid technician on fracking jobs.

Oil Companies Look To Fill Employment Gap With More Women

12:14am May 11, 2015

by Jeff Brady

Less than 20 percent of oil-sector workers are female. That's a problem for an industry that needs legions of new workers to replace retirees. So firms are looking to draw more women into the field.

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Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Milestone

10:38pm May 08, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory about greenhouse gas emissions surpassing 400 parts per million.

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Oil Prices Are Rising Again, But Will They Keep Going Up?

1:41pm May 07, 2015

by Chris Arnold

Oil hit a new high for the year — closing at just under $61 a barrel. But some analysts say the global economic slowdown and the rise of alternative energy will mean less demand and lower prices.

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PREPA's Central Palo Seco power station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The utility's bondholders want to raise rates. That's a challenge when the median income is about half that of Mississippi, yet the U.S. territory's energy costs are among the highest in th

Power Problems: Puerto Rico's Electric Utility Faces Crippling Debt

11:07am May 07, 2015

by Greg Allen

The island's power authority owes $9 billion. Power costs are already high, but bondholders are pushing for rate hikes. That may deter employers, which would further hurt the territory's weak economy.

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A photo released by Tesla shows its new Powerwall lithium-ion battery pack mounted on the wall (left) of a garage behind one of the company's electric cars.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Unveils Home Battery; Is $3,000 Cheap Enough?

12:33pm May 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

With a sleek surface and a depth of only about 7 inches, the Powerwall can be mounted on a garage wall or another surface, indoors or outside.

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Oklahomans Feel Way More Earthquakes Than Californians; Now They Know Why

2:25pm April 23, 2015

by Joe Wertz

The U.S. Geological Survey issues a report Thursday on quakes linked to oil and gas drilling, but Oklahoma has said that the industry's wastewater disposal is the cause. What's unknown is a solution.

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