Opinion

A Speedy Transition to Renewables Isn’t Just Cleaner, It’s Cheaper

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 15, 2024 After upfront costs, investment in renewable energy will begin to pay for itself, making energy cheaper overall for everyone. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Soon to Leapfrog Saudis, Russia as Top Oil Producer

DAVID KOENIG / The Associated Press Jul 11, 2018 Output is predicted to grow next year to 11.8 million barrels a day, making the U.S. the world's leading oil producer for the first time since the 1970s. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Keeping Cool on a Warming Planet

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network May 17, 2018 A new report by the International Energy Agency explores energy-efficient possibilities for meeting future demand for air conditioning, but cooperation among governments is key. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Investments in Fossil Fuels Take a Nosedive

By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Sep 21, 2016 Energy experts say global investment patterns show a spectacular shift, with renewables on the rise and support for fossil fuels in sharp decline. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Here’s How We Know Cheap Renewable Energy Is Taking the World by Storm (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 11, 2015 The Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates that in just five years, by 2020, slightly over one quarter (26 percent) of all the electricity being generated in the world will come from renewables. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Water Demand for Energy to Double by 2035

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 31, 2013 The amount of fresh water needed to produce energy for the world is set to double within the next 25 years as civilization’s reliance on coal and biofuels increases, the International Energy Agency projects. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

World Energy Report 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Really, Truly Ugly

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Nov 28, 2012 The “good news” of the World Energy Outlook 2012 is really the bad news: The energy industry’s ability to boost production of oil, coal, and natural gas in North America is feeding a global surge in demand for these commodities, ensuring ever higher levels of carbon emissions. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

U.S. Could Overtake Saudi Arabia as World’s Biggest Oil Producer

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2012 By the end of the decade, the United States will produce more barrels of oil per day than Saudia Arabia and more gas than Russia, according to a report by the intergovernmental International Energy Agency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement

By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch Jan 26, 2012 While most anti-fracking activists have been responding to harms already done, New York state’s resistance movement has been waging a battle to keep harm at bay. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Climate on the Brink

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2011 In keeping with predictions made by the world's most sober and clear-eyed climate and energy experts, the rate of increase in greenhouse gas emissions is occurring more rapidly than official reports forecast, and a disastrous average global temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius appears imminent and unavoidable. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

China Now Consumes More Energy Than Anyone Else

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2010 The United States' century-long reign as the world's greediest energy nation is over. China has usurped the throne, as expected, though Beijing reportedly disputes the title. The International Energy Agency, which keeps track of these things, also points out that China's per capita consumption is below the global average and far less than the U.S.' Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )