Energy
  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • The massive Big John dragline works to reshape the rocky landscape in some of the last sections to be mined for coal at the Hobet site in Boone County

    Why US Coal Producers Are Having a Very Good Year

    By Tom DiChristopher, CNBC

    U.S. coal exports are rising this year, giving the fossil-fuel friendly Trump administration reason to cheer, but analysts believe the good times won't last. The surge in exports doesn't herald a...

  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves during a pro-government rally with workers of state-run oil company PDVSA, in Barcelona

    The Crisis in Venezuela Could Send Oil Prices Soaring

    By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

    Venezuela’s deteriorating crisis is “going to be the biggest geopolitical story to watch in the oil markets," according to Helima Croft of RBC Capital Markets. The economic, political and security...

  • FILE PHOTO:  A sign is painted on a parking space for electric cars inside a car park in Hong Kong

    The Battery Problem That Could Slow the Electric Car Revolution

    By Zandi Shabalala, Reuters

    Producers of processed lithium - an essential element for batteries used in electric cars - are agreeing long-term contracts with their customers to fund the investments needed to address a looming...

  • A prototype of the Tesla Model 3 is on display in front of the factory during a media tour of the Tesla Gigafactory which will produce batteries for the electric carmaker in Sparks, Nevada, U.S. July 26, 2016.  REUTERS/James Glover II

    The Great Battery Battle: Tesla Sparks an Arms Race in Energy Storage

    By Ryan Browne, CNBC

    Elon Musk's car company Tesla appears to be leading the "arms race" for lithium-ion batteries — for now. Musk recently announced plans to build the world's biggest lithium-ion battery storage project...

  • Investors look on in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song

    China Stock Collapse Spreads Panic Selling Worldwide

    By Marc Jones, Reuters

    The near 9 percent slump in Chinese stocks was their worst performance since the depths of the global financial crisis in 2007 and wiped out what was left of the 2015 gains, which in June has been...

  • An oilfield worker walks next to drilling rigs at an oil well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt, near Morichal at the state of Monagas April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

    5 Countries Getting Crushed by Low Oil Prices

    By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

    Persistently low oil prices have already inflicted economic pain on oil-producing countries. But with crude sticking near six-year lows, the risk of political turmoil is starting to rise. There are...

  • A woman pumps gas at a station in Falls Church, Virginia December 16, 2014. 
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    If Oil Is at Record Lows, Why Are Gas Prices Rising?

    By Stephanie Yang, CNBC

    Despite the supply glut that has sent oil prices tumbling, prices at the pump are on the rise. Crude oil fell about 1 percent on Monday, trading near six-year lows. However, the national gasoline...

  • The Next Big Energy Source May Be Growing in the Sea

    By Maria Ramos, Oilprice.com

    Worldwide oil prices are subject to quite a bit of volatility and are often affected by political disputes and controversies. When we consider these facts, in conjunction with the amount of pollution...

  • A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014.    REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

    Oil Sector Insiders Signal It’s Time to Buy

    By Michael Brush, The Fiscal Times

    Oil prices plunged to their lowest level of the year on Tuesday, erasing big gains made on Monday as investors anticipated that China’s surprise devaluation of the yuan signals reduced demand for...