Darrell Delamaide is a writer, editor and journalist with more than 30 years' experience. He is the author of three books and has written for magazines, newspapers, and online media. A specialist in business and finance, he lived in Europe for many years, has traveled widely, and has a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
A three-judge panel at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission revived plans for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump at least temporarily when it rejected the…
The Gulf oil spill has hit the reputation not only of BP but of the entire oil industry, including among those who favor increased use…
Oil Market Summary for 06/21/2010 to 06/25/2010 Crude oil prices surged ahead more than 3% on Friday as the first Atlantic tropical storm of the…
Demand for both oil and natural gas should increase steadily over the medium term, but will be stronger in China, India and the Middle East…
Chesapeake Energy, a leading U.S. producer of shale gas, found plenty of willing buyers for its latest private placement as sovereign wealth funds in Asia…
Oil Market Summary for 06/14/2010 to 06/18/2010. Crude oil futures held on to strong gains for the week in lackluster Friday trading, after higher-than-expected inventories…
President Barack Obama’s effort to channel outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico into political momentum for climate change legislation appears to…
Siemens announced a number of orders for new gas-fired power plants in North Carolina and Florida that seem designed to replace older coal-fired and other…
Governments and industry will have to step up the pace if they want to meet the declared goal of large-scale deployment of carbon capture and…
Oil Market Summary for 06/07/2010 to 06/11/2010. After clawing its way back above $75 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in four weeks,…
The federal government and 10 Atlantic coast states announced formation of an offshore wind consortium to coordinate and expedite development of the alternative energy on…
As hurricane season begins in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, forecasters are predicting higher-than-usual activity that could disrupt oil and gas production in the…
Middle East oil countries should increase production of heavy oil as oil prices remain higher and improved technology makes it easier, those attending an industry…
The continued failure of BP’s efforts to stop the Gulf oil spill and mounting political pressure are putting the very future of the British-based oil…
The controversy over the hydraulic fracturing process used to produce shale gas continues, with Pennsylvania and New York becoming a new battleground as development of…
The first step in an ambitious project to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines in Lake Erie was taken this week with…
Canadian oil sands will probably become the No. 1 source of U.S. crude oil imports this year, and could make up more than a third…
Oil Market Summary for 05/17/2010 to 05/21/2010 Crude oil prices ended just above $70 a barrel on Friday after dipping below that threshold earlier in…
Amid probes of last month’s deep coal mining accident in West Virginia, hundreds of coal miners demonstrated in the state capital of Charleston against an…
Four-fifths of energy utility executives in a recent survey said they were dissatisfied with the first year of the Obama administration, citing a lack of…