This article was first published in the New Scientist print edition of 21 January 2012, and will appear online at energyrealities.org. It may come as news to hard-pressed European households, but the world is enjoying a glut of natural gas. (more…)...

This article was first published in the 3 December print edition of New Scientist and online at energyrealities.org. Whisper it. Oil production in the US is increasing. The country where output peaked in 1970 and then shrank by 40 per cent over four decades, has turned some kind of corner. (more…)...

First published in New Scientist, 12 October 2011. Greece is going to default, one way or another, that much is clear. The bigger question is whether it will also leave the Euro and what that would mean. What is so far underappreciated is that a Greek exit would have appalling consequences not only for the world economy, but also the climate. (more…)...