Pace of US Oil Drilling Inches Up
By Julianne Geiger – Jun 12, 2026, 12:12 PM CDT The total number of active drilling rigs for…
Trump’s Offshore-Drilling Dream Is a Recipe for Poisoning the Oceans
Summerland Beach is a mile-long crest of sand just down the coast from Santa Barbara. The Santa Ynez…
US Oil Drilling Activity Still Going Nowhere
By Julianne Geiger – Feb 20, 2026, 12:13 PM CST The total number of active drilling rigs for…
Scientists can now 3D print one of the world’s hardest tool materials
Hard materials keep modern life moving, from drill bits to cutting tools. One of the toughest is tungsten…
US Oil Drilling Activity Ends Down for 2025, But Production Still Near Highs
By Julianne Geiger – Jan 02, 2026, 11:19 AM CST The total number of active drilling rigs for…
Australia to Require Up to a Quarter of New Gas for Local
(Bloomberg) — Australia will require natural gas exporters to reserve as much as a quarter of new production…
Victoria’s gold boom continues as two big exploration tunnels approved
A gold mining “renaissance” in Victoria has marked a major milestone with the approval of the state’s first…
Record gold prices drive investment in exploration across Australia
Mick Shorter first came to Australia’s gold mining capital of Kalgoorlie-Boulder as a teenager looking for a job. …
Australia Passes Landmark Law Overhauling Nature Protection
(Bloomberg) — Australia passed a landmark bill to overhaul the nation’s environmental laws after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s…
NT government accused of ‘turning a blind eye’ to gas company’s alleged environmental breach
A decision not to prosecute a Beetaloo Basin oil and gas company for an alleged breach of environmental…
Australia’s Utility Solar Boom Has Already Peaked, Report
(Bloomberg) — Australia’s booming utility-scale solar industry may have already peaked, risking the country’s lofty climate goals. Just…
A $2.5 Billion Cable Will Help Australia to Tap Tasmania’s
(Bloomberg) — Australia has cleared the construction of a multibillion-dollar undersea power cable between the mainland and renewables-rich…