2014 PhD recipients are well positioned to tackle the most pressing energy issues facing their generation, from carbon capture and storage to shale gas and providing power to India’s growing population.

The Eni Prize is aimed at promoting more efficient and sustainable energy sources, as well as inspiring future generations of researchers

Energy Resources Engineering Prof. Margot Gerritsen was named professor of the year by the Stanford Society of Women Engineers in recognition of teaching excellence in computational and mathematical engineering and excellence in mentoring young women engineers.

Jennifer Wilcox and other Stanford experts analyze the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that states must comply with regulations developed by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce coal-burning pollutants that float to downwind states.

Earth Sciences professors Sally Benson (shown) and Roland Horne are the new director and deputy director of Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy.

Today's wind industry is sustainable, even with the necessary batteries and other grid-scale storage.

A review of more than 200 earlier studies confirms that U.S. emissions of methane are considerably higher than official estimates. Leaks from the nation's natural gas system are an important part of the problem. This finding has important implications for natural gas as a possible replacement fuel for coal.

A review of more than 200 earlier studies confirms that U.S. emissions of methane are considerably higher than official estimates. Leaks from the nation's natural gas system are an important part of the problem. 

Stanford's Adam Brandt and colleagues have found that methane leakage from the U.S. natural gas infrastructure is much higher than official estimates.

A surprising new report in Science concludes that switching buses and trucks from traditional diesel fuel to natural gas could actually harm the planet’s climate.

Grad student Daniel Swain explains the role of a persistent mass of warm air over the north Pacific Ocean, which he's dubbed the "ridiculously resilient ridge", in California's extreme dry spell.

Sally Benson thinks that if done the right way, the United States can achieve its goal of reducing its dependence on greenhouse gas emitting energy sources by 80 percent.

Through the School of Earth Sciences, students took on a broad range of field and computation-based projects. 

Sally Benson and Chris Field weigh in with other experts on why the U.S. should slash its own emissions when China and India aren't willing to.

President Obama will nominate Prof. Orr to oversee energy and science research programs.

A relatively new, hybrid academic discipline, geobiology is a concentrated effort a to understand the co-evolution of Earth, life and the interaction of different life forms with Earth materials. New technologies such as gene sequencing and mass spectrometry have helped drive growth in the field in the past two decades. The addition of Kevin Boyce and Paula Welander strengthens Stanford’s presence in the field.

Should concerns about "peak oil" focus on demand for oil rather than dwindling supplies of it? Yes, according to a new analysis.

Dean Pamela Matson encourages graduates to continue tackling the challenging resource and sustainability issues of the 21^st century

Adam Brandt suggests that it might be more fruitful to push for policies like a carbon tax

Review of 40-year period by Prof. Adam Brandt indicates improvement, but still significantly less efficient than conventional oil production

In his most recent blog for Scientific American, energy resources engineering grad student Scott McNally addresses the energy return on investment for oil sands.

Sally Benson was among the researchers studying the Wyoming site.

Adam Brandt is credited for his extensive work to characterize unconventional fossil fuels

Adam Brandt is among the recipients for a team project on carbon-capture systems analysis.