The Importance of Energy Reporters

A Q&A with the NYT’s Matthew Wald about Japan’s nuclear crisis

By Cristine Russell   Apr 8, 2011 at 11:02 AM

The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan has underscored the importance of specialized energy reporters. Unfortunately,... More

LAT On Why Solyndra Dazzled the Private and Public Sectors

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 26, 2011 at 06:23 PM

The Los Angeles Times has a really good look at the failure of Solyndra, the solar-power company that went bankrupt... More

Wichita Eagle Eyes Regulatory Cracks Before a Failure

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 5, 2011 at 05:47 PM

Here's a solid Wichita Eagle report that shows the holes in a regulatory system—ones that could have deadly consequences. What... More

A Dim-Bulb Story From the Washington Post

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 9, 2012 at 07:58 PM

New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman's office this afternoon sent out a press release hammering the Washington Post's page-one story on... More

A Referendum on Energy Issues?

Not so fast

By Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell   Nov 5, 2010 at 05:14 PM

There is something ironic about the post-election surge of articles about the environmental consequences of various outcomes at the polls... More

Audit Notes: College Sports, NY AG Probing Lehman Execs, Shale Drilling

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 13, 2011 at 07:46 PM

— Taylor Branch's cover story in the new Atlantic is a devastating indictment of the NCAA, a must-read for anyone... More

Audit Notes: Energy Economy, Insider Trading, Mortgage Settlement

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 9, 2012 at 11:55 PM

Here's a good Wall Street Journal page-one story on how the energy boom is driving economic activity across the U.S.... More

Audit Notes: Fox on Energy, Journalists and Programmers, Bloomberg

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 7, 2012 at 01:29 AM

Media Matters has an amusing compilation of Fox News reactions to $4 a gallon gasoline in 2008, when George W.... More

Audit Notes: N.J., Paragon of Clean Government; Algae Fuel, Fees, The Rich (UPDATED)

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 23, 2012 at 07:35 PM

Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil just guts a Center for Public Integrity report card on state corruption. It found that New Jersey... More

Audit Notes: Overdraft Ethics, CNN’s Wall Street Apologist, U.S. Gas Boom

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 7, 2011 at 08:06 PM

American Banker's Jeff Horwitz finds some emails that offer an interesting look into how banks make unethical decisions to gouge... More

Audit Notes: Rocket Internet, Gas Taxes, The Price of Health Care

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 6, 2012 at 12:58 AM

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a good story on a German company that makes its living ripping off American websites and taking... More

Bloomberg Examines Louisiana’s Laissez-Faire Oil Regulators

Spills go unpenalized 99 percent of the time and the state’s fines are a joke

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM

Bloomberg has an excellent investigation into Louisiana's oil regulators, finding that the state fines oil companies for oil spill less... More

Boom Towns Amid the Bust

NPR finds “man camps” and $1,200 parking spaces in North Dakota

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 27, 2011 at 12:20 PM

This paragraph jumps out from an NPR's All Things Considered report on an oil boom town in North Dakota: Two... More

Climate Questions for the GOP

What to ask candidates so clearly unconcerned?

By Curtis Brainard   Jun 21, 2011 at 02:15 PM

During last week’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire, CNN’s John King, who served as moderator, asked questions about... More