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If we want to limit global warming to below 2°C, most of our untapped fossil fuel reserves need to be kept in the ground.
Soaking up and storing CO₂ is not just a question of technology.
People like to blame the green transition for high energy prices, but this is only true up to a point.
Biden ordered the release of 50 million barrels of crude oil to tamp down rising gas prices, the largest drawdown in the reserve’s history.
Deep-fried turkeys are delicious, but making one can be dangerous. The scientific reason for fiery Thanksgiving mishaps? A difference in the densities of ice, water and oil.
Misinformation about climate change has been spreading in other ways, and social media companies have been reluctant to stop it.
Of the big pledges so far at the UN climate conference, cutting methane could have the most immediate impact.
The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.
Offshore oil drilling has a long history in California, but is highly unpopular today. The latest major spill is likely to fuel efforts to wind down oil and gas production statewide.
Prior to the secession of South Sudan, the rural livelihoods of people living in the 11 states were dependent on free trade and movement across the boundaries.
Our new study reveals how tight the world’s remaining carbon budget is.
Nigeria’s new petroleum law will make its petroleum industry as competitive and attractive to investors as its peers.
Proposals for new oil and gas pipelines can generate intense debate today, but during World War II the US built an oil pipeline more than 1,300 miles long in less than a year.
Colonialism, political turmoil and unmet citizen promises all lie behind the rise of attacks on foreign-run fossil fuel plants in Mozambique.
When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.
When announcing financial penalties on Russia earlier this year, Biden hinted at the prospect of ‘further’ sanctions. An energy scholar explains what Biden may have meant.
Abandoned US oil and gas wells and their associated land cover more than 2 million acres, a recent study estimates – an area larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
Photos from the early 1900s show LA’s forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and new research finds people living nearby are struggling with breathing problems.
Chelsea and Manchester City have similar goals on and off the pitch.
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Departmental Visitor, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California
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Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University
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Director and Lecturer, Extractives Baraza, Strathmore University
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College
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Head of Department of Management and Professor of Petroleum Accounting at Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
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Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford
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Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Professor of Finance, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor, History, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University
