Ghana has considerable oil deposits.
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Disagreements and political considerations override the common good in managing Ghana’s petroleum sector
The new Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline connects Norwegian natural gas fields in the North Sea with Denmark and Poland, offering an alternative to Russian gas.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has not hesitated to use energy as a weapon. An expert on global energy markets analyzes what could come next.
Matooke has been the subject for vitamin A biofortification.
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Each food-based vitamin A programme carries different advantages and issues.
The oilsands have driven Alberta’s economy and finances for the past two decades.
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Four companies contribute about 20 per cent of Alberta’s total revenue, giving them an enormous amount of control over the province’s finances and, by extension, politics.
BP, Shell and Equinor all produce widely used scenarios of energy’s future.
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Most claiming to be compatible with the climate agreement show a strong continuing reliance on natural gas and coal.
Technology operating today can capture carbon dioxide from the air, but it’s expensive.
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One estimate suggests at least a sixth of all emissions cuts expected from the Inflation Reduction Act would come from carbon capture.
Professor Corneille Ewango of the University of Kisangani in a peat swamp.
along the Ikelemba River, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Peat is partially decomposed plant matter that has accumulated over thousands of years.
South Africa has some of the best solar and wind resources in the world.
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Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.
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Australia needs an honest reckoning with the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long hold over Australian politics. Without that, we cannot shift to a principled stand against ceaseless expansion.
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The underlying reason for the price increases is the acceleration in the international price of crude oil, linked to the Russian war in the Ukraine.
Plastic trash accumulates in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River.
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Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material. But buried deep underground for millions of years, those materials changed in important ways.
More countries are discouraging fossil fuel use, but the industry is still pumping.
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A study found $1.4 trillion in oil and gas industry assets would be at risk if governments follow through on their pledges to deal with climate change.
An oil tank at Hungary’s Duna Refinery, which receives Russian crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline.
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Former Soviet bloc nations have reason to worry about an embargo on Russian oil, but Europeans are finally recognizing the true costs of their longstanding energy dependence on Russia.
Sea lions, otters and birds were some of the many wildlife species that were hit hard by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Oil spills like these expose the wildlife to new contaminants and can be fatal.
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ToxChips study the changes in the DNA of animals exposed to contaminants, like those found in oil spills.
The threat of expensive payouts may already be having an effect.
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A new study adds up the potential legal and financial risk countries could face from hundreds of agreements, like those under the Energy Charter Treaty.
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An EU ban on Russian oil imports should encourage countries to burn less of it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller at a launch ceremony for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Sept. 6, 2011, in Vyborg, Russia.
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Has Putin hurt Russia by jolting Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels into high gear?
There are few ways for the West to deter the rise of another dictator like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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In recent years, Western governments have, in effect, aided the rise of personalist dictators in Russia, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Venezuela.
Hopefully, we aren’t actually what we eat.
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Oil is used throughout the US economy. It goes into packaging, toys, clothing and especially the food we eat.
British prime minister Boris Johnson on his way to Saudi Arabia in March 2022.
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The UK’s bumpy relationship with Saudi Arabia will not turn on new oil supplies.