The ‘thin green line’ of resistance against any new infrastructure for shipping oil, gas and coal abroad has won many battles.
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The Trump administration plan to expand offshore oil and gas production along US coastlines faces serious roadblocks. But there are smarter ways to pursue ‘energy dominance.’
Gas mining is expanding across Australia, and has been touted as part of the answer to cutting emissions. But there is evidence that this rollout will pose significant health and environmental risks.
In 2004 an underwater avalanche destroyed an oil platform off Louisiana, causing a 14-year spill. An expert on oil and gas seeps in the Gulf of Mexico warns that this could happen in other places.
Natural gas supplies are growing, but so are other markets for it besides power generation.
Energy storage could prove an inexpensive way for power companies to handle heat waves and other times when consumers use more electricity than usual.
A new pathway for the global energy transition shows how the world can meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C warming goal without relying on carbon capture and storage, by creating a renewable gas industry.
The oil-exporting organization may have mustered the political will to cut production, but its disunity remains intact.
Big oil and gas companies spent far more fighting this ballot initiative than the measure’s supporters did.
Nobel Prizewinning health researcher Peter Doherty reflects on the challenge of delivering a healthy climate for the world. From hydrogen power to wooden skyscrapers, the options are endless, but all require leadership.
By embracing natural gas made from renewable sources, we can still use gas for heating, cooking and industry, while slashing greenhouse emissions and even keeping much of the same infrastructure.
Landowners told researchers that they lacked the knowledge, time and money to advocate for themselves, their financial interests and their property in negotiations over drilling leases.
The case for pragmatism, not dogma.
Whether they aim to stop pipelines in Virginia or block Pacific Northwest export terminals, organizers are trying to ‘keep it in the ground’ to save the climate.
Commercial nuclear reactors provide roughly one-fifth of the electricity produced in the US. But they face grave threats to their continued operation.
Not only does U.S. law bar price-fixing, there are bipartisan efforts underway to make it possible to sue OPEC members in American courts for antitrust violations.
Even if Asia buys most of the natural gas the U.S. will be exporting soon, America’s growing role in that market could wind up reducing Russia’s political influence in Europe.
Energy that otherwise would go to waste might someday power industrial-scale condensation.
This new and more accurate estimate means that replacing coal with natural gas doesn’t do as much to reduce climate change as it should.
Canada has a long history of building energy pipelines against a backdrop of environmental uncertainty. Decades ago, the opposition came from local groups. Now it’s a global issue.
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen
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Senior research associate (Resources for the Future), Lecturer (University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy), University of Michigan
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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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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Fellow, University of Surrey
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, Energy and Climate Mitigation, Massey University
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Conjoint Academic in Sustainability, University of Newcastle
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Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Energy Economics, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
