The federal government seems keen to usher in a new boom in onshore gas production. But gas firms will need to tread carefully, as past experience in Queensland’s fracking heartland shows.
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The Trump administration may reverse a recent push to require oil companies to disclose more information about climate change risks to investors. Is that a good thing?
More than an easement: A scholar of Native American law lays out the legal arguments in the Dakota Access Pipeline and why they matter to all of us.
As Trump explores warmer ties to Russia, he’d be wise to brush up on the history of past resets and the role the oil industry played in each one. The results weren’t good.
Big Oil has historically played a behind-the-scenes role on American policy and politics. No longer.
President-elect Trump’s objective on energy and climate is clear: Undo Obama’s legacy of environmental regulations and massively expand fossil fuel production.
The SEC and others are pressing Exxon to disclose more climate change risks to investors. But new research suggests shareholders are already pricing in those costs on their own.
Indonesian lawmakers should ignore a push from nationalists groups to return monopoly rights over the country’s oil and gas reserved to the state oil company, Pertamina.
Many people thought U.S. gasoline consumption had already peaked. They were wrong. What happened?
BP’s plans for the Bight say it would take 10 days to begin dispersing an oil spill at source, and 35 days for well-capping equipment to reach the site – making it likely that oil would hit the coast.
What is the months-long North Dakota Access Pipeline protest really about? A Native American scholar connects the dots to environmental justice and the legacy of U.S. colonialism.
As BP plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, questions can be asked about whether it has made the right changes to its working practices to avoid a repeat of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster.
The pressure for organisations to divest from fossil fuels is coming from institutions with relatively little financial clout. But soon the richest and most powerful will have no choice but to join in.
Three studies find higher rate of health issues for people who live near large or many fracked natural gas well sites.
Marine parks need to cover large swathes of ocean, but they also need to cover the right areas if they are to deliver the best conservation. New research off Australia’s northwest suggests how.
The government promises cash for communities that accept fracking, but cannot know whether it can keep that promise or not.
The Obama administration wants to regulate methane leaks from oil and gas operations. Here’s why we can’t count on market forces to make it work.
In coming decades many oil and gas platforms will have to be retired. Rather than being dismantled, they could be given a new lease of life as artificial reefs, helping industry and the environment.
The EU can’t be too tough on Erdogan as it relies on his nation’s pipelines and shipping routes.
The boom in oil and gas development has brought new revenues to many communities in the U.S., but rural areas in particular have struggled to handle the rapid downturn in prices.
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Research Fellow, Public Economics, The Parkland Institute, University of Alberta
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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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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University
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Pro-Vice Chancellor: Global and Sustainability, Newcastle University
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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Research Fellow, Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter
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Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Lynton K. Caldwell Professor, Indiana University
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Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies - Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering, University of Southampton
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Instructor in Rail Transportation Engineering, Penn State
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Associate Professor, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
