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Tobacco lobbyists are strongly regulated – could a ‘tobacco-style’ ban work for fossil fuel interests?
A central question remains unresolved in the draft treaty: Is plastic pollution basically a waste management problem, or can it be solved only with a cap on production?
A new report spans more than 300 peer-reviewed studies to present a comprehensive summary of the risks the industry creates for people’s health and wellbeing, as well as for the planet.
The project’s environmental credentials rely on highly speculative technologies, making Middle Arm a grand experiment with our climate.
Researchers looked at a decade of political spending by the oil and gas industry and others engaged in climate policy. If money talks, one side had a giant megaphone.
130 countries have signed a pledge to cut methane emissions by 30%. Success could have a swift impact on global warming.
An update to the 2021 Global Methane Pledge could see tighter restrictions on oil and gas leaks.
Roundtable discussions with leaders from major energy companies reveal a lack of pressure from regulators or investors and a strong belief that fossil fuel use will continue for years to come.
Fossil fuel companies are winning the battle on how we talk about natural gas expansion by referring to it as a “bridge fuel” or an essential bridge to the net-zero energy system of the future.
The US is a latecomer to offshore wind development, but President Biden has set big goals for expanding it. The Gulf of Mexico has good conditions and a large offshore energy industry.
Carbon capture technologies have been labelled as a distraction. But as we enter the all-hands-on-deck phase of tackling climate change, they must not be ignored.
Offshore renewable energy installations could provide so much more than just clean electricity.
As global oil consumption drops, oil companies are pivoting to petrochemicals, and could crowd out bio-based alternatives.
If confirmed, US Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico would be the first Native American to run the agency that interacts with tribal nations. But her agenda extends far beyond Indian Country.
Republicans claim that Biden’s clean-energy program would mean massive job losses in the oil-and-gas sector. The figures cited are not supported by the facts.
The Trump administration is opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing – a step that’s as much about politics as it is about energy.
A new study finds an association between living near active oil and gas wells in California and low birth-weight infants, adding to findings elsewhere on health risks from oil and gas production.
Environmental monitoring and public participation are necessary to maintain transparency and protect ecosystems and communities.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil and gas industry is the province’s largest contributor to the economy and will be critically important to its future.
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Adjunct professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
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Assistant Professor, Columbia University
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Finance, Lancaster University
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Co-director, STEPS (Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways), University of California, Davis
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Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management & School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
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Professorial Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham
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Vice-President, Academic and Research, University of Prince Edward Island
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Executive Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of integrative biology, University of Windsor
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Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
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Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies - Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering, University of Southampton
