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Fracking the Beetaloo Basin has potential environmental and social harms that affect the Traditional owners in the Northern Territory.
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.
We discovered 11 (and probably more) new species of stygofauna living in water underground. These animals are usually blind, beautifully translucent and long-limbed.
Some speculated that voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado and Texas would vote against Joe Biden because of his plans to phase out fossil fuels.
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.
Living near oil and gas production can affect mental health, driving stress and feelings of depression.
Fracking in Botswana could have an impact not only the country's groundwater, but also that of Namibia and South Africa.
Investment in gas will not herald Australia’s economic recovery. It’s likely to hinder it.
Oil prices are going through what some have termed Black April, but the bigger question is what happens longer term to US oil.
The government says it’ll make a fracking ban ‘permanent’, but it can still be overturned by another government in future.
Has the world entered an era of ultra-low prices? An energy scholar argues that a long period of low oil prices will set the U.S. – and globe – back on the economy and the environment.
Fracking in northeastern British Columbia has left behind tens of thousands of wells. Some of these are leaking — and could threaten the environment and the public’s health.
Fracking in Pennsylvania has led to disadvantages in state school districts.
A permanent fracking ban is needed to end the farce and shift resources into carbon capture and storage.
In Labour target constituencies in the North of England, the moratorium applies. But sites in safe Conservative areas in the South East will remain open for business.
The fossil fuel industry plans to compensate for declining demand for gasoline by flooding the world with more plastic.
Energy-wise, the fallout from the attack on Saudi oil facilities has so far been very muted. The surge in oil production in the US over the past decade helps explain why.
New research uses a different technique to give a much lower estimate.
The majority of fugitive methane emissions come from a minority of locations and activities – so-called super-emitters.
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Program Manager for Unconventional Resources, Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Geophysics, Durham University
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor of Finance, Lancaster University
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Pro-Vice Chancellor: Global, Newcastle University
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PhD Candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
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Professor of Energy and Natural Resources Law, Macquarie University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Fellow in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Researcher in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy, Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Visiting Lecturer, Research Fellow at City University London, Harvard University
