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Russia's influential position as Europe's main supplier of natural gas is under threat from new discoveries.
China wages 'war on air pollution', but turning away from fossil fuels towards natural gas has its challenges.
A key tool for capturing and storing carbon may have been hiding in plain sight all along.
The Trump Whitehouse's weaponising of words has won them many battles – but whether 'molecules of US freedom' are aimed at foreign buyers or domestic supporters, this marketing ploy misses the mark.
Californians love their coast and strongly oppose offshore drilling. Will they support converting old oil rigs to artificial reefs – a policy that benefits both marine life and oil companies?
The 'thin green line' of resistance against any new infrastructure for shipping oil, gas and coal abroad has won many battles.
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.
Top contributors
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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, Colorado State University
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Departmental Visitor, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Research Fellow DECRA, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Conjoint Academic in Sustainability, University of Newcastle
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Scott L. Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor of Energy Economics, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Nonresident Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University
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Peter C. Doherty is a Friend of The Conversation.
Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Mervin Bovaird Professor of Energy Business and Finance, University of Tulsa
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
