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.
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Britain’s electricity supply is getting greener but the burning question remains over how to decarbonise heating.
Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.
Just 1kg of hydrogen can power a split-cycle air conditioner for 14.5 hours. The possibilities are endless - and now we have a plan to get there.
As the effects of climate change become clearer and more ominous, fossil fuel companies face a choice: Defy warnings of catastrophic climate change, or envision their roles in a post-carbon world.
A permanent fracking ban is needed to end the farce and shift resources into carbon capture and storage.
How are oil companies positioning themselves for a post-carbon world? So far, cautiously.
Two energy scholars who have studied the extent of methane leaks in the oil and gas industry explain what rescinding methane emissions regulations will mean to the climate and industry.
The majority of fugitive methane emissions come from a minority of locations and activities – so-called super-emitters.
A fifth of the world’s oil travels through the narrow waterway.
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.
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen
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