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Donald Trump said he would ‘unleash’ the country’s resources.
Repurposing fossil fuel infrastructures to supply clean fuels might make more immediate economic and environmental sense than mass electrification of transport and industry.
Tobacco lobbyists are strongly regulated – could a ‘tobacco-style’ ban work for fossil fuel interests?
Decades of secrecy and industry influence in Alberta have created a crisis of liability in abandoned oil infrastructure which only a serious course correction can hope to fix.
Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.
The Alberta government is failing to ensure environmental liabilities are adequately accounted for and that progress is being made to address the province’s massive tailings ponds.
Redesigning the UK’s windfall tax on energy companies could help it to bring in more money for public spending.
When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.
Oil companies are pushing the world to believe they are the solution to, not the cause of, climate change.
Republicans have decided to deliberately give a green light to secret and potentially corrupt deals abroad.
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.
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
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Senior Lecturer in Business and Society, University of Bath
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Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Coventry University
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Senior Lecturer, Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Research Fellow, Public Economics, The Parkland Institute, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Calgary
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Lawyer at the Public Interest Law Clinic, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Widener University
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Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Management, University of California, Davis
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University
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Lecturer in International Business, University College Cork