The story of oil is focused on the US. But our oil-centred world was made through wider global relations.
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Australia’s largest oil and gas company wants to drill for gas under a pristine coral reef.
A new book, The Exhausted Earth, outlines how capitalism leads to burnout - for people and planet. But regenerative solutions are possible if people focus on interconnectedness, not isolation.
Extractive mining disrupts the balance of the planet’s ecosystems and is set to rise. Could urban mining or degrowth help curb unsustainable practices?
The UK windfall tax has barely made a dent in surging energy profits this year.
There are vast quantities of water ice on the moon that represent the potential for extraction and use in rocket fuel. But there are no practical reasons to mine this water.
NASA satellite images reveal the extent of gold-mining in Peru. This information can be used to shut down illegal mining and prevent environmental destruction and contamination.
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Space Robotics and Space Technology, Carleton University
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Dalla Lana School Fellowship in Global Journalism, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor in Accountancy and Taxation, University College Dublin
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Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading
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Global Journalism Fellow, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University of London
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Economy and Global Development, and Director of SOAS Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London; Independent Social Research Foundation