Canada has a long history of building energy pipelines against a backdrop of environmental uncertainty. Decades ago, the opposition came from local groups. Now it’s a global issue.
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Many Coloradans feel powerless to protect themselves from pollution and other fallout caused by the state’s fracking boom.
A recent survey of electric utility leaders finds that Trump administration efforts to promote coal energy and roll back air pollution regulations have had little impact on their long-range plans.
Saving power to use later lets consumers, businesses and utilities generate energy when it’s cheap and deliver it when they need it most. There’s not much of it today, but the industry is growing fast.
Shale gas exploitation in the US has helped cut is greenhouse gas emissions by 11%. A study explores what would happen if this were expanded globally, and the findings challenge conventional wisdom.
Natural gas is touted as a “bridging fuel” to displace coal while moving to a low-carbon economy. In New Zealand, this is shortsighted and could lead to stranded assets and hold back renewables.
Natural gas is widely viewed as a clean fuel, but methane, its main component, is a powerful greenhouse gas. Two experts propose a plan for detecting and cutting methane leaks across North America.
The European Investment Bank’s funding of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline will harm the climate and makes little financial sense.
The French president said he would eliminate all coal-fired plants in his country by 2021, while his US counterpart is pushing policies intended to make them more profitable. Either way, the laws of economics will win.
Australians love cooking with gas, but what if you could make your own supply, using leftover food waste? It may be time for more households to embrace home biogas – and stop paying gas bills.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission normally works in obscurity, but is in the spotlight as it considers a proposal to support coal and nuclear power plants that are having trouble competing.
Gas buried in the Northern Territory’s Velkerri Shale was produced in a “slime world” that existed nearly a billion years before the first complex life on Earth evolved.
A year after Brexit, experts from the Grenoble École de Management and the Centre for European Economic Research look at what impacts the UK’s leaving the EU could have on energy prices and security.
The Trump administration has set a new national policy: energy dominance. But can the US really dominate other countries through fossil fuel exports?
The way Australia taxes companies for gas projects now lags behind our closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, which has reformed its tax system to ensure it gets money sooner.
Three studies find higher rate of health issues for people who live near large or many fracked natural gas well sites.
How bad are things for U.S. coal? Very bad, but that’s very good for environment. Now the question is whether other countries will cut back on coal as well.
The Obama administration wants to regulate methane leaks from oil and gas operations. Here’s why we can’t count on market forces to make it work.
Australia is missing out on revenue from some gas projects because the petroleum resource rent tax doesn’t apply.
The boom in oil and gas development has brought new revenues to many communities in the U.S., but rural areas in particular have struggled to handle the rapid downturn in prices.
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer in International Studies, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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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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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Dean, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island
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Conjoint Academic in Sustainability, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Energy Economics, co-coordinator of the Chaire Européenne de la Transition du Territoire, GEM
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University