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Calls to export Canadian oil and gas to Europe are repackaging ethical oil rhetoric. But Canada and Russia share similarities in energy policy making.
Cooking with wood and charcoal can raise indoor air pollution to dangerous levels.
Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material. But buried deep underground for millions of years, those materials changed in important ways.
A study found $1.4 trillion in oil and gas industry assets would be at risk if governments follow through on their pledges to deal with climate change.
Despite banning fracking in 2019, the UK government recently decided to review its safety.
Has Putin hurt Russia by jolting Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels into high gear?
Until now, export credit agencies - publicly-owned banks - have gone under the radar on fossil fuel financing. That’s about to change.
Shared ground heat exchanges could provide low-carbon heating for up to 80% of homes in the UK, research suggests.
Supporting new fossil fuel projects is completely inconsistent with the broader goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 - and will not improve energy security.
It will take more than Europe’s gas requirement to topple the greenback.
The ‘Energiewende’ relies on gas as a bridge between a coal-powered past and renewable future.
People can act collectively to lower their energy use in an emergency.
Oil supply is very tight, and the current geopolitical crisis involving Russia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, has pushed prices over the edge.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his country’s massive energy reserves effectively for political influence. But with war in Ukraine, nations are looking for ways to cut those ties.
Most of the emphasis has been on the threat to Europe’s gas needs, but if Russian crude oil is restricted, it will cause even greater problems.
Russia supplies much of Europe’s gas. Will their invasion of Ukraine lead to a renewed push for energy independence?
Everything from food to metals are facing major upheaval.
Europe urgently needs to become less dependent on gas.
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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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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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