Oil is a key feedstock for everything from plastics to cosmetics. Over time, we’re likely to see less oil burned for transport – and more used to make products.
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News of the defections came as the government announced the deployment, in response to requests from the region, of an E-7A Wedgetail to the gulf.
Oil prices affect the US economy differently than in past decades. Nowadays, the US is less reliant on oil imports and uses less oil to produce more economic output.
Oil refineries can be legitimate military targets, but only if specific criteria are met.
The Orinoco Basin is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It’s also rich in oil, gold and critical minerals crucial to modern technology.
Soaring world crude oil prices have direct impact at the bowser. Australia is not well insulated from price shocks.
The rise in the oil price so far complicates the outlook, but does not resemble past energy crises.
Oil isn’t a normal commodity – it shapes politics around the world.
With better ships, clearer command and smarter plans, the risk of major oil spills can be minimised.
Native American lands contain 30% of the nation’s coal, 50% of its uranium and 20% of its natural gas, as well as copper, lithium and rare earth elements.
Civil-society organisations are changing Ghana’s accountability landscape.
Many homeowners could save money on their heating bills by installing heat pumps – but not everyone, and not everywhere.
To be inclusive and impactful, energy transition policies need to be co-created with the communities and workers who run Canada’s energy industries.
The ideology named after former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez became more authoritarian under Nicolás Maduro. Can the country’s new leader steer it back toward democracy?
South Africa and Nigeria promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from oil and coal. But instead they’re planning to increase production of fossil fuels.
At the same time, Americans have been facing worsening storms, wildfires and deadly heat waves.
After decades of hostility, Venezuela’s support became crucial to Cuba’s survival.
There are good reasons why Venezuela’s oil has been trading at a discount.
The US attack on Venezuela highlights a shifting American foreign policy that dismisses a rules-based global order and focuses on economic interests and military might.
Canada and Venezuela compete in the same heavy-oil regional and global markets, so shifts in supply from Canada to Venezuela would widely reverberate across the Canadian economy.
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Lecturer in International Studies, University of Washington
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
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Lecturer in Energy Systems, University of Oxford
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Industry Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Departmental Visitor, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupation Health, University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Professor, Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara
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Director and Lecturer, Extractives Baraza, Strathmore University
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Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University