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Venezuela relies on the black-market oil trade for a large chunk of its revenue. US enforcement actions may push down the price it can charge, further squeezing the country’s economy.
The Trump administration is reviving the Monroe Doctrine for Latin America. The aim: keeping China out and securing oil and resources for itself.
Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside and oil outside.’
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, intended to curb lending to carbon-intensive sectors, wasn’t effective and more importantly never made much business sense.
Elites have often shaped or manipulated state policies in ways that protect their interests and reinforce inequality.
A series of lectures on decolonisation sheds new light on contemporary conflicts.
Creating energy corridors is in the national interest, and the Canadian government should prioritize funding clean energy supply solutions.
The stretch of water borders the coastline of several Middle East countries, including Iran, and is vital for the global oil trade.
Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. But about 5.5 million acres are being put up for oil and gas leases in March 2026.
Turmoil in markets has added another layer of complexity to the outlook for interest rates.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz would have potentially devastating flow-on effects for oil supplies and prices in Australia.
An oil surplus means that so far reaction has been muted – but disruption and rising prices could still be on the cards.
The Edmonton Oilers are once again vying for hockey’s biggest prize. In some ways, religion scholars argue, the team’s fandom represents devotion to a way of life − and the oil industry.
For lawyers, industry, advocates and the courts, environmental review after the Eagle County decision is not just a new ballgame. It is a new sport.
Oil’s importance to South Sudan’s economy is often exaggerated – the bigger challenge facing Juba is its inability to secure new loans.
Oil money from the Middle East often goes straight to the US.
Electric cars charged with locally made electricity can boost Australia’s energy security. That’s great – if we avoid relying on just one EV producing nation.
Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.
A ‘new’ country wouldn’t have many more people or a much higher standard of living – but it would have a lot more natural resources.
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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