Any additional emissions from a UK gasfield are incompatible with climate targets.
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The move suggests Iran and its allies are settling in for a long war. That could mean pain for the global economy.
Industrial renewal coupled with social reforms could support a green transition away from carbon-intensive industries while narrowing social inequalities.
As more details emerge about this controversial deal, big questions remain about what it could mean – both for oil markets and Venezuela’s national sovereignty.
Rivalry has not disappeared from east Africa. It has simply been repackaged as competing ‘regional’ projects.
Green hydrogen production is, in effect, a way of bottling renewable energy.
Oil companies are making massive profits and stockpiling cash, and holding off on changing their investment plans.
Wastewater from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells is salty and radioactive, and doesn’t suppress dust. Two researchers explain why it keeps ending up on rural roads.
Each year, about 10–12% of global shipping trade passes through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait – whose name means ‘Gate of Tears’.
Seismic lines fragment forests and alter their ability to act as habitats and provide climate change mitigation benefits.
The strategic goal for most countries is energy systems that are affordable and cannot be blocked or held hostage.
Oil producers across the Americas have responded to the disruption in the Gulf by increasing output and exports.
The Iran war has hurt Gulf economies, but the effects have differed across the region.
With the Strait of Hormuz still effectively closed, prices will likely stay high in the near term. But a weaker cartel could mean more competition in the future.
Just a tiny fraction of the plastic Australia uses each year gets recycled. This year’s oil shock could cause a rethink.
Even if the Iran war ends, the fallout from this oil shock is likely to persist for a long time. Here’s what the end of ‘cheap’ oil could mean for the world.
In normal times, as much as 14% of global maritime trade goes through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Disruption would be felt around the world.
Studying the economics of war reveals how some democracies start wars and commit human rights abuses while corporations profit.
Is it time to panic about supplies?
Oil shocks create winners and losers, but the Canadian dollar no longer softens the blow the way it once did.
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Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Regina
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
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Pro-Vice Chancellor: Global and Sustainability, Newcastle University
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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