There’s not much diesel fuel lying around, and lots of people want to buy what is available, as well as what little is produced each day. It’s all a matter of supply and demand.
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Gas is now flowing from the vast – and controversial – fossil fuel project.
The Supreme Court limited the ability of people to sue government contractors in state courts.
Who gets all that cash, and what do they do with it?
The universal fear is the effect the rise in prices is having on fuel, a staple commodity in every one of the countries for ordinary people as well as industries.
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.
The US produces more oil today than any other country, and there is no clear emergency on the scale of the energy crises of the 1970s. But there are some causes for concern.
The Northern Territory’s economy might have grown the fastest but Western Australian remains the wealthiest of the states and territories, according to new data.
By making individuals responsible for reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the oil industry is deflecting responsibility for making profound changes in their production practices.
A new report spans more than 300 peer-reviewed studies to present a comprehensive summary of the risks the industry creates for people’s health and wellbeing, as well as for the planet.
Sen. Rosa Galvez has called for ambitious and coherent government intervention to address the risks financial institutions pose to climate. Here’s why Canadians must rally around her.
Oil revenues are crucial to Russia’s economy. The US only accounts for a small fraction of them, so banning Russian oil imports has mainly symbolic value.
Helium plays an important role in breathing devices and it mostly comes as a by-product of petroleum production.
Energy that otherwise would go to waste might someday power industrial-scale condensation.
The resilience of South Sudan’s higher education system can be attributed to dedicated staff, institutional partnerships and supportive governance.
Nigeria’s disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme includes monthly allowances which created new problems in the Niger Delta region.
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