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Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up
By Justin Mikulka
on
The total cost of decommissioning offshore oil wells around the world is expected to be over $100 billion by 2030.
The total cost of decommissioning offshore oil wells around the world is expected to be over $100 billion by 2030.
Coal power plant.
Global Coal Use is Falling But Not Fast Enough to Tackle Climate Change
By Justin Mikulka
on
Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China's continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.
Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China's continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.
Oil derrick and tax refund u-turn sign overlaid
Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action
By Justin Mikulka
on
New calls for market-based approaches to limiting climate pollution raise concerns about these policies’ effectiveness
New calls for market-based approaches to limiting climate pollution raise concerns about these policies’ effectiveness
I’m a Climate Scientist — Here Are 3 Key Things I Have Learned Over a Year of COVID
By Guest
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By Piers Forster, University of Leeds The planet had already warmed by around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times when the World Health Organization officially ...
uk/Analysis: Fuel Duty Freeze Set to Continue Thanks to Sustained Media Campaign
By Rich Collett-White
on
If the Budget means one thing above all else for the road transport lobby, it’s fuel duty. And recent years have shown it knows exactly which pressure points to push to get its way, with the sector...
Analysis: How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments
By Justin Mikulka
on
Last August, ExxonMobil warned that it may need to remove 20 percent of its oil and gas proved reserves from its books. While that was a shocking number from the oil major, reality proved to be eve...
us/From Capture to Culture: Aquaculture in the US
By Ian Urbina
on
As the Biden administration turns to environmental concerns, one of its top priorities will be how to better protect the world’s oceans. With more than 80 percent of the world’s fish stocks at or n...
us/Why the US Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord Matters at Home and Abroad — 5 Scholars Explain
By Guest
on
By Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines
Analysis: How the Agribusiness Lobby Mobilised Against a UK Carbon Tax
By Phoebe Cooke
on
“Hands off our sausages.” A war on bacon has been waged, apparently. According to The Sun, the nation’s bangers are at risk from a “barmy” meat tax. “Tax raid on your lifestyle!” warned The Mail. ...
us/How U.S. Crude Oil Exports Are Hastening the Demise of the Oil Industry
By Justin Mikulka
on
When Congress lifted the export ban on U.S. crude oil in December of 2015 to allow for exports beginning in 2016, the oil industry celebrated. However, looking back at the impact of lifting the 40-...

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Analysis
Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up
ByJustin Mikulka
on

The total cost of decommissioning offshore oil wells around the world is expected to be over $100 billion by 2030.

The total cost of decommissioning offshore oil wells around the world is expected to be over $100 billion by 2030.
Analysis
Global Coal Use is Falling But Not Fast Enough to Tackle Climate Change
ByJustin Mikulka
on

Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China's continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.

Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China's continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.
Coal power plant.
Analysis
Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action
ByJustin Mikulka
on

New calls for market-based approaches to limiting climate pollution raise concerns about these policies’ effectiveness

New calls for market-based approaches to limiting climate pollution raise concerns about these policies’ effectiveness
Oil derrick and tax refund u-turn sign overlaid
Analysis
I’m a Climate Scientist — Here Are 3 Key Things I Have Learned Over a Year of COVID
ByGuest
on

By Piers Forster, University of Leeds The planet had already warmed by around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times when the World Health Organization officially ...
Analysis
uk/Analysis: Fuel Duty Freeze Set to Continue Thanks to Sustained Media Campaign
ByRich Collett-White
on

If the Budget means one thing above all else for the road transport lobby, it’s fuel duty. And recent years have shown it knows exactly which pressure points to push to get its way, with the sector...
Analysis
Analysis: How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments
ByJustin Mikulka
on

Last August, ExxonMobil warned that it may need to remove 20 percent of its oil and gas proved reserves from its books. While that was a shocking number from the oil major, reality proved to be eve...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
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Analysis
us/From Capture to Culture: Aquaculture in the US
ByIan Urbina
on

As the Biden administration turns to environmental concerns, one of its top priorities will be how to better protect the world’s oceans. With more than 80 percent of the world’s fish stocks at or n...
Analysis
us/Why the US Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord Matters at Home and Abroad — 5 Scholars Explain
ByGuest
on

By Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines
Analysis
Analysis: How the Agribusiness Lobby Mobilised Against a UK Carbon Tax
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

“Hands off our sausages.” A war on bacon has been waged, apparently. According to The Sun, the nation’s bangers are at risk from a “barmy” meat tax. “Tax raid on your lifestyle!” warned The Mail. ...
Analysis
us/How U.S. Crude Oil Exports Are Hastening the Demise of the Oil Industry
ByJustin Mikulka
on

When Congress lifted the export ban on U.S. crude oil in December of 2015 to allow for exports beginning in 2016, the oil industry celebrated. However, looking back at the impact of lifting the 40-...

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