Guest post: Plans for new oil and gas power plants have grown by 13% in 2023
The global energy crisis, driven by surging gas prices, has decisively dented the prospects for the fuel’s future growth. As ...
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Sensing tech used in oil pipelines can also track Arctic sea ice, study shows
Scientists have used undersea fiber-optic cables in the Arctic to remotely track the presence and extent of sea ice.Sea ice ...
Argentina is pushing a major oil and gas exporting terminal
Argentina’s southern city of Sierra Grande started public hearings for a shipping terminal to export from Vaca Muerta, the world’s ...
After Decades Of Oil Drilling, Indigenous Waorani Group Fights New Industry Expansions In Ecuador
After 50 years of expanding oil operations in its Amazonian region, Ecuador will close the door on crude extraction in ...
In Alberta’s oil patch, wildfire reality is shrouded in smoke
The office towers in downtown Calgary, the headquarters of the country’s oil industry, were shrouded in smoke again this week. ...
DeBriefed 25 August 2023: Canada’s wildfires; Ecuador chooses Amazon over oil; Getting angry about climate change
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This is an online ...
What’s More Harmful to Birds in North Dakota: Oil and Gas Drilling, or Corn and Soybeans?
The struggle to meet a growing global energy demand is playing out across North Dakota’s landscape. On the western half ...
Ecuador rejects oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest in historic vote
Around 60% of voters said oil reserves in the Yasuní National Park should be left in the ground in binding ...
Maui Sued Big Oil in 2020, Citing Fire Risks and More
The words were strikingly prescient: Because of climate change, lush and verdant Maui was facing wildfires of “increased frequency, intensity, ...
‘Heat pump coach’ helps Massachusetts residents ditch oil and gas furnaces
Over the past few years, electric heat pumps have been gaining popularity as a growing number of homeowners look for ...
