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None of This Was Inevitable

None of This Was Inevitable

The Status Quo Was Never InevitableBy Mary Annaïse Heglar In this week’s podcast episode, Amy and I talked to Adam Serwer (of The Cruelty Is the Point fame) about the very real perils ...

Key UN climate talks delayed until November 2021

Key UN climate talks delayed until November 2021

The UN has confirmed that the climate talks postponed as the result of the coronavirus pandemic will now take place in the UK in November 2021, a year later than scheduled, the Press ...

Fossil Fuels Beget Dictators

Fossil Fuels Beget Dictators

Americans may think we are powerless as we bear witness to Putin’s war and the bravery of the Ukrainian resistance. We’re not.

Climate Change: The Risks and the Opportunities

Climate Change: The Risks and the Opportunities

The narrative around climate change is changing. Along with the reporting of doomsday scenarios, a concerted effort to address this pressing global issue is emerging, and opportunities for ...

Analysis: Green transition slowed by economic and social barriers, not technology

Analysis: Green transition slowed by economic and social barriers, not technology

The big shifts in thinking and large-scale funding needed to drive a swift global transition to a climate-smart economy are far behind schedule, even if most of the technology required ...

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Become a Defining Moment in US Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Become a Defining Moment in US Dependence on Fossil Fuels

“There’s a war with a fossil fuel oligarch and we are in a climate war.”

Viewpoint / ‘We are blessed with abundant potential at a time the world needs it most’

Viewpoint / ‘We are blessed with abundant potential at a time the world needs it most’

Daniel Gear, who is originally from Shetland but based in Aberdeen, works in the analysis of global energy sectors, and sits on the board of the UK statutory skills and training body for ...

Opinion: 6 months after the climate summit, here’s where we can look for progress on climate change in a more dangerous and divided world

Opinion: 6 months after the climate summit, here’s where we can look for progress on climate change in a more dangerous and divided world

Three areas to watch: How the world addresses the challenges of war-related scarcity, whether corporations will be held accountable, and how voters respond

Green transition slowed by economic and social barriers, not technology

Green transition slowed by economic and social barriers, not technology

Changes in mindset and boosts in funding are key to achieving a swift transition to a climate-smart economy, researchers say

Energy & Environment — Biden travels to Saudi Arabia amid high fuel prices

Energy & Environment — Biden travels to Saudi Arabia amid high fuel prices

President Biden is under pressure to address high oil and gas prices as he heads to Saudi Arabia, and a new report examines the greenhouse emissions of the top U.S. oil-and-gas companies. ...

Winners and losers in the energy transition

Winners and losers in the energy transition

Commodity markets can make or break economies. In the first half of the 19th century, the booming whaling industry made New England rich, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, was probably for a ...

Newsletter: Meet the law firms helping fossil fuel companies heat the planet

Newsletter: Meet the law firms helping fossil fuel companies heat the planet

Law Students for Climate Accountability assigned letter grades to the country's 100 top law firms. Thirty-six got an "F."

Sustainable Technology and Climate Change: What You Need to Know in 2022

Sustainable Technology and Climate Change: What You Need to Know in 2022

Sustainable technology is a term with two ideas which include innovations that foster social, economic, and environmental prosperity.

As War Rages, a Struggle to Balance Energy Crunch and Climate Crisis

As War Rages, a Struggle to Balance Energy Crunch and Climate Crisis

Rising oil prices and increased demand for expanded production come at a time when scientists say nations must sharply cut the use of fossil fuels.

Without help for oil-producing countries, net zero by 2050 is a distant dream

Without help for oil-producing countries, net zero by 2050 is a distant dream

To meet climate targets and avoid economic collapse, countries such as Iraq need international support in the transition to clean energy, say Iraq’s deputy PM Ali Allawi and IEA executive ...

At Davos, climate debate over role of oil in ‘going green’

At Davos, climate debate over role of oil in ‘going green’

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — As government officials, corporate leaders and other elites at the World Economic Forum grapple with how to confront climate change and its devastating effects, a ...

Carbon Brief Daily | 17/05/2022

Carbon Brief Daily | 17/05/2022

Carbon Brief is offering a three-week paid internship this summer.

Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business

Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business

Although Senate leaders have included plenty of favors for the fossil fuel industry in the big climate package they hope to advance this week, most analysts have concluded these concessions ...

The Collapsing Clean-Energy Transition

The Collapsing Clean-Energy Transition

Mixing up renewable energy project siting with fossil fuels production on public lands is environmental backsliding of the finest kind.