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‘How much extra will you pay to speed up Energy Transition?’ is wrong question

Moving people away from oil isn’t just a question of cost. Consumer behaviour is complex, often contradictory By Barry Rueger Dear Reader, here is my question for you: how much extra are you willing to pay to speed up the Energy Transition? How much risk are you willing to assume? This is not at all a […]

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Trump withdrawal from Paris Accord could hurt aviation accord: IATA

Trump leaving Paris Accord not sending a good signal: IATA director general On Thursday afternoon, US President Donald Trump is expected to announce whether the United States will remain in the Paris Accord. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says should the US withdraw from the global climate agreement, it could hamper a separate deal agreed to

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On anti-Exxon campaign, LA Times refuses to hold those in power accountable

40 million Californians represented by Attorney General expect elected leaders to be honest with public By Steve Everley, EnergyInDepth Ever since the Los Angeles Times published its reports in 2015 alleging Exxon Mobil “knew” about climate change before the world’s scientists – a series the Times refused to disclose was bankrolled by anti-Exxon activists –

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Coal, solar stocks drop as Trump set to ditch Paris Climate Agreement

If Trump ditches deal, US, Syria and Nicaragua world’s only non-participants in the Paris Climate Agreement On Wednesday, after media reported the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, renewable energy stocks fell and coal stocks continued to underperform the broader market in the States. Despite encouragement from several large coal companies, Reuters sources

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Data doesn’t support claim Marcellus natural gas production is increasing asthma issues

No context on how emission levels fit into state’s overall air quality By Nicole Jacobs, EnergyInDepth Philadelphia-based Clean Air Council (CAC) plans to hold a rally in Harrisburg this week asking Gov. Tom Wolf to impose more emissions regulations on the oil and gas industry. And not surprisingly, CAC will opt to use asthma misinformation to

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Colorado voices support AG’s decision to appeal “Kids’” anti-fracking lawsuit

Key Colorado officials support Coffman’s decision to appeal the ruling by Katie Brown, EnergyInDepth In the week since Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman (R) announced that she will, over the governor’s objections, appeal a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling that would upend the decades-long oil and natural gas regulatory permitting process in the state, key

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Rolling Stone magazine backs radical Pennsylvania fracktavists

“Article is nothing more than a glamorization of an extreme organization” By Nicole Jacobs, EnergyInDepth Rolling Stone put out a hit piece this week that not only attempts to perpetuate the myth that injection wells are inherently dangerous, but also tries to legitimize the agenda and tactics used by radical Pennsylvania-based activist group Community Environmental

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Is “backwardation” the answer to price war between OPEC, US shale producers?

OPEC searching for strategy that raises oil prices without igniting another American shale boom By John Kemp “Backwardation is the solution” to OPEC’s problem of how to raise output and revenues without sparking another shale boom, according to the influential oil research team at Goldman Sachs. Backwardation would allow low-cost oil producers in OPEC to

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