The high oil prices that turned North Dakota into a boom state have turned, writes Joshua Frank. Now high-cost oil and gas are in the doldrums everywhere, production is falling - and even if prices do pick up one day, risk aversion and the relentless advance of renewables will leave lakes of oil and caverns of gas underground where they belong. Folks, the oil party really is over!
… Joshua Frank | 26th October 2015 News Energy Oil Gas USA Economics Finance up-in-flames-nd-cut.jpg The high oil prices that turned North Dakota into a … turned, writes Joshua Frank. Now high-cost oil and gas are in the doldrums everywhere, …
Faced with climate change, economic doldrums and collapsing oil prices, the government has the perfect opportunity to put Britain on the right track, write Simon Bullock & Tony Bosworth - reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, and invest in renewables and efficiency. So what's it actually doing? The exact opposite.
… Fracking, the oil price crash, and the 'greenest government … Economics Politics Corporations Fracking Oil Gas oil-rig-irish-sea-cut.jpg An oil rig in the …
Increased production from US fracking operations is a major reason for the drop in oil prices, writes Kieran Cooke. But there are warnings that the industry now faces an existential crisis from which it may never recover, as the financial sector faces the prospect of worthless shares and $100s of billions of defaulted debt.
… Fracking's future is in doubt as oil price plummets, bonds crash Kieran Cooke | 7th January 2015 News Oil Fracking Gas Finance Energy … operations is a major reason for the drop in oil prices, writes Kieran Cooke. But there are …
The Arctic is becoming a battleground as Russia, Norway, Canada and the US vie for access to oil, gas and minerals – campaigners fear safety and the environment will be the losers
… Scramble for Arctic oil and gas puts pristine ecosystem at risk Mark Jansen | 6th June 2011 News Arctic Oil Gas Climate Change Energy Ecocide arcticoil.jpg The Arctic is likely to see an influx …
Gas flaring of natural at shale oil wells is carried out on such a scale in North Dakota and Texas that 'phantom cities' show up at night in satellite photos, writes Sharon Kelly. Billions of dollars worth of gas are going up in smoke, adding to CO2 emissions - but far worse for the climate is when the gas is 'vented'. Regulators are doing too little, too late.
… US shale oil drillers flaring and venting billions of … DesmogBlog | 20th September 2014 News USA Oil Fracking Gas Regulation Fossil Fuels … Gas flaring of natural at shale oil wells is carried out on such a scale in …
The International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while minimising the fast-growing and ever lower-cost contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar.
… 30th November 2016 News Energy Climate Change Oil Gas Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Wind … is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while … investments in fossil fuels, in particular oil and gas, in its latest flagship World …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
… order could open 2.7 million acres to oil, gas, coal Lawrence Carter Joe Sandler … | 12th May 2017 News USA Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Politics … landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence …
A new financial crisis is threatening to dwarf the 'subprime' mortgage debacle, writes Paul Mobbs. Cheap money from central banks has fuelled some $1.3 trillion of risky investments in high-cost 'unconventional' oil and gas. Now, with oil sinking below $60, all that paper is turning to junk - and that's putting the entire economic system at risk.
… With sub-$60 oil, fracking and tar sands losses threaten … Paul Mobbs | 17th December 2014 News Finance Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Economics … investments in high-cost 'unconventional' oil and gas. Now, with oil sinking below $60, …
Long-disused oil and gas wells in the US have been found to be a 'significant' source of the super greenhouse gas methane, writes Richard Heasman. The climate impact of oil and gas is underestimated, as this long term impact is not included in existing calculations.
… Disused oil and gas wells wells a major source of … Oliver Tickell | 28th December 2014 News Oil Gas Fracking Climate Change USA UK drake-oil-well-pa-cut.jpg Long-disused oil and gas …
Shell's US president says the oil giant's unpopular drilling operations in Alaska's Chukchi Sea will stop for the 'foreseeable future' as exploratory drilling finds little oil and gas to justify its $7 billion investment.
… Environment | 28th September 2015 News Energy Oil Gas Arctic Corporations Climate Change … Shell's US president says the oil giant's unpopular drilling operations in … future' as exploratory drilling finds little oil and gas to justify its $7 billion …
Oil and gas explorers are gearing up to drill offshore Ireland in a bid to boost its energy independence from Britain.
… Will Brexit mean more Irish oil and gas fields? Sara Stefanini | 19th February 2019 News Brexit Ireland Energy Oil Gas x Oil and gas explorers are gearing up to drill …
Now that the US is signed up to ambitious Paris targets to limit warming, it too must play its part in keeping fossil fuels under the ground, write leading US campaigners. So let's make an immediate start by halting all new federal oil and gas leasing on public lands pending a full climate and environmental impact study.
… President Obama: Keep our oil and gas in the ground! Earthjustice … 2016 Comment Climate Change Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Corporations USA The Land blm-oil-gas-cut.jpg Now that the US is signed up …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… February 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas Climate Change Global Warming … Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Nuclear Oil Coal Depleted Uranium UK Environment … climate and end the energy crisis. Stop using oil, gas and coal and we might just stabilise …
Immediate moratorium on all activity by oil and gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce potential carbon emissions
… Greenpeace calls for a ban on Arctic oil drilling The Ecologist | 25th January 2010 News Oil Gas Energy Arctic arcticicebreak.jpg Greenpeace say sustainable oil and gas extraction is not possible in the …
Deepwater Horizon disaster firm hold talks with company planning to drill for oil and gas in South Downs National Park. Andrew Wasley reports
… Oil giant Halliburton lined up as potential UK … Politics And Economics Investigations Gas Oil Ecologist what-the-frack.jpg Deepwater … hold talks with company planning to drill for oil and gas in South Downs National Park. …
Faced with the double crisis of global warming and the decimation of marine wildlife, what does the Obama administration do? Open up the US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write Ralph Nader & David Helvarg. But this assault on our climate and cetaceans can be stopped, as a 'Sea Party Rebellion' prepares to fight it all the way in forthcoming Presidential elections.
… Time to 'Get Oil Out!' from sea to shining sea Ralph Nader … 2015 Activism Oceans Cetaceans USA Energy Oil Gas Politics fin-whale-cut.jpg Faced with … US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write Ralph Nader & …
A new report about to be released shows methane leaks from active and abandoned wells in British Columbia are more than twice as high as government estimates making them more polluting than commercial transportation, writes ANDREW NIKIFORUK
… One-Third of British Columbia's Oil and Gas Wells Are Leaking Significant … | 26th July 2017 News Fossil Fuels Gas Oil Methane Leaks Climate Pollution leaks … per cent of British Columbia's 11,000 active oil wells, abandoned wells and water injection …
The Lofoten peninsula Norway’s Arctic North is not just stunningly beautiful. It's also home to the world’s largest deep water coral reef and full of wildlife. So why is the government saying it will have to be opened up to the oil and gas industry? Never mind the country's warm words on environment and climate change, writes Joseph Dutton. It's fossil fuels that rule the roost.
… up its spectacular Lofoten archipelago to oil and gas firms Joseph Dutton University of Exeter | 12th February 2016 Comment Oil Gas Norway Climate Change Offshore … saying it will have to be opened up to the oil and gas industry? Never mind the country's …
We’re 55 million years too late for hydraulic fracturing to work in the UK, claims Professor John Underhill, the chief scientist at Heriot-Watt University. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… Geology in Britain cannot support fracking for oil and gas, expert claims Brendan Montague | … 17th August 2017 News Fracking Climate Change Oil Gas Energy 24922672785_dd2bd3d601_b.jpg … on the environmental impact of this method of oil and gas extraction, the geology of the UK …
North America's environment campaigners face a fearsome enemy in the 'Big Club', writes Alexander Reid Ross - the nexus of fossil fuel and infrastructure corporations, government, militarized police, private security contractors, PR agencies, astroturf NGOs and quasi-judicial bodies. But the activists are winning key victories in their battle to halt the industrialization of Cascadia.
… Alexander Reid Ross | 2nd February 2015 News Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Energy Politics War USA … (COIN) that plunges a growing pipeline and oil train network through dissenting … But with militant labor strikes shocking the oil industry and blockades halting oil trains …
Peru's government is actively undermining indigenous peoples' efforts to protect their forests - by refusing to title 20 million hectares of their lands and turning a blind eye to illegal logging. At the same time it's handing out vast concessions for oil, gas, mining and timber exploitation, expanding palm oil production and planning 50 major forest-flooding dams.
… 2014 Activism Forests Indigenous Peoples Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Peru … time it's handing out vast concessions for oil, gas, mining and timber exploitation, expanding palm oil production and planning 50 major …
Lobbying by WWF UK to protect Arctic wilderness from a £11bn ($22bn) oil and gas project that threatened the Western Gray Whale with extinction has been successful after the UK and US governments withdrew backing.
… WWF-UK wins funding halt to Sakhalin II oil and gas pipeline 6th March 2008 News Oil Gas Gazprom Russia Sakhalin WWF Western Gray Whale Oil Whales Climate Change Energy News web pic …
Opposition mounts against a new dash for hydrocarbon prospecting in the Eastern Mediterranean.
… Oil and gas grab in the Ionian Sea David Greenhalgh | 20th August 2019 News Oil Industry Gas Ionian Sea Thought Leaders … on its economy and ecology spread. A ‘No Oil’ concert held by the Kefalonia-Ithaca Open …