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Making the Most of Low Prices: A Short Guide for Natural Gas Importers

 between growing supply and relatively sluggish demand. Post-COVID-19 recovery should ... ultra-low gas prices can have on gas producers/exporters and the natural ... bcm, Australia for 23 bcm, China for 16 bcm, and Russia 10 bcm. The U

Climate Change: A Real Force In The 2020 Campaign?

profile in American life and electoral politics than at any time in history ... wildfires, disastrous flooding in the Midwest and, further north, 90 degree ... cause and effect relationship between climate change and extreme weather

The FERC, An Under-the-Radar Federal Regulator, Is Key To U.S. Energy-Climate Balance

changed dramatically over the past 20 years and the Federal Energy ... the nation’s electricity and natural gas system, is struggling to adapt ... ’s interstate gas and electricity trades, natural gas has emerged as the preferred

A Dangerous, Even if Expected, Opinion on Climate

of time for dread and suspense to mount. Prognosticators suggested that the opinion might be “the Earth’s nightmare” and worried that it might ...  included “a sigh of relief” and a reflection that the opinion is “about as good

Can Norway’s State Oil Company Be A Climate Champion?

the century, and generates nearly all of its electricity from hydropower ... provides key revenue for the government and its generous social welfare ... , state-controlled Equinor, which has produced oil and gas from North Sea

Tackling Climate Technology Investment Risk

-free energy technologies and infrastructure.  This volume of investment marked a ... equaled investment in the global oil and gas industry.  Yet rising clean ... technologies and infrastructure, many of which are new and relatively unproven

Subsea Sabotage: Protecting Energy Infrastructure from Hostile Aggression

to assess what the danger to lives and property might be, which needed ... .” While the investigation for cause would go on to grip Europe’s energy and ... that had formed. The sea was boiling!” Beyond immediate safety and

Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Should they Stay or Should they Go?

argues that these subsidies promote the development of domestic energy and support oil and gas jobs. Opponents say there is little justification for subsidizing fossil fuels when government’s focus should be on clean energy and

Climate Change is Challenging Our Mastery of Heat

of feeding climate change because of our demand for heat and our reliance on the carbon-based fuels that can provide it both cheaply and efficiently. Indoor climate control and high-heat industrial processes such as

A Well-Deserved Nobel Prize

Whittingham and Akira Yoshino were jointly awarded the 2019 Nobel prize in ... product that has impacted billions of people around the world, and is ... ubiquitous energy source for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and nearly all