The Great Net-Zero Scam: Are Oil Companies Fooling Us?
Investigating Big Oil’s position in the quest for net-zero emissions. Commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are complex and multifaceted. Are major oil corporations —…
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A Big Step Forward: New Breakthrough Could Lead to Cleaner Hydrogen Energy
Scientists from the University of Kansas and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have made significant progress towards separating hydrogen and oxygen molecules…
New Technology Creates Carbon-Neutral Chemicals Out of Thin Air
According to research from the University of Surrey, it is possible to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into chemicals that are typically…
Market Forces Cut Methane Emissions From Uinta Basin Oil and Gas Wells in Half – But That’s Not the Whole Story
Longest continuously-monitored methane emissions record shows how market forces and oilfield practices can impact greenhouse gas emissions. As important as emissions of the greenhouse gas…
Sustainable, Plant-Based Jet Fuel Could Reduce Emissions by 68%
Replacing petroleum-based aviation fuel with sustainable aviation fuel derived from a type of mustard plant can reduce carbon emissions by up to 68%, according to…
The Carbon Takeback: Affordable Policy That Could Stop Fossil Fuels From Causing Global Warming
Stop fossil fuels from causing global warming within a generation… The Carbon Takeback Obligation could do just that. Imagine a single policy, imposed on one industry, which…
More Emissions Expected From Oil Refineries in the Near-Term Future
A global inventory has revealed that CO2 emissions from oil refineries were 1.3 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018 and could be as large as 16.5 Gt…
A New Method to Preventing Human-Induced Earthquakes Caused by the Oil and Gas Industry
Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration. When humans pump…
US Government Subsidies Boost the Expected Profits and Development of New Oil and Gas Fields
Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute (Somerville and Seattle, USA) and Earth Track, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, USA) examined 16 subsidies and environmental regulatory exemptions, providing…
Scientists Show Renewable Energies Can Save Millions of Lives
Reducing global air pollution can prevent millions of premature deaths according to an international team of scientists, led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry….
Study Identifies Which Fossil Fuels Must Remain in the Ground to Limit Global Warming
New research led by the University College London shows that a third of oil reserves, half of the gas reserves, and over 80% of current…
Ethanol Production Stalls in Brazil
Brazil experienced a biofuel boom in March 2007, topping out at second in world output behind the USA. The fermentation of sugars produced motor fuel…
“Hydrate-Phobic” Surfaces Could Improve Deep-Sea Oil Well Safety
As the demand for oil continues to rise, so does the risk of disasters like the Deepwater Horizon spill that took place in the Gulf…
Fossil Fuel Emissions, Organic Carbon and Alaska’s Glaciers
While studying climate change and trying to decipher the carbon cycle puzzle, researchers have been studying the source and amount of carbon flowing into the…
Intercontinental Crop Losses Caused by Ozone
Researchers at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the University of York, published a new study showing the extent of the Northern Hemisphere’s intercontinental…
