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Vast reserves of natural gas found off the coast of Egypt
The Italian energy company Eni S.p.A. announced on Sunday that it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off the coast of Egypt, describing it as the “largest ever” found in the Mediterranean Sea. Eni’s chief executive, Claudio Descalzi, met
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How oil flows in and out of every major region around the world
Every major economy around the world is fueled by oil. But most of them don’t produce the oil they use. In its new “Statistical Review of World Energy” report, BP included a map tracking oil trade flows around the world.
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Pope’s climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil investments
Pope Francis heartened environmentalists around the world in June when he urged immediate action to save the planet from the effects of climate change, declaring that the use of “highly polluting fossil fuels needs to be progressively replaced without delay.”
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Scientists foresee losses as cities fight beach erosion
Beaches are facing off against a changing climate, and they’re losing ground. Literally. Waves, currents, storms and people all move the sand that make beaches, well, beaches. But a combination of rising sea levels, stronger coastal storms and coastal development
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The Climate Deception Dossiers: internal fossil fuel industry memos reveal decades of disinformation
For nearly three decades, many of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have knowingly worked to deceive the public about the realities and risks of climate change. Their deceptive tactics are now highlighted in “The Climate Deception Dossiers“, a new
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Three things you need to know about three decades of deception about climate change
More than half of the carbon dioxide ever created by humans has been released into the atmosphere since 1988. That was the year NASA climate scientist James Hansen told Congress that global warming was already under way and burning fossil
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USA #Election2016 | Let’s look at Trump’s views on climate
Trump hasn’t yet issued a policy platform. Or proposed many actual policies, per se. But he has made policy-adjacent noises about forcing Mexico to build a border wall, giving power back to the police, and shutting down the government to
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Which countries in the world use the most coal to generate electricity
Coal is one of the most polluting ways to generate electricity, and regions like Europe have been trying hard in recent years to phase it out. But simultaneous industrialization in other parts of the world has counterbalanced the efforts. China’s
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The success of Europe’s investment in renewable energy
Europe has spearheaded the drive to change from a system of power stations burning fossil fuels to one in which a significant proportion of electricy comes from non-polluting sources. Chart the spending on renewables in Europe and the bloc’s emissions,
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World’s first solar powered airport has arrived
If you’ve been tracking Solar Impulse 2, the solar airplane circumnavigating the globe, then you will be excited to hear this news: the Cochin International Airport in the southern state of Kerala, India is officially the world’s first airport thats
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