It's a vision that has long enticed energy planners: solar panels stretching out over vast swaths of the Sahara desert, soaking up sun to generate clean, green power. Now Algeria, aware that its oil and gas riches will one day...
The New York Times reports on the growing importance of Angola’s oil industry as it attends its first OPEC meeting. Angola may be corrupt and “one of the poorest lands on earth. But ask any energy executive these days and...
Britain agreed to bankroll controversial drilling for oil and gas off Russia’s Sakhalin island, despite a warning from its own officials of the “potentially devastating effects†on a critically endangered species of whale. The decision to flout their own experts'...
The International Energy Agency’s flagship annual report, the World Energy Outlook (WEO), is a widely recognized energy analysis that explores key trends in energy supply and demand. One year since governments around the world pledged to transition away from fossil...
“If John Podesta and President Joe Biden are committed to doing everything possible to continue climate progress despite Donald Trump’s re-election, this moment demands a bold agenda that goes beyond locking in clean energy gains and takes real action toward...
The first week of the UN climate negotiations just wrapped up in Azerbaijan. Our team on the ground has been working hard to push back against industry spin and pressure rich countries to pay up. Here are the highlights.
The Iran crisis is now exposing that vulnerability in real time, as LNG prices across Asia have nearly doubled within weeks. But this isn’t just Japan’s problem. Through years of state-backed financing, Japan has exported the same risky energy model...
“We do need to get off fossil fuels - but for this to work we need planned, government-led transitions that build economic resilience, energy security and sovereignty, and political stability. Without them, countries risk being trapped by the next fossil...
A new report by Oil Change International and the Sierra Club, Polluting Our Democracy and Our Environment: Dirty Fuels Money in Politics, demonstrates the enormous amount of campaign finance contributions pouring into Congress by the fossil fuel industry, a problem...
High level officials from Pacific Islands have called for a reining in of fossil fuel production in order to stay within the climate limits agreed to in Paris. They were joined in their call by civil society, indigenous, and academic...
