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Oil demand set to peak this decade as energy transition takes hold

June 18, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 17, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Global oil demand is set to peak this decade, producing a surplus of millions of barrels per day that will [Read more]

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Opinion: The oil and gas industry has been lying about global warming for decades — accountability is long overdue

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 29, 2024. By Gordon McBean The science is clear: the planet is warming at an alarming rate and we need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. For decades, [Read more]

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Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial

March 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 8, 2024. By Kate Yoder It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences [Read more]

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A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay

February 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 2, 2024. By Katie Myers Last July, the normally warm and humid but still pleasant New England summer was disrupted by a series of unusually heavy rain [Read more]

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Big Oil pledges to cut one-fifth GHG emissions by 2025

September 24, 2018 Energi Staff

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, or OGCI, pledged on Monday to cut GHG emissions by one-fifth by 2025, or about 350,000 tonnes of methane annually.  Total photo. GHG emissions reductions to fight climate change [Read more]

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Royal Dutch Shell investing in green energy, retail power sector

January 26, 2018 Energi Staff

Royal Dutch Shell is investing in cleaner energy projects, including a network of EV charging stations on European highways. Royal Dutch Shell spent over $400 million recently to expand beyond oil and gas, reduce its [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Competing ‘energy transition’ visions of Big Oil, EPA

November 29, 2016 JZadmin

Energy transitions take 50 to 75 years, regulators need to be patient Outgoing EPA head Gina McCarthy says the clean energy transition can’t be stopped. API head Jack Gerard says the real energy transition is from [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Is Notley NDP the most pro-Big Oil government in Alberta history?

January 29, 2016 JZadmin

The Notley evidence: Favourable royalty review, climate change policies designed to increase oil sands market access, pipeline coalition building Back in May, I wrote a column about the Alberta oil and gas royalty review that still makes [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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