Why young workers are leaving fossil fuel jobs – and what to do if you feel like 'climate quitting'

The oil and gas industry is struggling to retain talent – here’s why.

Birthe Soppe, Associate Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Innsbruck • conversation
Oct. 27, 2023 • ~8 min

Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050 – even without more ambitious climate policies

Solar energy is set for a rapid expansion – but only if several barriers are overcome, according to new research.

Jean-Francois Mercure, Associate Professor in Climate Change Policy, University of Exeter • conversation
Oct. 26, 2023 • ~8 min

Four environmental red flags to watch out for when buying your new home

Buying a new house can be overwhelming – here’s how to make sure you’re not left with one that guzzles energy.

Alejandro Moreno-Rangel, Lecturer in Building Performance Evaluation and net Zero Design, University of Strathclyde • conversation
Oct. 19, 2023 • ~8 min

Why heating your home this winter may be even harder than last year

Time is running out to ensure that people in fuel poverty can afford to keep warm this winter.

Neil Simcock, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains

Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.

Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

MIT design would harness 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel

Conventional systems for producing hydrogen depend on fossil fuels, but the new system uses only solar energy.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Oct. 16, 2023 • ~8 min

If the first solar entrepreneur hadn't been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?

The 1909 incident may have cost the industry decades of progress – and the planet huge amounts of damaging carbon emissions.

Sugandha Srivastav, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Economics, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 • ~8 min

Rising oil prices, surging inflation: The Arab embargo 50 years ago weaponized oil to inflict economic trauma

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reprised the risks of energy weaponization, but the oil landscape today and energy security itself are changing.

Mark Finley, Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University • conversation
Oct. 11, 2023 • ~9 min

Rising oil prices, surging inflation: The Arab embargo 50 years ago weaponized oil to inflict economic trauma – sound familiar?

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reprised the risks of energy weaponization, but the oil landscape today and energy security itself are changing.

Mark Finley, Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University • conversation
Oct. 11, 2023 • ~8 min

Rosebank shows the UK's offshore oil regulator no longer serves the public good

The regulator’s guiding principle is still to ‘maximise economic recovery’.

Gavin Bridge, Professor of Geography and Fellow of the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University • conversation
Oct. 2, 2023 • ~7 min

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