Court ruling on Shell's climate impact adds pressure, but it's the market that will drive oil giants like Exxon to change

When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.

Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of California, Davis • conversation
June 16, 2021 • ~9 min

A court ruling against Shell and votes against Exxon and Chevron add pressure, but it's the market that will drive oil giants to change

When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.

Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of California, Davis • conversation
June 16, 2021 • ~9 min

Restoring land around abandoned oil and gas wells would free up millions of acres of forests, farmlands and grasslands

Abandoned US oil and gas wells and their associated land cover more than 2 million acres, a recent study estimates – an area larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.

Matthew D. Moran, Professor of Biology, Hendrix College • conversation
June 8, 2021 • ~6 min

Urban oil wells linked to asthma and other health problems in Los Angeles

Photos from the early 1900s show LA's forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and new research finds people living nearby are suffering the consequences.

Bhavna Shamasunder, Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Occidental College • conversation
June 2, 2021 • ~9 min

Oil companies are going all-in on petrochemicals – and green chemistry needs help to compete

As global oil consumption drops, oil companies are pivoting to petrochemicals, and could crowd out bio-based alternatives.

Constance B. Bailey, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Tennessee • conversation
May 25, 2021 • ~10 min

IEA report: world's leading energy adviser was founded to protect oil supplies – now it wants to ban new fossil fuels

The seismic changes to energy supply and demand during the pandemic could be just the beginning.

Volker Roeben, Professor of Energy Law and Global Regulation, University of Dundee • conversation
May 21, 2021 • ~5 min

The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Fifteen years ago electric power generation was the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. Now the power sector is leading the shift to a clean energy economy.

Ryan Wiser, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • conversation
April 20, 2021 • ~6 min

Steel is vital to the green transition – here's how to scrub out the industry's emissions

Low-carbon alternatives for steelmaking are numerous – but which will be ready in time?

Stephen Carr, Lecturer in Energy Physics, University of South Wales • conversation
March 23, 2021 • ~7 min

What's really driving coal power's demise?

Contrary to popular belief, falling natural gas prices didn't accelerate coal power plant retirements. Here's what did.

Jeffrey York, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
March 1, 2021 • ~6 min

Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change

Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilize Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees.

William Moomaw, Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University • conversation
Feb. 22, 2021 • ~9 min

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