posts tagged as Fossil Fuels

Fossil-Fuel Divestment: A Shell Game

Under the banner STOP FOSSIL FUELS. BUILD 100% RENEWABLES, the group 350.org last month announced “a new fossil free milestone: $11 trillion...

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EIA’s International Energy Outlook Shows Demand for Fossil Fuels Increasing

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released its International Energy Outlook 2019, forecasting that global energy consumption is expected to increase almost...

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Fossil Fuels: Still Winning

After decades of climate-related debate and policy, it’s still a fossil-fuel world. And judging from domestic and global politics, this will continue....

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#24: Hunter Pearl on climate litigation

Hunter Pearl joins the show to discuss the trend of cities across the country suing producers of fossil fuels in an attempt...

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Fossil Fuels vs. Climate Politics: Two Graphs

An important statistic in the historiography of climate policy compares the global market share of fossil fuels from 1988 (the beginning year...

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U.S. Reached Record Energy Consumption in 2018; Fossil Energy Supplied 80 Percent

With a booming economy, the United States consumed a record high of 101.3 quadrillion Btu of energy in 2018--3.5 percent higher than...

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