posts tagged as Fossil Fuels

#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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BP Forecasts Global Energy Demand Will Continue to Increase

According to BP’s Energy Outlook 2019, global energy demand will continue to increase because of a growing population, with rising incomes and...

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EIA: Renewables Will Grow, But Not Beyond a Small Percentage of U.S. Energy Needs

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) just released its Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2019, which shows renewables garnering an increasing share of the...

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Fossil Fuels Dominate U.S. Energy Production, But Receive a Small Percentage of Federal Fuel Subsidies

At the request of the Secretary of Energy, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), an independent agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, evaluated...

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