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Rocks deep underground can be used to hold heat until it’s needed.
Pennsylvania has a split legislature, and both chambers are up for grabs in the 2026 midterms.
If fossil fuel companies misled the public about the dangers of their products, should they be required to pay for damages from climate-related disasters?
Any work to ease current shortages and price hikes while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed will take years and billions of dollars.
The pact with Turkey and Pakistan has evolved quickly from a vague political commitment. Riyadh hopes it will help it navigate a thorny Middle East crisis.
Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.
There’s not much diesel fuel lying around, and lots of people want to buy what is available, as well as what little is produced each day. It’s all a matter of supply and demand.
Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution adds health costs and climate damage that may not appear on those bills.
The country, and the world, have been losing diesel refining capacity for many years and can’t just ramp up production to fill the shortages.
The resumption of fighting, paired with the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, complicates regional strategy and energy policy for the Gulf powerhouse.
Japan is one of the countries most affected by restrictions placed on one of the world’s most important choke points.
A century ago, Americans barely ate soy. Now it’s everywhere in people’s diets, even in places they don’t look or expect.
Energy transfer is the secret ingredient that makes iced tea a particularly refreshing drink on a hot day.
Energy is meant to improve people’s lives. Often cost prevents residents from making the most of that opportunity, so they cut back on energy use to be able to pay the bills.
Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well.
Oil companies are making massive profits and stockpiling cash, and holding off on changing their investment plans.
Cooking gas and diesel fuel are among the oil products whose supply levels have been affected already. Here’s why to expect long-term shortages.
The ongoing war in Iran has created an expanding zone of risk for shipping, including for Saudi Arabia’s strategy of redirecting oil exports away from Hormuz.
There is no single thermostat setting that is right for every person or every home. And there are other easy, low-cost steps that can help keep everyone comfortable when hot weather sets in.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Lecturer in International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor in Sustainability, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
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Climateworks Centre Country Lead, Australia, Monash University