Tag Archives: Oil Companies

The Role of Oil Companies in the Energy Transition

Posted on May 17, 2022 by climatechangefork

In last week’s blog, I included a citation from Nicholas Kusnetz’s article, “What Does Net Zero Emissions Mean for Big Oil?” which pointed out: Most glaring is that none of the companies has committed to cut its oil and gas … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, IPCC, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged bioenergy, biomass, BP, budget, capex, capital expenditure, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, carbon intensity, CCS, Chevron, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economics, Emissions, energy intensity, energy transition, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Gas, GDP, Investment, IPAT, IPCC, Koch, Koch brothers, legislation, legislature, life cycle, Net-Zero, Nuclear, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, Plants, Population, Renewable, renewable energy, Russia, Sequestration, Shell, Solar, Technology, trees, Ukraine, warming, Wind | Leave a comment

The End of Oil?

Posted on October 12, 2021 by climatechangefork

The UN COP26 is almost here: The latest round of global climate talks will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Thousands of government delegates and people from civil society, business and the media … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, automotive, BYD, Cars, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economy, Electric Cars, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Gas, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, Investment, jobs, Methane, Mitigation, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Technology, Tesla, Toyota, volkswagen | Leave a comment

Energy Companies Shifting Greener

Posted on September 28, 2021 by climatechangefork

What does it mean for oil companies to shift toward being “greener”? How can we measure that change? More than 8 years ago, I talked about how we can use the amount of unextracted fuels as a marker for this … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, Cap, carbon capture, carbon emissions, CCS, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, exploration, extraction, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, Iceland, Methane, motivator, new mexico, Oil, Oil Companies, Texas, trees | 1 Comment

Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

Posted on September 8, 2020 by climatechangefork

The political fight over mitigation of climate change now spans more than two generations. The fossil fuel industry has long seen mitigation as a direct threat to its business model. It has, whether directly or indirectly, used institutions such as … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Africa, bankrupt, bankruptcy, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, denier, drilling, Energy, energy efficiency, fossil fuel, garbage, Gas, great pacific garbage patch, Heartland Institute, Kenya, lobby, microplastic, Ocean, Oil, Oil Companies, oil industry, pandemic, plastic, shale, Sustainable, sustainable energy, trash | 3 Comments

Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle

Posted on December 27, 2016 by climatechangefork

In the beginning of November I got an email from a student at the University of Pennsylvania that said the following: My name is Richard Ling, a student at the University of Pennsylvania and member of the Fossil Free Penn … Continue reading →

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The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Posted on January 13, 2015 by climatechangefork

Economically, the recent global event that has attracted everybody’s attention is the sharp and major decline in oil prices. Figure 1 shows the decline. I am writing this blog on Friday, January 9th, and the price of Brent Crude is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, budget, Cape-Wind, China, Clean Energy, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gasoline, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Kuwait, Oil, Oil Companies, oil embargo, oil price, Price, price elasticity, production, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Yom Kippur War | 1 Comment

Unburnable Fuels: Removing Reserves From The Balance Sheet.

Posted on July 17, 2013 by climatechangefork

The New York Times recently reported (June 20, 2013) that shortly, President Obama would announce a new set of initiatives to combat climate change, and that he will make it a major focus to fight climate change during his second term. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Accounting, Cap, Climate Change, Education, EPA, ExxonMobil, Global Warming, Heartland Institute, Obama, Oil Companies, Proven Reserves, Real Estate, Reserves, SEC, Stock Exchange, Unburnable Fuels | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Oil Companies

The Role of Oil Companies in the Energy Transition

The End of Oil?

Energy Companies Shifting Greener

Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle

The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Unburnable Fuels: Removing Reserves From The Balance Sheet.

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