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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

DeSmogBlog

Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter. In April this year Porter wrote in opposition to the UK’s windfall tax on oil and gas companies, arguing that the “windfall tax harms oil and gas production and must be cut”.

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The Top Energy Stories Of 2021

R-Squared Energy

That’s a recipe for higher oil prices, and subsequently higher gasoline and natural gas prices. Consumers saw that, as gasoline prices rose to their highest levels since 2014. Europe’s natural gas crisis. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year. President Biden executive orders.

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Big Oil’s Been Secretly Validating Critics’ Concerns about Carbon Capture

DeSmogBlog

The carbon dioxide then is compressed and transported to sites where it is either stored underground, injected into oil and gas deposits for enhanced oil recovery, or used for a limited number of other applications such as beverage carbonation. A natural gas demonstration plant in Texas tests carbon capture technology.

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The Future(s) of Fossil Fuels - 2020

Mr. Sustainability

They are doubling down on oil and natural gas and investing what amounts to pocket change in innovative climate-oriented efforts like small nuclear power plants and devices that suck carbon out of the air. The future was bright and oil reached the highest of highs in 2014, just after I landed my first job as Jr.