Oil, Gas & Coal Books

The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
by Thane Gustafson
Review
Blowout
by Rachel Maddow
Review
Coal and Empire: The Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America
by Peter A. Shulman
Review
Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption
by Simon Pirani
Review
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
by Eliza Griswold
Review
The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution (Center on Global Energy Policy Series)
by Daniel Raimi
Review
Faster, Higher, Farther: The Inside Story of the Volkswagen Scandal
by Jack Ewing
Review
The Switch: How solar, storage and new tech means cheap power for all
by Chris Goodall
Review
The Real Cost of Fracking: How America’s Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food
by Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald
Review
The Burning Question: We Can’t Burn Half the World’s Oil, Coal, and Gas. So How Do We Quit?
by Mike Berners-Lee
Review
Oil in the Environment: Legacies and Lessons of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
by John A. Wiens
Review
The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
by Russell Gold
Review
Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale
by Tom Wilber
Review
Oil and Honey
by Bill McKibben
Review
Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America
by Jason Fagone
Review
Diamondoid Molecules: With Applications in Biomedicine, Materials Science, Nanotechnology & Petroleum Science
by G. Ali Mansoori, Patricia Lopes Barros de Araujo, and Elmo Silvano de Araujo
Review
Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future
by Richard Heinberg
Review
Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
by Richard A Muller
Review
Recommended Practice for Corrosion Management of Pipelines in Oil & Gas Production and Transportation
by Bijan Kermani
Oil (PRS – Polity Resources series)
by Gavin Bridge, Philippe Le Billon
Review

Articles

New method converts methane in natural gas to methanol at room temperature
Catalyst turns mixed plastic waste into natural gas
Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel?
A fast and safe way to store natural gas
Airborne radioactivity increases downwind of fracking, study finds
Global oil demand may have passed peak, says BP energy report
Levitating ring flame’s burning secrets revealed
3-D printed material purifies biogas at low cost
New spin brings rapid rescue from oil spills
Remember the MOOCs? After Near-Death, They’re Booming
Parents call for virtual school for Scottish pupils
Mentorship is Critical to Success
Substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamond
Light-powered metal nanoparticle hits the gas
Novel polymer sponge likes to soak up oil
Scientists Find Way to Extract Methane from Permafrost in ‘Double Dividend’ in Environmental Safety
Can Diesel Finally Come Clean?
Gas Turbines Have Become By Far The Best Choice For Addon Generating Power
‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
Even if Injection of Fracking Wastewater Stops, Quakes Won’t
Engineering new fuel and oil to help win Formula One races
Plastic bottles turned into jet fuel could help global waste problem
Oil-Eating Bacteria Found in World’s Deepest Ocean Trench
How Toxic Waste from Coal-Burning Power Plants Can Help Limit Climate Change
Fracking plan ‘will release same C02 as 300m new cars’
Microbes could help contain coal-ash ponds
Study: Looks Do Matter When It Comes to STEM Success
Deep sea mining threatens indigenous culture in Papua New Guinea
Six ideas for CO2 reuse: a pollutant or a resource?
Faculty mindset affects racial achievement gap in Stem subjects
Here’s how the record-breaking government shutdown is disrupting science
Tech innovations fuel an oil and gas fightback
Britain has shifted 30% of its electricity away from fossil fuels in just nine years
US carbon emissions spiked in 2018, study reveals
Scottish islands aim to launch world’s first hydrogen-powered seagoing ferries
10 years after Sheri Sangji’s death, are academic labs any safer?
United Airlines could power jets with biofuel made from trash
Women and girls less likely to be considered for ‘brainy’ tasks – study
Biofuel from a Container
Lancashire fracking has stopped since small earthquakes, say locals
HyDeploy project to add hydrogen to a UK gas network
Fracking firm boss says it didn’t expect to cause such serious quakes
Citizen-science projects should be more diverse, says panel
Negative Emissions Won’t Rescue Us From Climate Change
A Midwest Energy Transition Will Help Drive Future U.S. Emissions Reductions
Science Isn’t About ‘the Truth’—It’s About Building Models
Minor earthquakes detected near fracking site in Lancashire
Catalyst drives carbon-coupling chemistry without making CO2
Fracking protesters blockade site where UK work due to restart
University of Texas: eco-conscious campus and major fracking landlord