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

G7 Summit ‘Light And Fluffy’ Climate Plan Falls Short, Disappointing Experts
Biden Suspends Drilling Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China
Nations Must Drop Fossil Fuels, Fast, World Energy Body Warns
Urgent policies needed to steer countries to net zero, says IEA chief
Nigerians can bring claims against Shell in UK, supreme court rules
How the race for renewable energy is reshaping global politics
Western Australia LNG plant faces calls to shut down until faulty carbon capture system is fixed
Eric Lander will be Biden’s science advisor, a cabinet-level position for the first time
What A Joe Biden Presidency Means For The Oil Industry
Africa can become a renewable energy superpower – if climate deniers are kept at bay
States Sue to Block Trump From Weakening Fuel Economy Rules
Volkswagen boss condemns German coal plant
UK sued for approving Europe’s biggest gas power station
Activists warn of ‘fracking by stealth’ and call for acid fracking ban
Potential White House open-access edict could upend scientific publishers
How climate change will reshape geopolitics
Hydrocarbon Molecules Know No Borders: The U.S.-Mexico Natural Gas Dilemma
UK halts fracking after report fuels earthquake fears
Despite Their Promises, Giant Energy Companies Burn Away Vast Amounts of Natural Gas
Trump placates swing state farmers with biofuels shift
ECJ limits Gazprom’s use of crucial gas link
Gas is ‘not a low-carbon fuel’, UK watchdog rules
Trump moves to reverse methane emission limits
The UK is spending billions on overseas fossil fuel projects
Cuadrilla in race to frack second well to beat deadline
Political Risk Analysis: Mexico’s Problematic Energy Policy
Oil majors gear up for wave of climate change liability lawsuits
Trump eases regulations adopted after BP Deepwater Horizon disaster
IEA’s climate models criticised as too fossil-fuel friendly
Government ‘must provide visible leadership’ to end persistent skills gap
Britain has its first new deep coal mine in decades – a result of pretending climate change isn’t political
Trump Releases 2020 Budget Proposal
Indonesia’s ambitious energy shake-up will fall short
Electronic Contracts and the Illusion of Consent
Right to Repair Legislation Is Officially Being Considered In Canada
Israel’s Leviathan Energy Prize: Where Will The Gas Go?
BHP embraces idea of independent tailings dam monitor after deadly breach
White House science adviser’s first speech leaves scientists with questions
UK fracking industry pushes for review of earthquake limits
Cuadrilla says UK rules make commercial fracking impossible
Brazilian disaster poses test for mining industry
Germany agrees to end reliance on coal stations by 2038
Shutdown risks thwarting Trump’s own policies
Poland’s coal plans ‘absurd’, environmentalists say
US energy independence is not the prize it seems
The year in energy
Gazprom shares fall after EU parliament seeks to block pipeline
Trump administration releases US science education plan
Swap gas boilers for hydrogen or miss emission targets, UK told