Book and media reviews from the journal Science, edited by Valerie Thompson.

Valerie Thompson, Editor

Posts tagged with "Fossil Fuels"

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  Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf
  Jim Krane

  Book Energy Policy, Fossil Fuels

  The Gulf struggles to reform subsidies as temperatures and domestic energy demand rise

  7 January, 2019

  Since the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the six Gulf monarchies—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates—have become known for their seemingly endless supply of cheap energy and a growing domestic appetite for it. However, in the face of a changing climate, the very policies that led to their development… Read More
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  The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution
  Daniel Raimi

  Book Fossil Fuels, Fracking

  A straightforward guide offers a nuanced look at unconventional fossil fuel extraction

  28 November, 2017

  At a time when everything from an otherwise unremarkable scientific report to a seemingly innocuous news item can be subject to intense scrutiny and mistrust, The Fracking Debate, a balanced guide to the contentious discussion on fracking, is a welcome resource. Daniel Raimi has compiled several years’ worth of research, including conversations with key figures… Read More
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  Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels
  Dieter Helm

  Book Economics, Energy, Fossil Fuels

  Mapping emerging trends in energy innovation, an economist anticipates a fossil fuel–free future

  15 May, 2017

  Projecting how we produce and use energy a generation or more into the future is a task fraught with challenges, but Dieter Helm’s Burn Out does just that while avoiding the usual pitfalls. This new book identifies three “predictable surprises” that will affect our energy future and traces their economic effects. Along the way, Helm… Read More
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  Behind the Carbon Curtain: The Energy Industry, Political Censorship, and Free Speech
  Jeffrey A. Lockwood

  Book Fossil Fuels, Science and Society, Science censorship

  Case studies of climate censorship in Wyoming reveal the insidious nature of modern science suppression

  25 April, 2017

  Amid growing concern that environmental science will be suppressed by the new administration, scientists and others across the United States have been racing to archive federal climate data. Jeffrey Lockwood’s Behind the Carbon Curtain, which tells the story of corporate and political climate science censorship in Wyoming, offers a glimpse into the many forms that… Read More
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  SPILL
  Leigh Fondakowski

  Performance Environmental Science, Fossil Fuels, Marine Ecology

  A new play reveals the far-reaching consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

  18 April, 2017

  Few questions provoke a stronger response than those that address the future of energy. Recent controversies surrounding large-scale oil pipeline projects, such as the Dakota Access or the Keystone XL, underline an ever-present tension: Society’s overwhelming dependence on oil results in unacceptable risks to environmental and human health on the one hand while promising fabulous… Read More