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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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Ukraine is launching a counteroffensive to retake occupied territory, including Zaporizhzhia. In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours.

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ExxonMobil to discontinue operations at Sakhalin-1, make no new investments in Russia

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ExxonMobil operates the Sakhalin-1 project on behalf of an international consortium of Japanese, Indian and Russian companies. In response to the situation in Ukraine, the company is beginning the process to discontinue operations and developing steps to exit the Sakhalin-1 venture. Earlier post.).

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

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Ukraine's grid held, even as Russia damaged substations, lines and generators—a remarkable and heroic (though largely unheralded) achievement. Tight coal and gas reserves continued to bite throughout the winter. Tight coal and gas reserves continued to bite throughout the winter. “We ius told IEEE Spectrum yesterday.

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EVs are avoiding about 3% of global oil demand—a fifth of Russia's total exports

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Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine has triggered international sanctions throttling the country's oil exports, leading to fears of every higher gas prices. But electric vehicle adoption has been helping make the situation less grim. Plug-in vehicles avoided roughly 1.5

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Hanna

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Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. I want to tell you about the situation in Ukraine that I have seen with my own eyes. I live on the 9th floor of a 9-story building that is near the Kyiv International Airport.

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5 Ways To Cut Oil & Gas Use Through Clean Transportation (Video)

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Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon in the United States in March 2022 and more than $10 a gallon in other countries. There’s never been a better time to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

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What If Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?

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To help dodge sanctions, Russia had demanded that by the start of this month, members of the European Union begin paying for the natural gas it was buying in rubles rather than dollars or euros, threatening to cut off supplies if they didn’t. Heat pumps are, basically, air conditioners that run in reverse.

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