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Opinion:

¶ “Oil patch states may have seen the last boom” • A growing body of research says changes in the international oil market, advances in wind power and solar generation, and regulations aimed at curbing climate change may hold down the price of oil and natural gas for years or even a decade. [Environment & Energy Publishing]

North Dakota oil pumps (Photo courtesy of AP Images)

Science and Technology:

¶ A report from Navigant Research on the global market for residential distributed energy resources predicts that annual revenue for the market is set to increase from about $19.7 billion in 2016 to $92.7 billion in 2025, growing at an annual growth rate of 18.8%, and bringing the sector’s total revenue up to $423 billion. [CleanTechnica]

¶ PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual Low Carbon Economy Index report has found that the global carbon intensity (emissions per unit of GDP)…