Carbon footprint: Not all barrels of oil are equal, and this matters for the energy transition

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JUNE 29, 2025
Only in French - An article by Renaud Coulomb (Mines Paris - PSL), Fanny Henriet (CNRS, AMSE), and Léo Reitzmann (PSE) published in The Conversation.


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