Aerial view of the Syncrude Mildred Lake site, an Athabasca oil sands mine works in northeast Alberta, Canada.

ICYMI:

"As we stand on the precipice of missed 2030 climate targets, EIAs contain hundreds of pages justifying the expansion of oil and gas and adjacent industries.” - Felice Physioc

niche-canada.org/2026/03/26/t...

#envhist #oilsands #energy #energyhistory

Energy Lives! organises its annual Infrastructural Citizen Week these days!

When we hear the word ‘energy transition’ we usually think of the future, yet energy transitions have happened throughout history and have histories that continue to shape our present times.

#energylives #energyhistory

Closing Nuclear Plants Will Increase Climate Risks This is the first post in a collaborative series titled "Environmental Historians Debate: Can Nuclear Power Solve Climate Change?". It is hosted by the Network in Canadian History & Environment, the C...

"I call for continuing, not shuttering, nuclear power plants. Why? Because the risks of climate change are overwhelmingly greater than the risks of all stages of the nuclear cycle combined." - Nancy Langston

niche-canada.org/2019/01/30/c...

#nuclear #envhist #energy #energyhistory #climatechange

“Filth, Squalid Misery, and Seemingly Drunken Debauchery”: Energy Relief in Toronto’s House of Industry Records In 1860s Toronto, poor relief depended on moral judgment, reinforcing elite control, stigmatizing poverty, and linking aid to behaviour and labour.

New Comment: "Very interesting perspetive on the House of Industry. I was unfamiliar with the term 'urban metabolism' until today. Good luck with the Assembling a City project." - kdmorris

niche-canada.org/2026/03/20/f...

#cdnhist #envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory

412 Joyce Chaplin, The Franklin Stove How did Benjamin Franklin’s stove save energy? What does it reveal about wood, trees, and attempts to control the climate?

Franklin didn’t just invent a stove—he invented five. Each one was designed to conserve fuel and control smoke. His final models in Europe? Built to burn coal cleaner.

Sound familiar? 📻 Listen to @joycechaplin.bsky.social‬ break it down: benfranklinsworld.com/412

#EnergyHistory #History

Last December, I organised a PhD course on energy humanities here at the @greenhouseuis.net.

The Current now features @oneclark.bsky.social reflections on participating in this interdisciplinary course.

Read it below ⤵
www.uis.no/en/the-curre...

#energyhumanities #energyhistory #envhum

Energy Lives! organises its second Infrastructrual Citizen Week from 23 to 29 March parallel in Aarhus, Gothenburg and Stavanger!

This year’s events focus on memories and lived experiences of past energy transitions.

www.uis.no/en/the-curre...

#energyhistory #energylives #NordForsk #envhum

Freue mich sehr auf meine erste GTG Konferenz und den Austausch in einem Feld, das ich bisher eher nur am Rande der #EnvHist , Sammlungs- und Universitätsgeschichte kennen lernen konnte. Aber wenn #EnergyHistory ,
#HistTech & #Museum zusammen kommen, dann bin ich mit Begeisterung dabei. Wer noch?

Beyond Progress. Substations, Informality, and Environmental Changes Using electric company archives, Yohad Zacarias shows how Santiago’s substations reshaped peripheral landscapes, urban growth, and unequal access to electricity.

This conversation will be based on @yzacarias.bsky.social NiCHE & @urbanhistorya.bsky.social article, "Beyond Progress. Substations, Informality, and Environmental Changes" - niche-canada.org/2026/01/22/b...

#envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory

War and Fuel Price Shocks in Early Modern Europe How warfare drove timber, charcoal, and coal shortages in early modern Europe, triggering fuel price spikes and reshaping energy systems.

⚔️ Long before oil and electricity, warfare still had an energy crisis.

Early modern armies devoured forests for timber, animals for transport, and food for massive campaigns. Logistics shaped the limits of war.

#MilitaryHistory #EnergyHistory #Brewminate

War and Energy Price Shocks in Modern Oil Markets How wars from 1973 to today triggered global oil and gas price shocks through supply disruptions, sanctions, and threats to major energy transit routes.

⚡ War doesn’t only destroy cities — it can send oil prices skyrocketing and shake the global economy. Energy shocks have followed major conflicts for decades.

The history behind those crises reveals just how fragile modern energy systems really are.

#EnergyHistory #OilCrisis #Brewminate

📢 „Un|Sichtbarkeiten – Energiegeschichte zwischen Materialität, Praxis und Repräsentation“
Jahrestagung der @gtg-histtech.bsky.social 7.-9. Mai 2026, in Zusammenarbeit mit PITCH und LWL. ➡️ Anmeldung bis spätestens 26. April unter: eveeno.com/gtg-jahresta... #histtech #envirotech #energyhistory

I slutten av mars organiserer forskingsprosjektet Energy Lives! sin annan Infrastructural Citizen Week parallelt i Aarhus, Göteborg og Stavanger.

Dette året handler alt om erindringar og erfaringar med energiomstillingar gjennom historien.

#energyhistory #energylives

Hydroelectric Generation Trends

Hydroelectric generation over 30+ years.

China's hydro buildout has been extraordinary. Established hydro powers maintain steady output.

energtx.com

#Hydropower #Trends #CleanElectricity #EnergyHistory

Aure Free Press

The Oil Shock That Changed the World:

What Really Happened During the 1974 Oil Embargo

#OilCrisis #EnergyHistory #Geopolitics #AureFreePress

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Aure Free Press

The 1974 Oil Embargo: Real Energy Crisis or the Most Misunderstood Shock in American History?

Read more at Aure Free Press
#OilCrisis #EnergyHistory #Geopolitics #AureFreePress

https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever

Guidelines for Contributors Learn how to submit blog pieces, announcements, and other material to be published on the NiCHE website.

If anyone would like to write about the environmental history of Alberta separatism for us, check out our Contributor Guidelines and get in touch!

niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...

#cdnhist #envhist #alberta #abpoli #energyhistory

Call for Contributors: Canada’s Great Acceleration The Great Acceleration refers to the period after WWII when the pace and scale of socioecological changes departed dramatically from previous trajectories.

ALERT - The deadline for our Canada's Great Acceleration series has been extended to FEBRUARY 25th!!

Send us your pitches!!

niche-canada.org/2026/02/06/c...

#envhist #cdnhist #energyhistory #climhist

Identifying Historical Actors in Toronto’s Coal Network During the Late 19th Century Toronto’s coal trade celebrated elite merchants’ power, while obscuring labourers’ roles; surviving records reveal economic influence, limited worker visibility, and unequal historical memory.

"Identifying Historical Actors in Toronto’s Coal Network During the Late 19th Century" by Hannah Willness is part of the Assembling a City Project, led by Andrew Watson.

niche-canada.org/2026/02/17/i...

#envhist #cdnhist #toronto #energyhistory #urbanhistory

The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins Lillehammer’s “Green Games” housing created high-energy cabin villages, reshaping Norwegian leisure culture while undermining long-term sustainability goals.

Our Winter Olympics & Their Environments series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social and M. Blake Butler, begins today with "The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins" by @finnarne.me

niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...

#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory

The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins Lillehammer’s “Green Games” housing created high-energy cabin villages, reshaping Norwegian leisure culture while undermining long-term sustainability goals.

I might not care one bit about watching the winter olympics, but I have a new #envhist #energyhistory piece out in @nichecanada.bsky.social on how the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic media village built on Norwegian cabin traditions - and transformed them after the games. niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...

Call for Contributors: Canada’s Great Acceleration The Great Acceleration refers to the period after WWII when the pace and scale of socioecological changes departed dramatically from previous trajectories.

Call for Contributors: Canada’s Great Acceleration
A NiCHE Series
Proposal Deadline: 18 February 2026
Edited by Andrew Watson

niche-canada.org/2026/02/06/c...

#envhist #cdnhist #cdnstudies #energyhistory

Indiana Natural Gas Boom Abundant 19th-century natural gas supplies attracted manufacturers away from coal.   Natural gas discoveries of the 1880s revealed the giant Trenton

I remember reading about the natural gas boom in the Lynds' Middletown, discussing Muncie Indiana, and being amazed at the wasteful use of natural gas during the boom period. Came across this a few weeks ago aoghs.org/petroleum-pi...
#middletown #energyhistory #environmentalhistory #fossilfuels

I am running a course on the Histories of Energy Transitions this spring, starting 2 March!

The course is fully online and asynchronous and it is open to students at ECIU universities as well as anyone enrolled at Norwegian universities.

#energyhistory

For more information, see below ⤵

Finding Women in Alberta’s Energy History Looking for women's history in the archives at the Canadian Energy Museum.

"Many of them ... provide a critical glimpse into the patriarchal gender dynamics that characterized mid-20th century Alberta and its burgeoning oil industry." @sabrinaperic.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2024/05/13/f...

#envhist #alberta #wmnshist #energyhistory #cdnhist

Cultures of Energy Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy tra...

Radioactive Governance with @maximepolleri.bsky.social - Cultures of Energy Podcast

#envhist #nuclear #energyhistory #energy

Would love to have a historian write more about the historical context of the BC oil tanker ban for our site! Anyone interested?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT4b...

Here is our Contributor Guidelines: niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...

#envhist #cdnhist #bchistory #britishcolumbia #energyhistory

The Latin American Oil Shock Petrodollars transformed inter-American relations.

"In the context of the oil shock, the United States government considered maintaining good relations with Mexico and Venezuela a matter of national security." - Gerardo Sanchez Nateras

niche-canada.org/2024/05/23/t...

#envhist #energyhistory #ushistory #venezuela #oilcrisis

412 Joyce Chaplin, The Franklin Stove How did Benjamin Franklin’s stove save energy? What does it reveal about wood, trees, and attempts to control the climate?

Franklin didn’t just invent a stove—he invented five. Each one was designed to conserve fuel and control smoke. His final models in Europe? Built to burn coal cleaner.

Sound familiar? 📻 Listen to @joycechaplin.bsky.social‬ break it down: benfranklinsworld.com/412

#EnergyHistory #History

🆕 Business History - Volume 67, Issue 8 (2025)

#BusinessHistory #bizhis
#GlobalBusiness #EconomicHistory #ColdWarHistory #IntellectualProperty #EnergyHistory #FinanceAndFailure #FamilyBusiness #PlatformEconomy