Michaela Cavanagh

Oct 17, 2023 | theava.com | Michaela Cavanagh

One of the panel discussions at the 24th World Petroleum Congress in Calgary last week was on “Social Responsibility: Earning a Licence to Operate.” “I get challenged by my children and grandchildren,” the executive secretary of the Latin American energy association admitted. “We’re getting cancelled.” He took a poll of the hundred-odd oil professionals in the audience. “Raise your hand if you believe you’re a fiendish villain.” The crowd laughed.

Oct 3, 2023 | lrb.co.uk | Michaela Cavanagh

One of the panel discussions at the 24th World Petroleum Congress in Calgary last week was on ‘Social Responsibility: Earning a Licence to Operate’. ‘I get challenged by my children and grandchildren,’ the executive secretary of the Latin American energy association admitted. ‘We’re getting cancelled.’ He took a poll of the hundred-odd oil professionals in the audience. ‘Raise your hand if you believe you’re a fiendish villain.’ The crowd laughed.

Sep 11, 2023 | lithub.com | Michaela Cavanagh

If you’ve typed “Antarctica” into Google lately, you might have noticed that the results page maps out two dramatically divergent search engine paths you could venture down. One, familiar and horrifying: Headlines linking the continent’s increasingly erratic behavior to a foreboding planetary future—in this case, that the sea ice that was expected to form around Antarctica during its austral winter hasn’t arrived.