Brussels, BELGIUM: A view of the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Union Commission. … [+] AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP via Getty Ima...
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The IEA Hawking Its Wares Again
Montmartre, under snow, 1903. Artist Georges Chenard Huche. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images … [+] via Getty Images) Heritage Images via Getty Images The International Energy Agency is at ...
Africa’s Chance To Break From Climate Colonialism
French colonial empire under the 3rd Republic, Madagascar, Mr. Le Myre de Villers in Tananarive, … [+] 1894, France – Colonization. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Imag...
The Economics Of European Nuclear Power Don’t Add Up
Nearly 500 metres below the surface at the Cigéo nuclear research lab Christine Ro Rainer Baake, the managing director of the Climate Neutrality Foundation in Germany, puts it bluntly. “Why would anyo...
Are French Cities Joining Big Screen Boycotts Of Qatar World Cup Over Morals Or Money?
People gather on the fan zone to watch the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France … [+] and Croatia, on the Champ de Mars in Paris on July 15, 2018. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHO...
This Inflation Will Soon Dwarf The 1970s Breakout
The 1970s is the ultimate American allegory of inflation. By official measures, it was the worst inflation rout in America’s post-war history, with inflation peaking at 14.6%. It was also a bitter les...
The European Energy Crisis Is Transient And The Response Should Be Also
LUBMIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 02: The receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline stands on … [+] February 02, 2022 near Lubmin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Getty Ima...
Tentative Rail Strike Deal Could Avert New England Winter Energy Crisis
Rail oil tank cars transporting petroleum crude oil pass through Livingston, Montana heading west. … [+] (Photo by William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images The White Hou...
King Charles III Should Become A Climate Monarch
TETBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 05: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales poses in the meadows at Highgrove House … [+] at the launch for the Coronation Meadows Initiative on June 5, 2013 in Tetbury, En...
‘Obligatory Rationing’—The Energy Nightmare Is Coming True
Natural gas NurPhoto via Getty Images The European energy fiasco is reaching a climax. As long feared, last Friday, the Kremlin-controlled gas giant Gazprom announced that it is shutting down Nord Str...
Europe’s Energy Crisis Threatens To Decimate Disposal Incomes And Car Sales
Flaming gas burners on household kitchen stove with an exchange graph of the growth in the cost of … [+] natural gas prices getty European disposal income could be trashed by a massive increase ...
Ways Hollywood Can Solve The Climate Crisis
American actor Marlon Brando gestures at a table while American actor Robert Duvall sits behind him … [+] in a still from the film, ‘The Godfather,’ directed by Francis Ford Coppola ...
Germany’s Energy Crisis Dispels Several Myths
Germany is undergoing an energy crisis now as severely reduced gas flows from Russia threaten to leave it with a cold, dark winter. Much of its problem is self-inflicted and demonstrates the perils of...
The EU Vows To Solve Energy Price Problem It Helped To Create
French President Emmanuel Macron (C,L) and Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (C,R), flanked … [+] by Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela (L), European Commission President Ursula vo...
Natural Gas Prices Soar In Europe And Asia As Moscow Plots Closure Of Key Pipeline
Topline Natural gas prices in Europe and Asia have skyrocketed after Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom announced plans to temporarily close a key pipeline at the end of August for maintenance, deepeni...
Germany Bails Out Energy Giant Uniper In Latest Sign Of Deepening European Energy Crisis
Topline The German government will take a 30% stake in flailing German energy company Uniper at a multibillion dollar price tag, the company announced Friday, in a massive bailout showing the dire con...
Russia’s Failure To Reopen Nord Stream Pipeline Would Cripple Germany’s Economy
The critical Nord Stream 1 pipeline is closed for routine maintenance. There is concern that it may … [+] not reopen if Russia decides to escalate the Ukraine conflict. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Get...
France Will Nationalize Country’s Largest Utility Company Amid Deepening War-Induced Energy Crisis
Topline The French government said Wednesday that it plans to fully take over its largest electricity provider Electricity de France, a move that shows the long-lasting effects of Russia’s invasion of...
As Gas Prices Soar, Biden’s Bended-Knee Tour Of OPEC Nations Continues
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman … [+] during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 30, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Pavel G...
The Energy Transition Cannot Be Won By Hypocrites
On April 4, 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres introduced the latest IPCC report in a damning video message. In his words, “This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a l...
Oil Market Shows Optimistic Outlook For Energy Crisis
ARTEMIVSK, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Ukrainian soldiers who left Debaltseve yesterday prepare to return … [+] to support the further withdrawal of troops on February 19, 2015 in Artemivsk, Uk...