Category Archives: Energy markets

Are Economists Blocking Progress on Climate Change?

As they so often do, by promoting unrealisitc models, economists have become part of problem rather than the solution.

Former Shale Gas CEO Says Fracking Revolution Has Been ‘A Disaster’ For Drillers, Investors

“Excluding capital, the big eight basin producers have destroyed on average 80 percent of the value of their companies since the beginning of the shale revolution,”

Wolf Richter: Bring on Higher Oil Prices: They’ll Boost the US Economy. Powell Sees it Too. A New Experience for the US

The plunge in oil prices since August has caused the oil-and-gas sector to get skittish with capital expenditures this year, and Powell picked up on that. Investment in the US shale sector has a big impact on the real economy.

What Is a ‘Climate Refugee’ and How Many Are There?

Climate-change-induced migration is significant and set to grow. But no one seems to have any answers, save perhaps the neoliberal default, “Die sooner”.

California’s Solar Energy Problem

California is overdoing on solar power, and that isn’t as good an idea as you might think.

US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules

Trump administration soon to allow massive trains to transport LNG in unit trains 100 cars long and for the express purpose of moving LNG to export facilities – with scant regard for safety consequences.

Climate Change: Judge Allows New York’s Martin Act Lawsuit Against Exxon to Proceed

New York state judge allows climate fraud lawsuit brought under the Martin Act to proceed, rejecting defendant Exxon’s claims for dismissal.

It’s Time to Stop Calling Natural Gas a ‘Bridge Fuel’ to a Safe Climate, Says New Report

IEA’s annual market report predicts continued growth in demand for natural gas; Justin Mikulka discusses report Oil Change International debunking contention that natural gas can serve as a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future.

Ecological Importance and Human Rights Be Damned, Trump Admin Says Fossil Fuel Pillaging in Arctic Refuge Coming Soon

Interior administration official promises to offer fossil fuel leases for sale in 2019 to allow drilling in previously pristine Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to commence.

On The Cusp Of War: Why Iran Won’t Fold

Is Iran in the midst of a “strategic surge”?

Plastic and Climate Change: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

New CIEL study documents how plastic proliferation threatens the climate on a global scale.

After Standing Rock, Protesting Pipelines Can Get You a Decade in Prison and $100K in Fines

Five states have enacted draconian laws after protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline generated national attention and inspired a wave of civil disobedience.

Permaculture, the Health of the Soil, and Climate Change

Permacultural practices can successfully return carbon to the soil, forming a carbon sink.

“There Is No Alternative” to Managing the Economy and the Climate

Why the US needs to embrace an industiral policy to combat climate change.

“It’s Not Just Barclays – Tackling Climate Change Means Building a New Bank System”

A discussion of using bank lending as a way to tackle climate change.