Category Archives: Energy markets

China Is on Its Way to Becoming World’s First ‘Electrostate’

The implications of China leading in the proportion of electricity its energy use and pursuing even more electrification.

Rising Seas From Fossil Fuels Threaten Inland Migration ‘Never Witnessed in Modern Civilization’

A new study in Nature looks at one of the baked-in effects from just our current level of temperature increases: mass migration.

What The Endgame in Gaza Means For Middle East Security And Oil Prices

Netanyahu plans another aggressive incursion into Gaza, intended as a Final Solution of sorts. Is a retaliatory oil embargo a real risk?

Karma Arriving? Times of Israel Frets Over Trump Abandonment With Houthis and Perhaps Even Iran

Is Trump leaving an overextended Israel to its own devices with his Yemen deal and Iran talks?

Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate Change—What Are Your Options?

Climate change, debt, and development have a caustic relationship, hindering economic justice and national advancement, but solutions exist.

Accident or Attack? Explosion at Iran’s Busiest Commercial Port Will Reverberate Beyond Bandar Abbas Either Way

Explosion likely to exacerbate existing problems with the Iranian economy, which include high inflation that is hitting food prices particularly hard and weak economic growth due to sanctions

AI Energy Demand Can Keep Fossil Fuels Alive, Tech Backers Promise World’s Two Biggest Oil Producers

An AI-fossil fuel axis is forming in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as AI advocates pledge an endless need for energy — spelling disaster for the climate.

Trump’s Tariffs Just Torched His Own Energy Agenda

How Trump tariffs are whacking shale development and in turn, Trump’s prized energy dominace strategy.

For Climate and Livelihoods, Africa Bets Big on Solar Mini-Grids

Nigeria pioneers in mini-grid installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities — a model for other African countries

Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand?

In an unexpected break for the environment, might much-hyped data center energy demand fall short of projections?

Trade War Just Crashed Crude. Demand Might Be Next

Are the tariffs more likely to change patterns in the global oil market than really kill oil demand?

Europe Scrambles To Revive Metals Industry

The dire state of Europe’s metals industry is another example of the damage done by the loss of cheap Russian energy.

The Little-Known ‘Supreme Court Justices’ Who Decide Your Electricity Rates

A few people in each state oversee where and how we get electricity. They’re called public utility commissioners.

Is the Endgame with Iran About to Begin?

An update on US escalatory noises about Iran.

Charting the Uncharted: The (Un)intended Consequences of Oil Sanctions and Dark Shipping

An estimate of the magnitude of dark-shipped oil suggests that removing sanctions would raise, not lower, oil prices.