Will Iran Actually Close the Strait of Hormuz? Eni CEO Weighs In
Investors seem unduly chill about the risk that a US attack on Iran will produce a formal or de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Does TACO Have Predictive Value? Pressures on Trump With Respect to Joining Israel in its Iran War
The war situation with Iran is not necessarily developing to the advantage of Israel, and Trump has to decide what to do.
Read more...What’s the Vision for the Middle East if Iran Falls?
Iran, which had just taken a major step to integrate its network into China-led transport corridors, is the last major roadblock to US-Israel domination of Middle East regional supply chains.
Read more...“Trump Administration Closes In on Hard-Hitting Sanctions on Russia”
Russia sanctions enthusiasts try to talk over how Ukraine undercut Trump support with Ukraine’s attack on Russian nuclear deterrence assets
Read more...China’s Rare Earths Weapon Could Kill Europe’s Auto Industry
More on US and European car-makers’ vulnerability to China’s new rare earths licensing regime.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...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?
Read more...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?
Read more...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.
Read more...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
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...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
Read more...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?
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