Category Archives: Energy markets

6 Economic Experts Reveal the Truth About the Inflation Reduction Act

Is the Inflation Reduction Act good for your wallet? A climate bill in disguise? Landmark action or nothingburger?

The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.

DeSmog has mapped the fossil fuel interests lobbying for gas-derived hydrogen and threatening to derail the momentum of green hydrogen.

We Could Massively Reduce the Price of Energy in the UK – By Changing the Way We Regulate Energy Prices

A remedy for the UK/EU energy price shock is changing price rules. But can those fixes be implemented soon enough?

Saudi Arabia New Output Cuts Threat Is Another Blow To Washington

Saudi Arabia in concert with OPEC+, as in Russia, looks to be sticking to its promise to cut output if oil demand softened.

Will Europe Go Down to Defeat Before Ukraine?

Europe has succeeded in hurting itself to hurt Russia, to the degree that a full bore economic and financial crisis seems inevitable.

Thanks to Manchin, IRA’s Methane Fee on Big Oil Is Riddled With Massive Holes

The IRA methane emissions penalty “was weakened so that it applies to basically no one,” said one climate campaigner.

Ilargi: EU – Controlled Demolition

Puzzling why the EU seems determined to drive itself off a cliff.

Record Number of US Households Behind on Energy Bills; Brace for a Cold Winter

Americans haven’t suffered the same level of energy price increases as the UK and Europe, yet a record number of households are buckling.

Iran And Russia Move To Create A Global Natural Gas Cartel

The emerging Russia-Iran gas OPEC is yet another threat to Western economies.

The Hope of What Was Once Called a Decent Living Has Departed for the Average Household

The UK is a serious and worsening cost of living crisis that’s impoverishing the former middle class. What will the political fallout be?

Europe’s Gas Price Is Now Equivalent To $410 Per Barrel Of Oil

How LNG scarcity is playing into Europe’s gas woes, and other markets are set to feel the effects of the LNG price squeeze.

Influential Oil Company Scenarios for Combating Climate Change Don’t Actually Meet the Paris Agreement Goals, Our New Analysis Shows

How Big Oil plays data games with the Paris Agreement climate targets, already seen by many as too permissive.

Germany to Keep Three Nuclear Plants Going Past Old Shut-Down Date to Alleviate Energy Crunch

Germany looks a wee bit desperate as it suddendly moves to keep three nuclear reactors in producion that were set for shutdown

Climate Bill Passes: It Could Short-Circuit EV Tax Credits, Making Qualifying for Them Nearly Impossible

Did Joe Manchin sneak an EV poison pill of sorts into the just-passed climate legislation?