Category Archives: Energy markets

COP26: Climate Pledges Don’t Match Up With Policies—or Consumer Behavior

The ink is barely dry on COP26 pledges, and it’s not hard to see that they are largely for show.

We Need Far More Radical Thinking Than Any COP26 Deal To Save the Planet

Recognizing that COP26 is not remotely ambitious enough is a step in the right direction. But it is still only a small step.

On the Duty to Obstruct

A recap of the progressive punt on the Build Back Better bill and the contention that duty demands much more radical action.

The Climate Fight Over Line 5, or the Upper Peninsula and Canada Versus Greenhouse Gas Absolutism

The fight over shutting down Line 5, a major oil pipeline, could set an important precedent.

‘This Must Not Happen’: If Unhalted, Permian Basin Fracking Will Unleash 40 Billion Tons of CO2 by 2050

Climate change activists have new oil and gas wells in their crosshairs, starting with the potential carbon bomb of the Permian Basin.

Carbon Tax Over-Rated

A carbon tax is an idea that has been around yet never deployed despite potential benefits because reasons, such as hurting the poor.

Metals May Become the New Oil in Net-Zero Emissions Scenario

Economists project that prices for energy-transition metals will soar and their combined value could match that of crude oil

Why Everyone Should Support Cutting Methane Emissions

Why a US measure to reduce methane emissions, while a step forward, is still in “less than meets the eye” terrain.

‘Manchin Is a F**king Snake’: Progressives Urged to Keep Pushing for Both Bills

Jayapal is “letting the president” handle Manchin after he says he won’t budge on the reconciliation package.

Bob Pollin: Stop Subsidizing Wall St., Start Subsidizing Workers for High Energy Costs

Bob Pollin: High oil prices and supply chain disruption are driving inflation, not workers’ modest wage increases or government debt.

Tiny Leaks, Big Impacts: New Research Points to Urban Indoor Methane Leaks

A new carbon reduction target: Researchers in Boston find buildings’ indoor sources emit much more methane than most experts thought.

A Global Oil Shortage Is Inevitable

Why pricey oil isn’t going away any time soon.

Net Zero, Insulation, Boilers, and English Dampness, or Symbol Manipulators Versus Existing Conditions

The English gas boiler as a microcosm of Anglosphere elites’ inability to come up with realistic carbon reduction schemes.

French Oil Company Total ‘Knew About Global Warming Impact in 1971’, Study Finds

A new study has found Total knew about the links between climate change and fossil fuels 50 years ago.

Joe Biden Is in No Position to Lecture the World on Climate Change

The US president’s administration has lots of rousing climate change rhetoric but has taken little action.