Boys Go to Baghdad. Men Go to Tehran.
The US now seeks to shut down Iranian exports to zero. Will Iran respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz?
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The Tragedy of the Electric Commons: How New York’s Renewable Energy Policy Failed, and What We Can Do Now
Why renewable energy has gone nowhere in New York state….the fear that it would produce a death spiral for utilities.
Read more...NYC vs Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Notes From Activists On The Ground
A grass roots report on the fight against fracked gas.
Read more...Trump’s Iran Oil Market Gamble
Will Trump’s renewed sanctions against Iran backfire?
Read more...Chevron and Exxon Say They Can Turn Around the Failed Finances of Fracking Industry
The latest in Justin Mikulka’s excellent series on fracking follies.
Read more...Report: Going 100% Renewable Power Means a Lot of Dirty Mining
Looking at some of the non-CO2 costs of increasing renewable energy production and distribution.
Read more...EU Plastics Ban: “Doesn’t Go Far Enough”
Jerry-Lynn on TRNN!
Read more...Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities
How solar array projects enable low-income groups to save money and help the environment.
Read more...Are You Biased Against Nuclear Power? Yup, Say Scientists
Nuclear power has a worse reputation than it deserves.
Read more...Gail Tverberg: The True Feasibility of Moving Away from Fossil Fuels
Why our societies will remain dependent on fossil fuels much longer than we’d like.
Read more...U.S. ‘’Oil Weapon’’ Could Change Geopolitics Forever
Oil production as a source of political advantage will no doubt keep official US climate change denialism alive and well.
Read more...Who’s Behind Trump’s Claim the Green New Deal Will Cost $100 Trillion?
President Trump’s claim that the Green New Deal would cost $100 trillion can be traced back to the Manhattan Institute, a think tank backed by fossil fuel investor Paul Singer and companies like ExxonMobil.
Read more...Fracking 2.0 Was a Financial Disaster, Will Fracking 3.0 Be Different?
The latest installment in Justin Mikulka’s excellent series on fracking. The industry continues to promote new and improved saviors – this time, it’s Microsoft – to rescue it from an inconvenient truth: no one’s making any money, despite the high environmental costs incurred.
Read more...Power Failure and Blackout: An Update on the Situation in Venezuela
It seems to be taking the United States rather a long time to topple the Maduro government.
Read more...Have We Already Passed World Peak Oil and World Peak Coal?
Gail Tverberg extends her peak oil analysis to coal and finds a similar pattern.
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