The Permian Is A Double-Edged Sword For Oil Majors
There are still questions about the profitability of the Chevron’s assets in West Texas.
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Will The U.S. Actively Pursue Regime Change In Iran?
The US is still awfully eager to Do Something in Iran.
Read more...Climate Policy: On Buying Insurance, and Ignoring Cost-Benefit Analysis
Rethinking the analysis of climate change risk.
Read more...Are Investors Finally Waking up to North America’s Fracked Gas Crisis?
The latest in Justin Mikulka’s excellent coverage on the fracking beat for DeSmog Blog.
Read more...A Serious Green New Deal Would Take Up One-Third of the Economy—Are We Ready for That?
Looking at some of the ramifications of a Green New Deal.
Read more...How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right
An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.
Read more...Venezuela Coup Attempt Part of US Plan to Remake Latin America
Unfortunately, US support of the attempted coup in Venezuela is just one part of planned interventions south of the border.
Read more...Controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Could Be Operational By November
So much for US ire over the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
Read more...Many Countries at UN Oppose Trump Interference in Venezuela
The US plans for Venezuela don’t have the degree of foreign support that the press would have you believe.
Read more...Fears of US-Backed ‘Coup’ in Motion as Trump Recognizes Venezuela Opposition Lawmaker as ‘Interim President’
Venezuela becomes the latest target for regime change fun and profit.
Read more...IEA Chief: EVs Are Not The End Of The Oil Era
Why EVs are way overhyped as a way to reduce oil use.
Read more...PG&E Could Face Murder Charges for California’s Wildfires
Will PG&E finally get its just deserts? And even if that were to happen, what would that look like?
Read more...Fracking in 2018: Another Year of Pretending to Make Money
The latest in Justin Mikulka’s excellent series on the fracking beat. The industry lacks even the excuse of profit to justify the environmental costs it inflicts – yet this is a story too little told in the rest of the media, which instead promotes further investments in this sector.
Read more...Do Climate Policies ‘Kill jobs’? An Economist on Why They Don’t Cause Massive Unemployment
Sadly, an upbeat take on what “green” policies might means for jobs greatly understates the depth of economic restructuring needed to reduce the pace of climate change.
Read more...France’s Macron Makes Concessions While ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Continue
Some background on the demands the gilets jaunes are presenting to French president Macron.
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