Category Archives: Energy markets

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.

Spike in Energy Prices Suggests That Sharp Changes Are Ahead

Gail Tverberg expands her focus beyond energy to provide an analysis of what is going terribly wrong in the world economy

Mzukisi Qobo: The Old Mantra About Growth Has Reached Exhaustion

A perspective from the Global South on the end game for growth.

The Energy Transition Will Take Decades Not Years

Clean energy and green growth proponents greatly underestimate the amount of change needed to migrate off fossil fuel sources.

Rapid Shift to Clean Energy Could Save ‘Trillions.’ But Corporate-Backed Groups Are Fighting the Transition in US Budget Bill

Even as evidence mounts that moving faster to clean energy sources would benefit businesses and the planet, the usual suspects fight back.

The European Energy Crisis Is About To Go Global

Rising energy prices in the US look set to go higher.

“We Will No Longer Sell Crude Abroad”: Mexican President AMLO

This is good news for Mexico’s long-beleaguered state-owned oil company, Pemex, but not such good news for the US’ refinery industry.

“All-Electric Future Comes At A Huge Cost”

Tempering some of the enthuiasm for “all-electric” schemes.

Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger

A new Iran gas find has the potential to supply 20% of Europe’s needs. But its pricing and delivery will be coordinated with Russia.

Don’t Plant Trees, Grow Forests!

Forests are far superior to tree plantations at carbon removal. Unfortunately, the world is planning for tree plantations.