Don Quijones: Spain Hit by Trade Suits, a Bitter Foretaste of TTIP
Spain has been hit by 19 trade suits over renewable energy subsidies alone. More would come if the TTIP become law.
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Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?
Does it make sense to look at the Saudi strategy within the oil industry alone, or do analysts need to start factoring in deflationary economic policies around the world?
Read more...Frack Now, Pay Later: A New Era In U.S. Oil?
Oilfield services providers like Halliburton and Schlumberger are so desperate to keep the fracking party going that they are extending credit to already-levered frackers.
Read more...No, Inflation Doesn’t Erode the Burden of Debts
Inflation doesn’t reduce the burden of debt, rather it may (or may not) accompany a rise in nominal worker income.
Read more...Hillary Clinton State Department Emails, Mexico Energy Reform, and the Revolving Door
Three Flexians from HillaryLand envision and implement a Mexico energy “reform” architecture from which they personally benefit.
Read more...Campaign 2016: Where Are The Candidates On Energy?
With the 2016 campaign underway too early for comfort, some of the candidates are starting to state their energy policies.
Read more...Why Carbon Taxes Would Be the Ultimate Energy Game-Changer
Carbon taxes are one of the most effective ways to curb the use of fossil fuels and promote renewable energy sources. And they also help businesses because providing for a predictable price of carbon encourages investment. Has their time finally arrived?
Read more...Michael Hoexter: Climate Defeatism is as Much a Threat to Human Survival as Climate Denial – Part 1
Human beings face the choice whether to preserve parts of our present civilization or create elements of a new one or alternatively, head towards self-extinction.
Read more...Dirty Energy vs. Clean Power, The Past Battles the Future at Seneca Lake
How Seneca Lake in upstate New York became a key battleground in the fight over fracking.
Read more...Military Spending Could Give Big Boost to Renewable Energy
The military has a keen interest in reducing its dependence on conventional fuel sources for transportation and the spending heft to speed development.
Read more...Oil Faces Steep Downside Risk From China’s Stock Market
A drop in demand from China was one of the big causes of the oil price plunge in 2008. How do stock prices play into current demand weakness?
Read more...The Growing China-Latin American Energy Relationship
China has made a concerted effort to expand energy links in Latin America, especially in form of oil-backed loans.
Read more...Wave of Defaults, Bankruptcies Spooks Bond Investors
Investors are exiting junk bond funds as bankruptcies rise despite the “recovery” allegedly picking up steam.
Read more...The Russian Pipeline Waltz
An analysis of possible Russian pipelines in Europe as strategic bargaining chips.
Read more...Michael Hoexter: The Climate (and Climate Justice!) Movement Cannot Remain a Genteel Environmentalist Movement
Hoexter examines the disconnect between the preferred methods of climate activists versus the magnitude and urgency of the issues they are trying to address. His analysis echoes an important 2012 post by Richard Kline, Progressively Losing.
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