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Coal Demand Booms Under Biden As Prices Hit 2009 Levels
Coal Demand Booms Under Biden As Prices Hit 2009 Levels US coal is experiencing a massive boom under President Biden despite the administration trying to kill fossil fuels by touting net-zero goals at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. On Monday, S&P Global Market Intelligence released data that showed prices for coal from Central Appalachia jumped more […]
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests Biomass projects entail wood chips. Image: @john_kinnander, Unsplash Is green hydrogen yet another spin with catastrophic consequences for the environment? Sue Arnold looks behind the greenwash to find wide-scale plans for logging for wood-chips. Dominic Perrottet and his new Treasurer, Matt Kean, […]
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress?
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress? Resource depletion, ecosystem disruption, population growth, and technological change are interacting with each other in a tsunami of changes that always take us by surprise. The surprises that technological progress may be bringing are among the most unpredictable drivers of change. Yet, it is not impossible to […]
The Future According to Andrew Nikiforuk
The Future According to Andrew Nikiforuk He gives the Southam Lecture at UVic Wednesday. It’s sold out in person but sign up for free to watch his talk live online. Journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk speaks Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. The Tyee contributing editor will discuss myths about how we’re tackling climate change, and […]
Third of UK’s remaining energy suppliers are at imminent risk of collapse
Third of UK’s remaining energy suppliers are at imminent risk of collapse About a third of the UK’s dwindling number of domestic energy suppliers are at imminent risk of collapse amid soaring wholesale energy prices, new analysis suggests. © Provided by The Telegraph Wind turbinesFourteen electricity and gas suppliers are deemed “maximum risk” under their credit […]
Europe Braces For First Cold Winter Blast With Gas Prices Set To Spike Again
Europe Braces For First Cold Winter Blast With Gas Prices Set To Spike Again After months of rollercoaster moves in European nat gas prices as energy producers and traders jockeyed for position ahead of what could be a brutal winter, all bets are now off as Europe is set to get its first cold blast […]
WEIRD – Thinking Beyond Technology: Issue no.5, “Research for the End of Your ‘Normal’ Everyday Existence”
WEIRD – Thinking Beyond Technology: Issue no.5, “Research for the End of Your ‘Normal’ Everyday Existence” ☮ ‘Introduction’ Introducing the science for the end of your ‘normal’ everyday existence. ☮ History file: Bill Devall – ‘The Deep Ecology Movement’ Published in 1980, this tract was the first to outline the split between ‘eco-reformers’ & ‘deep ecologists’. References: Journal of […]
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges Fact is, say scientists, that “Net-Zero by 2050” really means we’re “net-fucked by 2050.” — CAUTION: Readers may find the word “fucked” in this piece offensive. Personally, I find the reference to “government deceit” far more disturbing. “The latest satirical video from The […]
White House Debates Immediate, ‘Radical’ Action To Lower US Energy Prices
White House Debates Immediate, ‘Radical’ Action To Lower US Energy Prices The Biden administration is actively debating whether to immediately intervene to lower US energy prices, rather than letting markets ride and hope they settle, as the ‘most popular president in history’ grapples with soaring inflation amid trade and foreign policy matters, according to Bloomberg. A […]
Two Big Myths About Why Energy Prices Are Rising
Two Big Myths About Why Energy Prices Are Rising Photo: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images The global economic recovery is running low on fuel. Chinese factories have been flickering on and off as Beijing rations electricity. Britons have been parking in petrol lines as their nation’s pumps run dry. Americans have turned on their president as spiking gas prices eat their […]
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26 The United States and China made a surprise announcement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow on a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions and slow deforestation. The United States is the largest historical emitter of carbon emissions, […]
European Natgas Prices Tumble As Russian Pipeline Flows Finally Increase
European Natgas Prices Tumble As Russian Pipeline Flows Finally Increase European natural gas prices plunged Wednesday after signs Russian gas flows into Europe were increasing ahead of what’s expected to be a miserable winter of tight supplies and high energy costs. Dutch natural gas futures, the European benchmark, dropped as much as 12% to € 64.14 per […]
Why U.S. Shale Won’t Go To War With OPEC+
Why U.S. Shale Won’t Go To War With OPEC+ OPEC+ will be very happy with where oil prices currently are and is unlikely to change its course anytime soon The U.S. does have the ability to increase production, but U.S. shale does not have support from either the government or shareholders to boost production significantly […]
Biden Starts To Freak Out About Soaring Inflation, Orders Economic Council To “Reduce Energy Costs”
Biden Starts To Freak Out About Soaring Inflation, Orders Economic Council To “Reduce Energy Costs” When discussing today’s “shock” CPI report we said that it was just a matter of time before there is a wave of political blowback that will make the recent anti-democrat revulsion in Virginia and NJ seem like amateur hour. Specifically, […]
Mining the Planet to DeathThe Dirty Truth About Clean Technologies
Foto: [M]: Hedi Xandt; SABarton / Getty Images / DER SPIEGEL Mining the Planet to DeathThe Dirty Truth About Clean Technologies The poor South is being exploited so that the rich North can transition to environmental sustainability. Entire swaths of land are being destroyed to secure the resources needed to produce wind turbines and solar cells. […]
