Category Archives: Energy markets

The Future May Not Be As Electric as We Think

Is there a ceiling to electric vehicle uptake? And even worse, is that lower than many assume?

Radioactive Real Estate: Finding a Forever Home for Nuclear Waste

Castoffs from U.S. nuclear weapons get buried at one site in New Mexico. But what happens when that facility fills up?

Germany’s Grid Is Getting Greener as Its Industry Is Weakening

Why Germany’s claimed green transition progress is less impressive than it appears when you decompose the data.

Biden’s De Facto EV Mandate at Risk After Supreme Court ‘Chevron’ Ruling

A look at just one implication of the fresh Chevron Supreme Court ruling demonstrates how far-reaching it is.

Balancing Green Goals and Financial Realities: Labour’s Net Zero Dilemma

Yet another example of inadequate green targets meeting the notion that even that much action is somehow too costly.

Is EU’s Fuzzy Natural Gas Math Leading to Major Minuses in the Caucasus?

Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process gets tangled up with the EU’s desperate ploys to kick Russian gas reliance.

Russia and Ukraine Trade Drone Strikes on Energy Facilities

Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian energy assets as Russia continues its campaign against the Ukraine grid. Who is doing more damage?

Next Stage – The General Staff’s Targets After Putin’s Feint

Putin threw down a marker with his immediately-rejected peace offer last week. So where might the war go now?

Western Officials and Press Starting to Acknowledge Impact of Russian Electric War on Ukraine

The Anglospehere press is slowly waking up to the relentlessness and effectiveness of Russia’s electric war in Ukraine.

Biofuels Manufacturing Found To Be a Significant Source of Hazardous Air Pollution

Biofuels plants emit serious nasties like formaldehyde.

Intrigue About Exit of Mustafa Nayyem, Ukraine Restoration Funding Chief and Maidan Revolt Instigator, Diverts Attention from Boneheadness of the Scheme

An overdue discussion of the Ukraine restoration con, with tooth-gnashing over the exit of Mustafa Nayyem as a tell.

Türkiye Shows Renewed Interest in Joining BRICS

The moves are being welcomed by Beijing and Moscow. Is Ankara serious this time or is this more playing both sides by Erdogan?

Buzzer Beater – Russian General Staff Aims at Ending the Ukraine by Electric War

The Western press is largely ignoring Russia’s destruction of Ukraine’s electric system, which will bring Ukraine to its knees

The EU “Center” Embraces the Right Kind of “Right”

A look at Europe’s elections and a comparison of the neoliberal, pro-war center with a right that abandons its EU and NATO skepticism begs the question, what’s the difference between the two?