Category Archives: Energy markets

Inflation Re-Accelerates Despite Plunging Gasoline Prices as “Core Services” PCE Price Index Hits 7-Month High

Core services inflation is the biggie and going the wrong way. The Fed is already talking down the pace of rate cuts.

Can Desalination Quench Agriculture’s Thirst?

Small decentralized desalination plants hold the promise of low enough cost to use on brackish agricultural water.

COP29 Puts World on Course for More Extreme Weather – and More Deaths

COP29 summit proves change won’t come until floods and wildfires are killing tens of thousands in rich Global North cities

After Ending in Overtime, COP29 Called ‘Big F U to Climate Justice’

Critics of the “COP of false solutions” said that instead of much-needed funding, developing nations got “a global Ponzi scheme that the private equity vultures and public relations people will now exploit.”

Trump’s Opportunity to Reset U.S.-Iran Relations

An in-depth look at Iran’s economic and political situation suggests that Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign will not have much impact.

Trump’s Energy Sanctions Are a Double-Edged Sword for Global Economy

Trump plans tougher sanctions on Iran’s and Venezuela’s oil exports, and secondary sanctions on China. How might that work?

Shale ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Hits Wall of Capital Restraint

One of Trump’ inflation-cutting plans, more shale production to lower energy prices, is not going to get strong uptake from the industry.

Trump Adds to List of Fake EU Crises

EU set to double down on vassalage to US, which is causing its problems in the first place.

Germany, Trump, and Walking the Trans-Atlantic Plank

Is government collapse a comeuppance for the German elite, or is everything right on schedule for the transatlantic plutocrats?

The US Is Killing the Most Valuable Tech Firm in Europe

Washington announces billion dollar research center for advanced chip making as trade restrictions demanded by US, and the EU energy war against Russia are hammering ASML.

Hydrogen Stocks Crash as Hype Faces Reality Check

The EU and especially Germany were relying on the fantasy that green hydrogen could save their industry, which is dying after governments cut off Russian pipeline gas.

‘Money in Exchange for Silence’: Behind Neom’s Green Image, Western Firms Cash in on Saudi Commitment to Oil

PR and consulting agencies are being paid millions to focus the world’s attention on a promised “eco-city” — obscuring human rights abuses and Saudi Arabia’s long record of climate obstruction.

The Great Game of Logistics

Logistics corridors play an increasing role in the New Cold War. Do workers lose no matter who wins?

Germany Can’t Stop Digging

As Berlin tags along with Washington into the war crimes abyss, it blames Russia for turning Germans against the government.