If there’s one thing working on climate for a living teaches you, it’s coping with uncertainty. If there are two, it’s how politics seemingly trumps all else. Welcome to the wondrous Continue Reading
On Friday, Azeri rockets and artillery shells hit Nagorno-Karabakh’s regional capital of Stepanakert, killing three people, local authorities said, and Azeri forces were fast closing in on Shusha, the enclave’s Continue Reading
Iraqi security forces killed at least one anti-government protester using live gunfire and wounded at least 40 others in the southern city of Basra on Friday, security sources and a Continue Reading
Venezuela’s crude production entered November on a downswing after the US banned non-US companies from crude-for-diesel swaps at the end of October. Output was slipping below an October average of Continue Reading
China exports grew at the fastest pace in 19 months in October, while imports also rose, official data showed on Saturday, as the world’s second-largest economy continued to recover after Continue Reading
China inked its first term deal to buy liquefied natural gas from an American exporter since the trade war disrupted deliveries, a sign of confidence that relations with the U.S. Continue Reading
China’s export growth accelerated in October, boosting the total so far this year back above pre-coronavirus levels for the first time. Exports in October rose 11.4% over a year earlier Continue Reading
ew York reported the most new cases since early May, while Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City is “really threatened with a second wave.” New Jersey is on Continue Reading
A rule of thumb in election years is that presidential candidates woo their political base with bold policies in primaries, then take the partisan edge off to court undecided voters in the fall. So Continue Reading
The American job market is clawing its way back — steadily if slowly — from the devastation inflicted by the coronavirus-caused recession. What no one knows is just how long Continue Reading
After ravaging Central America with disastrous rains, Tropical Depression Eta is primed to redevelop into a tropical storm and head toward South Florida and the Gulf of Mexico in the Continue Reading
Baker Hughes reported on Friday that the number of oil rigs in the United States rose by 5 to 226. The total number of active oil and gas rigs increased Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell will shut down its Convent refinery in Louisiana after failing to find a buyer for the facility, Bloomberg reports , citing a statement by the company. The Continue Reading
Competition from record-low natural gas prices and reduced power demand in the lockdown in the spring sent coal consumption in the U.S. power sector down by 30 percent in the Continue Reading
Colorado energy regulators have voted for a curtailment of gas flaring at oil and gas production sites, limiting approved flaring to just a few circumstances, the Colorado Sun reports , Continue Reading
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities late Nov. 5 issued an order approving long-term contracts for 804 MW of offshore wind capacity from the Mayflower Wind project to supply the Continue Reading
With Joe Biden inching close to an Electoral College victory, energy executives are weighing the potential impact of a president who supports shifting away from fossil fuels. While utilities that Continue Reading
U.S. coronavirus infections surged by at least 129,606 on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, the third consecutive daily rise of more than 100,000 cases as a third wave of Continue Reading
A rule of thumb in election years is that presidential candidates woo their political base with bold policies in primaries, then take the partisan edge off to court undecided voters in the fall. So Continue Reading
The European Union is likely to impose tariffs on $4 billion of U.S. imports including planes and plane parts next week in retaliation over U.S. subsidies for aircraft maker Boeing Continue Reading
European power demand is likely to hold up in the second round of national lockdown restrictions, with fluctuations most likely driven by changes in the weather. Traders and analysts expect normal Continue Reading
Luxury fashion boutiques, jewelry shops and most of Milan’s flagship department stores were shuttered Friday, as the center of Italy’s vibrant financial capital fell into a gray quiet on the Continue Reading
More Europeans are seriously ill with the coronavirus than ever before, new hospital data for 21 countries shows, surpassing the worst days in the spring and threatening to overwhelm stretched Continue Reading
The United Kingdom, which has recently set a record for wind power meeting its demand, issued a security of supply alert earlier this week as wind power output was low Continue Reading
In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9% of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0% during the same period last year, according to data from Continue Reading
Crude oil futures were lower in mid-afternoon on Nov. 6, as the list of European nations imposing lockdowns to stem the spread of COVID-19 grew larger, even as outcome of Continue Reading
Oil fell a second day, dropping below $38 a barrel in New York, as a surging coronavirus and uncertain U.S. elections weighed on sentiment. Futures dropped 2.7%, with equity markets Continue Reading
Oil edged lower as investors awaited the outcome of the tightly contested US presidential election. (Bloomberg) — Oil edged lower as investors awaited the outcome of the tightly contested U.S. Continue Reading
The energy sector has emerged as the worst-performing of the United States’ 11 market sectors in the current year, dropping to its lowest point relative to the S&P 500 since Continue Reading
When the pandemic pummeled the oil industry in the spring, many called the situation unprecedented. Prices were falling because of oversupply, but demand was failing to react to lower prices Continue Reading
The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as $2.9 Continue Reading
Rich countries risk missing their goal to provide $100 billion a-year by 2020 to help poorer nations combat climate change, after funding slowed in the year since President Donald Trump Continue Reading
Crude exports from Kurdistan to the Turkish port of Ceyhan have resumed, government officials from the Iraqi semiautonomous region told S&P Global Platts on Nov. 5, after an attack on Continue Reading
After announcing a major natural gas discovery in the Black Sea earlier this year, Turkey has started drilling for gas at a second location in the sea, Turkish Energy and Continue Reading
Iraq’s crude oil production rose in October and exceeded its quota and compensation target under the OPEC+ agreement, Argus reported on Thursday, quoting state oil marketing firm SOMO. Oil production Continue Reading
Nagorno-Karabakh’s largest city came under heavy shelling on Thursday, three sources working there said, as Reporters Without Borders called for the safe evacuation of civilians who it says are trapped Continue Reading
India wants OPEC to review its pricing policies for the Asian market and end the premium it puts on its crude for Asia, Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at Continue Reading
China’s central bank once again raised the topic of exiting its monetary easing policies, in sharp contrast to the U.S. and Europe, where a resurgence in virus cases has forced Continue Reading
Fresh signs the U.S. economic recovery may be faltering surfaced over the last week with high-frequency measures of retail traffic and jobs both ebbing amid a record-breaking surge in coronavirus Continue Reading
The world’s biggest solar power company says a shortage of glass is raising costs and delaying the production of new panels, throwing a wrench into China’s plans to accelerate its Continue Reading
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low near zero Thursday and signaled its readiness to do more if needed to support an economy under threat Continue Reading
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of the Continue Reading
The long-awaited consolidation in the U.S. shale patch is well underway, with several high-profile multi-billion-dollar deals announced in the span of just a few weeks. Analysts say that the mergers Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the California Energy Commission (CEC) published a $20 million solicitation to fund research projects for the deployment of long-duration energy storage. The objective was to develop a Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production rose to 10.36 million st in the week that ended Oct. 31, up 1.8% from a week earlier, but 18.2% below the corresponding year-ago week, according Continue Reading
Apache intends to step up its exploration and development plans off the coast of Suriname, as its operations and activity in the US Permian Basin remain scaled back through the Continue Reading
Republicans appeared set to hold onto control of the Pennsylvania Legislature, potentially providing a check on Democratic Governor Tom Wolf’s ambitious clean energy efforts. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading
The U.S. became the first country to top 100,000 cases in one day, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana were among Continue Reading
A gas flare near Mentone, Texas. The outcome of the U.S. general election is not yet clear. What’s been obvious for months is that climate change was on the ballot Continue Reading
The outcome of the U.S. general election is not yet clear. What’s been obvious for months is that climate change was on the ballot , and the U.S. election matters Continue Reading
