The Kremlin told Washington on Wednesday it would act decisively if the United States undertook any new “unfriendly steps” such as imposing sanctions, the RIA news agency reported, citing a Continue Reading
Iran said saboteurs caused a blackout at the country’s main nuclear-enrichment plant, accusing the alleged culprits of attempting to derail informal talks with the U.S. on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord Continue Reading
The Atlantic hurricane season is poised to be another wild one, with forecasters predicting an above-average 17 named storms sweeping out of the basin. (Bloomberg) — The Atlantic hurricane season Continue Reading
Last week, President Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that, if passed by Congress, would protect the U.S. from climate change and prepare its economy for a transition Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.0 million barrels per day during the week ending April 2, 2021 which was 103,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Continue Reading
While the world is focused on OPEC news and Easter preparations, the Ukrainian crisis is heating up and there is a real threat of a military confrontation involving Ukraine, Russia, Continue Reading
The world’s largest plant for storing green hydrogen in liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) on an industrial scale is being built at CHEMPARK Dormagen. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia is Continue Reading
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In a meeting last week in the Europa building in Brussels, home of the European Union’s political leadership, diplomats for the 27 member states were desperate. FILE Continue Reading
US crude oil inventory draws likely resumed during the week ended Jan. 22 as refinery runs continued to normalize, an S&P Global Platts analysis showed Jan. 25. Not registered? Receive Continue Reading
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency, a controversial move that would give the new administration sweeping authority to circumvent Congress to Continue Reading
Climate change has not been a major feature in U.S. trade agreements. That may change under President-elect Joe Biden. Biden on the campaign trail called for conditioning future trade agreements on Continue Reading
After years of buildup to Brexit, a drama that obsessed and divided a nation, Britain was poised to leave the European Union on Thursday night, not with a bang but Continue Reading
The Volkswagen brand is significantly expanding the charging infrastructure at its German sites. Some 750 new charging points are planned for next year, including the first High Power Charging stations Continue Reading
A floating solar power plant in Huainan, in eastern China.Credit…Agence France-Presse — Getty Images China on Saturday promised incremental new steps to address climate change in the next decade, but Continue Reading
The world’s economic recovery is wildly uneven — and that again was on display this week. U.S. data on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday offered signs of both strain and strength, while Continue Reading
The US State Department Nov. 20 granted a 45-day waiver extension to Iraq allowing it to keep paying for electricity imports from Iran. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
IMMENDINGEN, Germany (Reuters) – As Tesla touts the cutting-edge nature of its new Full Self Driving software, rival Mercedes-Benz says it has developed a similar system but stops short of Continue Reading
Highlights Nord Stream 2 to announce its plans in due course US broadened scope of sanctions threat on Oct. 20 Seen to put pressure on Akademik Cherskiy retrofit work London Continue Reading
It’s still 2020 and the pandemic-slash-climate change apocalypse just got even worse. The West Coast is burning. As of Wednesday, 24 active fires were reported in California, 12 in Washington, and Continue Reading
As Hurricane Laura pounds the U.S. Gulf Coast with nearly 150 mile-per-hour winds, causing water levels to rise almost 10 feet above normal, wildfires in California are still raging across more than a million acres, the Continue Reading
Using tax dollars to move whole communities out of flood zones, an idea long dismissed as radical, is swiftly becoming policy, marking a new and more disruptive phase of climate Continue Reading
A trio of disturbances are lined up one after the other in the Atlantic Ocean, and at least two of them will probably develop in the coming days and become Continue Reading
The potentially record-breaking temperature was recorded in Death Valley, California What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth – 130F (54.4C) – has been reached in Death Continue Reading
Russia has become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a vaccine against Covid-19, with mass production and immunisation of key workers to begin in the next few weeks. The Continue Reading
Noble Corp., the offshore drilling contractor, filed for bankruptcy with a plan to cut more than $3.4 billion of debt after a crash in crude prices made undersea oil wells Continue Reading
Global oil demand will recover significantly next month, climbing to be within 10% of the level that the world saw prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Russia Energy Minister Alexander Novak Continue Reading
Iraq is looking to attract investment from Saudi Arabia in one of its natural gas fields, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Ali Allawi, told Bloomberg , while OPEC’s Continue Reading
According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Continue Reading
A pattern change may drive sustained, expansive heat over much of the U.S. and Canada if long-range forecasts are right Summer 2020 may go down in the books as much Continue Reading
US Gulf of Mexico oil producers have returned about 60,000 b/d back into service after about 35% of the Gulf’s oil and gas production was temporarily taken offline as Tropical Continue Reading
A Russian safety watchdog warned a subsidiary of mining giant Norilsk Nickel in 2017-2018 about dozens of violations at a fuel site in the Arctic where a huge leak of Continue Reading
First the virus lockdown shuttered the two dairies where farmer Gavrila Tuchilus sells the milk from his 1,500 cows. Then his fields dried up, forcing him to abandon his barley Continue Reading
Two weeks before the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, Tropical Storm Arthur has formed off the southeast U.S. coast and is heading toward North Carolina. The National Hurricane Center has Continue Reading
US natural gas stocks increased by less than the five-year average last week as below-normal temperatures boosted demand despite widespread stay-at-home measures. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize Continue Reading
The U.S. cut its 2020 oil production forecast by more than 1 million barrels a day, as collapsing crude prices and plummeting demand threaten to shutter production in the country’s Continue Reading
From her home window, Belinda Constant, mayor of Gretna, Louisiana, watches the mighty Mississippi flow by. Beyond it are the sparkling lights of New Orleans. She views both warily these Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production was estimated at 10.6 million st in the week that ended March 7, down 6.1% from the previous week, US Energy Information Administration data said Thursday. Continue Reading
Super Tuesday whittled down the Democratic race for the White House to two viable candidates — and two different visions for what to do about climate change. Both Joe Biden and Continue Reading
Rosneft has allocated April deliveries of the ESPO crude blend to commodity trader Trafigura instead of to China’s CEFC, suggesting that Russia’s largest producer may have altered or even terminated Continue Reading
House Republicans call their plan for tackling climate change “realistic.” Right-wing think tanks call it a “Green New Deal Lite.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans find Continue Reading
As Democrats running for president pivot to New Hampshire after the debacle in Iowa, they have already spent much of this week in the Granite State trading grabs over which Continue Reading
The state of Mississippi, concerned a bad flood season this spring will hurt its coast and economy, is pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change how it handles Continue Reading
US ethanol production averaged 1.049 million b/d for the week ended January 17, a 46,000 b/d decrease compared with the previous week but still up 18,000 b/d year on year, Continue Reading
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending January 10, 2020 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 17.0 million barrels per day during the week ending January 10, 2020, Continue Reading
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently released a National Preparedness Report that does not mention climate change, despite global warming’s impact on natural disasters such as wildfires. The Trump administration’s Continue Reading
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending December 20, 2019 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 17.0 million barrels per day during the week ending December 20, 2019, Continue Reading
Friday morning’s low temperature forecast from the American GFS model. (WeatherBell.com) 2019 is likely to go down in the books as the warmest year on record in Alaska. Anchorage hit Continue Reading
For those who grew up in New England, single-digit temperatures, snow squalls, and icy roads are nothing outside the ordinary. With at least six days last year averaging colder than Continue Reading
First high-pressure project for the US Gulf of Mexico Facility design capacity of 75,000 b/d of crude and 28 MMcf/d of natural gas First oil expected in 2024 New York Continue Reading
South Korea’s LG Chem ( 051910.KS ) said on Thursday it would invest $916 million in its U.S. subsidiary by 2023 to set up an electric vehicle battery joint venture Continue Reading
