Asia Is Facing A Long-Tern Natural Gas Crunch
Asia has seen a run in natural gas supplies, and prices are simply not easing up. Asia’s problem with natural gas supplies may not be limited to this winter alone. Continue Reading
Tepco finds melting of ice wall at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant
An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) looks up at a tank reserved for storing treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Continue Reading
Covid cases rise nationwide, causing ‘almost unmanageable strain’ in Michigan – The Washington Post
tSpectrum Health, a major health-care system here, officials spent part of last week debating whether to move to “red status” in a show of how strained hospitals had become. A Continue Reading
What We Know About the New Coronavirus Variant Now Spreading
A new variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 — called B.1.1.529 — has been identified in South Africa, with officials there saying it’s highly concerning. Fears that a new Continue Reading
Britain says new COVID-19 variant is the most significant yet found
Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found and so it needed Continue Reading
EU wants to stop flights from southern Africa over variant
European Union nations were moving to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, seeking to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant as the 27-nation bloc battles a Continue Reading
As Europe virus cases surge, UK plows on with its new normal
As countries across Europe reimpose lockdowns in response to surging COVID-19 cases and deaths, the UK – long one of Europe’s hardest-hit countries — carries on with a policy of Continue Reading
South Korea sets pandemic high with 4,000 new virus cases
New coronavirus infections in South Korea exceeded 4,000 in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic as a delta-driven spread continues to rattle the country Continue Reading
China Keeps Markets In The Dark About SPR Release
China’s Foreign Ministry: volume of SPR release will be according to China’s needs Foreign Ministry declined to comment on whether the release was a coordinated effort with the U.S. The Continue Reading
Japan refiners dust off fuel oil supply chains to meet rising utility demand
Japanese refiners are dusting off unused supply chains for fuel oil and getting coastal vessels and storage tanks ready after receiving requests from electric utilities to supply more fuel oil Continue Reading