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The future for U.S. electric utilities is under a dark cloud — a cloud generated as much by their century-plus ...

Oil Falls Below $100 Per Barrel For First Time Since May As ‘Strong Likelihood Of Recession’ Hurts Demand

ToplineOil prices dropped 8% Tuesday—falling back below $100 per barrel for the first time since May—as some experts warn that ...

Dow Falls 600 Points As Euro Sinks To 20-Year Low Against The Dollar With Global Recession Fears ‘Front And Center’

ToplineThe stock market fell on Tuesday, adding to recent losses as investors returning from the holiday weekend face renewed fears ...

Putin Will Kill Russia’s Oil And Gas Economy And Ukraine Will Eventually Emerge Stronger

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was isolated economically. But when Mikhail Gorbachev ushered in “Glasnost” in 1985, the ...

Wind And Solar Provided A Record 10% Of The World’s Power Generation In 2021

July 4, 2022

Last week the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2o22 was released, covering energy data through 2021. The Review provides ...

Biden Continues Gas Price Blame Game While Preserving His Leasing Ban

July 3, 2022

President Joe Biden’s message to gasoline retailers for the July 4th holiday weekend was every bit as confrontational and unproductive ...

Supreme Court Limits EPA, Nikola Founder Nixes Share Increases And How Climate Change Hurts Harvests

July 2, 2022

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinThis week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the ...

Putin Seizes Control Over Major Gas And Oil Project From Foreign Investors

ToplinePresident Vladimir Putin has seized control of a major gas project in Russia’s far east—a move that could force foreign ...

EPA Targets Permian Basin, Widening Biden’s War On Oil And Gas

During an interview with Brazil’s Agencia Estadio news service this week, I told the reporter that one of the reasons ...

Supreme Court Clouds Future Of EPA Clean Air Rules, Threatening Climate Goals

SCOTUS ruling could set back efforts to fight climate change, affect energy investments, and increase regulatory risk The United States ...

Stocks Close Out Worst First Half Of A Year Since 1970

ToplineStocks fell in volatile trading on Thursday, wrapping up their worst first half of a year since at least 1970 ...

A Window On The Progress, Promise And Realities Of Indoor Agriculture

Last week New York City was host to the Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit, an event which drew 600 attendees, featured ...

Big-Oil Lands On Huge Hydrogen Hub In Australia, But How Viable Is Hydrogen Really.

In 2020, bp sat down as an oil and gas company and looked in the crystal ball. After a lengthy ...

As Housing Costs Soar, A Revolution In Affordable Homes

America’s housing crisis has become acute — especially so in the last few months. But thankfully, social innovators have been ...

Warren Buffett’s Favorite Stock Soars, Netflix Fumbles: These Are The Best And Worst Performing Stocks Of 2022

ToplineAmid the market’s worst first half of a year in over five decades, tech and cruise line stocks have been ...

A Scramble For African Energy

Wars often change the course of history – that’s a cliché. But it is also a truth. Before the war ...

Cummins Strives To Meet The Challenge Of A Complex Energy Transition

As the energy transition continues along a fitfully evolving progression, it becomes increasingly apparent that getting to the “net zero” ...

‘Shape Your Own Ideology’ – Valuable Career Advice From Icelandic Women Innovators.

Iceland is a small Arctic country with gorgeous hot springs, lush lands and harsh winters. It’s also an 85% renewable ...

Germany Has Not Thrived From Cheap Russian Energy