Tag: Energy

ToplineMajor oil and gas companies, which scrambled to abandon operations in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine in late February, ...

Big Solar Gets Spanked Again, This Time In Maine

The vote wasn’t close. Last Saturday, residents of Lovell, Maine voted by a margin of 80% to 20% to reject ...

The EU’s Energy Dependence On Russia Charted [Infographic]

While the U.S. is moving away fast from Russian energy imports, the EU—one of Russia’s crucial trading partners—is taking more ...

Cutting Oil Versus Gas From Russia – Are The West Scratching The Right Itch?

A present furor is all about embargoing Russia’s exports of oil and gas to hit the bear hard on its ...

Biden’s Thinking On Energy Is Deeply Flawed And Possibly Deadly

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made telling statements this week that revealed deep flaws in how the Biden Administration views the ...

Canada, Not Russia, Now Leading U.S. Importer Of Refined Petroleum Products

Canada now leads Russia in U.S. imports in the category of refined petroleum products, according to the most recent data ...

Elon Musk Opens Tesla’s ‘Giga Texas’ That He Says Is The Biggest U.S. Plant

April 9, 2022

Elon Musk marked the official start of production at Tesla’s new Giga Texas plant in Austin, saying it’s the country’s ...

The Russia-Ukraine War: A New Geopolitics Of Finance And Energy Trade Emerges

April 9, 2022

Lenin observed that “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” It might be a ...

Stocks Rise As Investors Try To Shake Off Inflation Fears, Recent Fed Comments

ToplineThe stock market moved slightly higher on Thursday—clawing back some of its losses from earlier this week—as investors continued to ...

Billionaire Investor Ron Baron Remains Bullish On Tesla But Calls Musk’s Twitter Stake ‘Meaningless’

ToplineBillionaire investor Ron Baron, one of Tesla’s largest shareholders, told CNBC in an interview Thursday that Elon Musk’s roughly $3 ...

Senate Unanimously Passes Russian Oil And Gas Ban After Biden’s Executive Order

ToplineThe Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill to ban Russian energy imports, building on an executive order signed by ...

Shell Faces $5 Billion Hit For Leaving Russia As Energy Sector Braces For Fallout Of Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine

ToplineBritish energy giant Shell on Thursday said it expects to take a hit of up to $5 billion in the ...

Congressional Hearings: Gasoline, Price Gouging, War, The Economy, (And The Midterm Election)

On April 6, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on “GOUGED AT THE GAS STATION: BIG ...

Federal Reserve Hints At Bigger Rate Hikes Ahead, Outlines Plan To Shrink Balance Sheet

ToplineWith numerous Federal Reserve officials sounding the alarm on inflation, minutes from the central bank’s latest monetary policy meeting released ...

More Fed Officials Are Sounding The Alarm On Inflation And Spooking Markets

ToplineAn increasing number of Federal Reserve officials have recently spooked markets by warning about the economic impact of decades-high inflation ...

Cyber Threats Are One More Reason To Use Solar Panels, Storage, And Microgrids

One of the repercussions of America’s support for Ukraine is increased Russian aggression here at home — especially in cyber ...

Congress Rounds Up The Usual Big Oil Suspects

“I blame the oil companies” The Congressional hearing today is titled, “Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America’s ...

Major Bank Is First To Forecast A Recession—More Could Follow

April 5, 2022

ToplineAn increasing number of Wall Street experts are now forecasting a possible economic downturn on the horizon, with alarms growing ...

U.S. Adds Pressure On Russia By Blocking Bond Payments, Increasing Risk Of Default

April 5, 2022