Azerbaijan, Malaysia Launch Formal Bids to Join BRICS
To mark the occasion of the visit of President Vladimir Putin to Baku, Azerbaijani officials announced they had launched…
Tag: Energy
Despite Sanctions, Europeans Imported More Crude Oil from Russia than Anywhere Else in 2022
According to data from maritime sector brokerage firm Banchero Costa, last year saw the EU import 98.8 million tonnes…
Big Commodity Gains Midway through January Even After Another Positive Inflation Report
Markets are betting in different ways as Thursday’s long-anticipated Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed a small slowdown in…
Carbon Capture Projects Severely Underperform While Mostly Helping Produce More Fossil Fuels
Story at a glance… Almost all CO2 stored underground is done parallel with natural gas extraction. These projects, according…
Venetian Murano Glass Studios and Their Blazing Ovens Survived COVID Only to Face European Energy Crisis
The furnaces which burn from dawn ‘till dusk on the famous Venetian island of Murano are hot enough to…
How Is Europe Preparing For Gas Shortages?
PICTURED: Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in March. September 7th, 2022. Most major European economies are preparing for gas…
Forget Oil, This Company is Drilling for Magma
Theorized as a potential future center of volcanology on Earth, a “magma well” in remote Iceland is the site…
Meet Your New Interior Secretary: The First Native American Cabinet Secretary
PICTURED: Congresswoman Debra Haaland, or “Crushed Turquoise” of the Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico’s 1st District, captured in the historic…
Test Drilling for the World’s Last Great Undiscovered Oil Reserve Commences in the Okavango Basin
160 miles upstream from the Okavango Delta, a drilling rig plunges through the sand looking for oil or natural…
America’s Largest Solar Plant Construction Approved with the Potential to Power 260,000 Homes
WASHINGTON. May 11th, 2020. The largest solar project in American history has been approved to be constructed on Bureau…
Paper Models Shutting Down Coal Plants and Finds it Would Save Millions of Tons of Food and Thousands of Lives
The decommissioning of coal-fired power plants in the continental United States has reduced nearby pollution and its impacts on…
Trump And Nuclear Weapons Expert Stand Apart From Defense Community On Climate Change
In a 180 degree turn, President Trump seems to be second-guessing a previous decision he made to designate climate…