Energy
The Kyiv Independent – Trump tells Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel infrastructure
There are deep contradictions at play in the Ukraine proxy war. Read the article HERE.
Energy
Energy
Stuart Jones, Andrew Crossland, Chris Groves – Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years
A way to make use of decommissioned oil infrastructure that solves the problem of renewable energy storage. Stuart Jones is Professor of Sedimentology & Geoenergy at Durham University. Andrew Crossland is Professor in Practice in […]
Climate Crisis
Politico – Don’t let Big Tech hide ecological cost of AI, environment agency chief tells EU
If Big Tech can build data centres and hide the energy consumption of those data centres, transparency is dead in the EU. Read the full article HERE.
Energy
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay – Dawn of the Electric World Order
Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Euronews – Meloni urges EU to treat energy crisis like defence emergency, relax fiscal rules
The reality is that no one believes in the EU fiscal rules anymore and to have a carve out only for Defence is not politically sustainable. Read the article HERE.
Energy
Jan Rosenow – Spain just became one of Europe’s cheapest power markets. Here is how.
Interesting article on why Spain has electricity prices half the EU average. In Jan Rosenow’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Energy
Euronews – Zelenskyy announces Druzhba oil pipeline repaired and ‘can resume operation’
How long before Nord Stream is back on line and Russian gas is reaching Germany again? Six months? A year? Read the article HERE.
Finance
Michael Hudson – Postponing the World’s Financial Winter, But For How Long?
A long read on the consequences of the current Strait of Hormuz crisis. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host, The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Announcing that “A whole civilization […]
Energy
Luca Manes – A Toxic Dependency: Europe’s Growing Reliance on US Gas
Europe is increasingly dependent on American LNG, but what gets little discussed is the damage this LNG production is doing to the health of Americans and the environment they live in. Luca Manes is an Italian […]
EU politics
Euronews – European markets dip as oil prices soar and European gas prices jump
The war on Iran is going to hurt Europe a lot more than the US, which make it doubly stupid that most European leaders have condoned it. Read the article HERE.