Daily Standup Top Stories Biden’s Green-Energy Price Shock April 27, 2024 Stu Turley Do White House officials pay electric bills? They strangely keep saying the President’s climate agenda is reducing electric-power rates even as the cost of running your dishwasher is sky-rocketing, as illuminated by the Labor Department’s […] Biden Administration Finalizes Power Plant Rule April 27, […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories California Considers Suing Exxon Over Plastic Pollution April 23, 2024 Mariel Alumit California is close to completing a two-year investigation into Exxon on allegations of plastic pollution. After that, the state will decide whether to sue the supermajor for polluting or not. That’s what California’s Attorney General […] Oil rises as dollar slips, […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories What’s Next for Oil? Analysts Weigh In After Iran’s Attack April 15, 2024 Mariel Alumit Oil futures were barely moved by Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, with traders attributing the lackluster price action to the notion that the strike was well-flagged beforehand, and expectations that the conflict will remain contained in […] Israeli War […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Wind farms are useless, says Duke of Edinburgh April 14, 2024 Stu Turley In a withering assault on the onshore wind turbine industry, the Duke said the farms were “a disgrace”. He also criticised the industry’s reliance on subsidies from electricity customers, claimed wind farms would “never work” […] Investors Bet On Further […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Why gas prices in California ‘have gone ballistic’ April 6, 2024 Stu Turley Gas prices have been on the rise nationwide, but for California drivers, they’ve skyrocketed in a short amount of time. The Golden State’s average at the pump surged by $0.23 to $5.27 per gallon on Friday […] Critical impact — […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Big oil and gas firms deepen investment in carbon capture April 10, 2024 Mariel Alumit Carbon capture companies find themselves in an odd position. They exist because of the threat of climate change, a problem created largely by fossil fuels. At the same time, the firms that extract and […] BRICS helping […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Buttigieg rejects critics of EV future: Like people in 2000s saying we could have landlines forever April 3, 2024 Mariel Alumit Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rejected criticism of the Biden administration’s push for America to embrace a future where electric vehicles (EVs) overtake internal combustion engines, comparing the dynamic to that of landline phone […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Mounting Losses Mean Sweden’s Wind Industry Faces Total Financial Collapse March 29, 2024 Stu Turley Notwithstanding €billions in subsidies, Sweden’s embattled wind industry is on the brink of total financial collapse. The majority of Swedish wind power outfits are underwater, bleeding cash and have no hope of recovery. In the […] DeSantis’ office […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Big Tech’s Latest Obsession Is Finding Enough Energy March 24, 2024 Stu Turley HOUSTON—Every March, thousands of executives take over a downtown hotel here to reach oil and gas deals and haggle over plans to tackle climate change. This year, the dominant theme of the energy industry’s flagship […] Riposte Capital Issues Statement […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Colorado lawmakers adopt cuts, hard choices as state faces $170 million budget shortfall March 27, 2024 Mariel Alumit Between March 15 and March 21, the six members of the Joint Budget Committee — the group of lawmakers in charge of drafting Colorado’s spending plan — found themselves with a problem. With just over […]
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