Geopolitical
Canada Bans 3 Lithium Investment Companies
Chinese companies have been investing in rare earth minerals in Canada. But now the Canadian government is telling them to leave. Source: Ntd.com
Year: 2022
Rare Earth Minerals
Child Labor: The Dark Side of the Green Revolution
Is our push into green energy riddled with hidden costs? In this special report, we look at China’s growing dominance in the renewable energy sector, the costs to the environment and human life, and how every American […]
Uncategorized
Another Country Burdens Oil And Gas Companies With Windfall Taxes
The Czech Republic is the latest country to levy windfall taxes on energy companies to scrape together funds to continue subsidizing high energy costs, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Czech lawmakers approved Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura’s […]
Crude Oil News
US Offers Bounty For Singaporean Over North Korea Oil Shipments
The US Department of State on Thursday issued a $5 million bounty for information on a Singaporean businessman who broke international sanctions by transporting fuel to North Korea. Kwek Kee Seng, director of the Singapore-based […]
Exports
Ships carrying $2 billion in natural gas are waiting off Europe’s coast for prices to rise so they can cash in, report says
Dozens of LNG tankers are idling off Europe’s coast as they hold out for higher prices, per the FT. Combined, the 30-plus ships are carrying natural gas worth $2 billion, according to Vortexa data. European […]
EIA News
Nearly a quarter of the operating U.S. coal-fired fleet scheduled to retire by 2029
<img src=”” title=”Nearly a quarter of the operating U.S. coal-fired fleet scheduled to retire by 2029″ /> November 7, 2022 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Electric Generator Inventory Due to continued competition from natural […]
Crude Oil News
Oil Pricing Without Dollars: Is It Possible?
How much does it matter whether oil is priced in dollars? What are the alternatives, and how vulnerable is dollar pricing? Who would suffer — or gain — most if dollars ceased to be the […]
Energy Crisis
National fiscal policy responses to the energy crisis
Last update: 20 October 2022, with the research assistance of Antonio Ferrara, Levi Severson and Cecilia Trasi. This dataset is part of Bruegel’s work on how European Union governments, the United Kingdom and Norway have responded to the ongoing energy crisis. […]
Zero Edge
“The Political Pressure On Powell Has Started With Unemployment Rising Just 0.2% To 3.7%”
By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “I am deeply troubled by the Federal Reserve’s rapid series of super-sized interest rate hikes, which may inflict unnecessary pain on millions of individuals and families […]
Zero Edge
Morgan Stanley’s 3 Keys Takeaways For Investors From Election Week In America
By Michael Zezas and Seth Carpenter, strategists at Morgan Stanley On Tuesday, Americans will cast their ballot for members of Congress. Well…most Americans will. Many will have already voted by mail, meaning that, as in […]