Geopolitical
A User’s Guide to ‘Who Lost Ukraine?’
How to get ready for what will be a long-running debate. No one knows exactly how or when Russia’s war in Ukraine will end, but the terms are likely to be disappointing to Kyiv and […]
Political
Climate Crisis
As Europe’s Power Crisis Deepens, The U.S. Is Poised To Be An Energy Powerhouse
European energy crisis deepens as flawed net-zero policies strain grids, drive deindustrialization, and push power prices and emissions higher. The energy geopolitical risk premium has returned. Russia is surrounding vital Ukrainian cities and launching “devastating […]
Critical Minerals
Why would President Trump want to Annex Greenland? Is it for the weather or critical minerals?
Ok, there is a lot of speculation today from X around Donald Trump Jr.’s trip to Greenland. I watched the call with President Trump calling into a town hall-style gathering, and it was very clear […]
Energy Policy
Trump Considers Executive Order to Protect Natural Gas Appliances
Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order to save natural gas-powered appliances from federal, state, and city regulations seeking to phase these out of new buildings on environmental concerns, sources with […]
Energy Crisis
Russia’s Gas Cutoff Stokes Tensions in Moldova
Russia’s decision to cut off gas supplies to Moldova is seen as a political move to destabilize the country’s pro-Western government. The gas cutoff has had a severe impact on Transdniester, a breakaway region of […]
Geopolitical
Why Biden’s Foreign Policy Fell Short
The White House never met its own grandiose standards. At its inception, the Biden administration proudly declared that “America is back.” The 2022 National Security Strategy announced that by “leveraging our national strengths and rallying […]
International News
Canada’s Justin Trudeau resigns
The move comes amid the worst political crisis of his nine-year term as the country’s prime minister Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he will step down as both party leader and prime minister once […]
Political
US Chamber of Commerce, oil group sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group have filed a lawsuit against Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay for damage the state attributes to climate […]
Crude Oil News
Politics Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters
We talked about this on our Daily Stand Up (https://energynewsbeat.co/biden-eyes-drilling-ban/) and no less than 12 hour later it comes through – we already see prices going up…will be interesting to see how incoming President Trump […]
Climate Crisis
Trump Is Quitting the Paris Agreement. Poor Countries Should, Too.
Decades of hypocritical climate policies have failed the global south. At some point in the coming months, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will almost certainly pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, like he […]