By Rupert Darwall So far, the big message from the Glasgow climate conference is the role of finance in decarbonizing the global economy. It’s a dangerous development. In his speech to the twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties (COP26) last week, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer,… Read More »Net Zero and Green Financial Repression
Paul Driessen COP-26, the twenty-sixth massive climate control “conference of parties,” goes live in Glasgow, Scotland on Halloween. That’s certainly appropriate since its primary purpose is to further terrify humanity to “take action” to prevent the “existential threat” of “manmade climate cataclysms.” Thousands of politicians and… Read More »Europe’s Energy Crisis Better Wake America Up
By Sudarshan Varadhan and Aaron Sheldrick UDANGUDI, India/TOKYO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – On the coastline near India’s southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships… Read More »COP26 aims to banish coal. Asia is building hundreds of power plants to burn it
By Elizabeth Piper and Markus Wacket FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters) – The world’s seven largest advanced economies agreed on Friday to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all fossil fuels,… Read More »In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal
Published on 14/06/2021, 4:19pm By Joe Lo In a referendum on Sunday, Swiss citizens narrowly voted against a package of measures including increased taxes on petrol and flights. The Swiss public has voted against a more ambitious climate law, in a move analysts say will… Read More »Swiss public reject climate law over cost of living fears
Steve Larke and Adam Le Dain April 20, 2019 As billions of people in developing countries demand more of everything, especially cheap energy, Canada can help meet the need and improve the global environment by exporting liquefied natural gas. So why are some Canadians trying… Read More »Canada’s Moral Obligation to the World
Reposted from Public Energy Number One Posted by Terry Etam on October 3, 2021 As an independent energy voice, I have no corporate editors or lawyers or hand-tailored silver haired senior management muting commentary. It is often fun, being able to say what many are thinking in a… Read More »$5 trillion in 2021 global debt/equity raised (so far), “divest fossil fuels” in full swing, the world running short of natural gas/coal, and winter is coming
By Kenneth Richard As Dr. Ramachandran details in Nature, a de facto natural gas ban effectively does nothing to propel growth in intermittently-available wind and solar energy. These renewable sources require a back-up energy supply that is ever-ready even when the Sun is not shining… Read More »Professor: Natural Gas Could Supply 600 Million Africans With Electricity…So Europe, USA Ban Its Use
In the first half of 2021, coal shot up as the biggest contributor to Germany’s electric grid, while wind power dropped to its lowest level since 2018. Officials say the weather is partly to blame. Although Germany is looking to boost renewable energies, coal unseated… Read More »Germany: Coal tops wind as primary electricity source
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Young Rachel seems surprised!! The UK has turned to a coal-fired power station to help boost its energy supply after global gas and power prices hit new highs and wind farms produced very low levels of electricity. National Grid… Read More »Britain forced to fire up coal plant amid record power prices and winter squeeze