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By Robert Rapier This is the final article in a series based on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2019. Previous articles in this series covered carbon dioxide emissions, petroleum supply and demand, the production and consumption of coal, global … Read more
THIS WEEK IN CALI MADNESS: Saving the Planet from Natural Gas. Are you tired of paying too little for clean-burning energy that reduces carbon emissions? Then has Berkeley got a deal … Read more
via technologyreview: Worldwide funding of clean-energy projects fell to its lowest level in six years, in a staggering blow to the battle against climate change. The findings: BloombergNEF found that global investments … Read more
By Global Risk Insights Japan has adopted a peaceful approach towards nuclear technology, limiting it to the use of supplying electricity. This is despite being the only nation to have … Read more
By Haley Zaremba China’s state-run media giant Xinhua is reporting that the world’s second-largest economy will soon be deregulating and restructuring key sectors of its industry, including oil exploration and … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: An oddity of US political debates is that both Left and Right lie like rugs. See three fun but telling falsehoods from a comment yesterday. They express … Read more
By Tsvetana Paraskova Canada’s Senate passed on Thursday two controversial bills restricting the movement of oil tankers off the northern coast of British Columbia and overhauling the assessment process for oil pipelines—bills … Read more
by visualcapitalist If you feel like you’ve seen this diagram before, you probably have. Every year, it’s assembled by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a research center founded by UC Berkeley … Read more
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/06/federal-bill-would-allow-clean-energy-companies-to-structure-like-oil-companies/ Last week, US senators and representatives introduced bills in the Senate and the House to open up a type of corporate structure originally reserved for oil, gas, and coal … Read more
by Natura Naturans The EIA AEO 2019 report shows that in year 2018 wind and solar energy resources provide about 3% of U.S. total energy consumption while fossil fuel energy resources … Read more
by: Edsel Cook (Natural News) Chinese researchers debuted a new photocatalytic disinfectant for eliminating pathogenic microorganisms in water. Made from incredibly thin sheets of graphitic carbon nitride and powered by light instead … Read more
Wind and solar energy generation is growing, but it’s still an incredibly small part of the global energy mix, according to statistics compiled by the oil giant BP. Meanwhile, fossil … Read more
by oilandgasengineer This little story ties together climate change denial, Europe’s huge push for Renewables and America bending over for opec. First some background, So since ww2 the world has … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith If you want to identify tomorrow’s superpowers, overlay maps of fresh water, energy, grain/cereal surpluses and arable land. The status quo measures wealth with “money,” but “money” … Read more
By Tim Daiss As the U.S. finds itself embroiled in a host of problems around the world, from trying to convince North Korea to come back to the bargaining table, … Read more
By Irina Slav U.S. grid-connected energy storage capacity this year is set for a twofold increase to 712 MW from 376 MW last year. What’s more, between 2019 and 2024, … Read more