Day: January 17, 2025

The Western media is dying. What will take its place?

Energy News Beat Establishment media outlets have often resorted to dumbing down societies by reducing global events to shallow soundbites or clickbait that reinforces convenient stereotypes The moment has come to question the wisdom of continuing to battle a wounded but still formidable behemoth: Western corporate media. For decades, it has held an almost unassailable […]

EU consuming Russian LNG at record pace – Politico

Energy News Beat Shipments of the super-chilled fuel reportedly surged after pipeline gas transit through Ukraine stopped, the outlet reports The EU’s imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia surged at an unprecedented rate in the first two weeks of the year, Politico reported on Thursday, citing data tracked by commodities data provider Kpler. […]

Global diesel prices soar after latest US sanctions on Russia – Reuters 

Energy News Beat Prices have hit a five-and-a-half-month high amid fears of disruptions to supply, according to the outlet Global diesel prices and refining margins have surged following the latest round of US sanctions targeting Russia’s oil trade, driven by traders’ expectations of reduced diesel and crude supply, Reuters reported on Friday, citing analysts and […]

Trump’s Treasury nominee warns of US economic crisis

Energy News Beat   The middle class will face the largest tax hike in history unless cuts made during Trump’s first term are extended, Scott Bessent has said The US is headed towards an economic crisis by year’s end, Scott Bessent, US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, has warned. During his Senate confirmation […]

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting backtracks on nuclear

Energy News Beat   Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz has concluded a nuclear energy revival in Germany is unrealistic, despite his party’s long-standing criticism of the timing of the country’s nuclear phase-out. The front-runner to become Germany’s next leader after the February 23 elections, Merz has pulled back from a previous goal of restoring Germany’s nuclear […]

What Does Trump Want in Greenland?

Energy News Beat The U.S. president-elect’s threats could lead the autonomous Arctic island to negotiate new terms in its relationship with Denmark. By Regin Winther Poulsen, a multimedia journalist from the Faroe Islands. Few would have imagined that just over one month later, Trump Force One, the private family airplane of the soon-to-be most powerful […]

The Renewable Energy Reckoning: Challenges, Failures, and 2025 Policy Shifts

Energy News Beat In the Energy News Beat – Conversation in Energy with Stuart Turley talks with Steve Goreham about the key energy challenges for 2025, including rising electricity demand driven by AI, EV slowdowns, and grid capacity struggles, alongside potential policy shifts under the Trump administration. It critiques the environmental and economic viability of […]

Kremlin unveils topics for Putin’s talks with Iranian president

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: I have discussed this in great detail in my podcast series with George McMillan, and we still have 10 hours in the production work on the Russia geopolitical issues around pipelines, and Land vs Sea power. The current President Trump administration appears to be missing information from the Biden […]

Trump’s Ambitious Week One Agenda

Energy News Beat He has pledged to take immediate action on issues from border security to trade. By John Haltiwanger, a reporter at Foreign Policy, and Amy Mackinnon, a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy. Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep, where we are layering up ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on […]

Golar’s Macaw produces first LNG at small liquefaction unit in Texas

Energy News Beat Macaw announced in a social media post on Wednesday it achieved its first LNG from stranded flare in Texas using the F2X mobile unit, turning wasted gas into “clean energy.” The company did not provide further details. Golar’s CEO Karl Staubo said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call in November 2024 that Macaw […]