Energy News Beat Former Ukrainian ministers, MPs, and judges will be reportedly allowed to swap prison time for military service Former top Ukrainian officials convicted of crimes will be allowed to apply for military service in exchange for parole, the Judicial and Law Newspaper reported on Friday, citing a government decree. Anyone who takes up […]
Energy News Beat It’s no secret that Germany’s economy is in crisis. What’s less obvious, and far more concerning, is why none of the major German parties are prepared to address what ails it. Just today, the economy ministry revised its economic outlook again. We’re now down to 0.3% growth in 2025 from the […]
Energy News Beat Donald Trump’s characteristically rambling speech at Davos yesterday touched upon many familiar themes: Europeans must ramp up defence spending; the EU and China should address their “unfair” trade surpluses with the US; and Russia’s “horrible” war in Ukraine needs to end. But one comment, in particular, stood out from the new […]
Energy News Beat As the war’s smoke clears, both societies are moving backward. When the cease-fire in Gaza went into effect earlier this week, the joy across the conflict line was palpable from 6,000 miles away. Although it is unlikely that complicated three-phase deal will ever be fully implemented, it will save lives, bring hostages […]
Energy News Beat The new US leader has outlined his foreign and domestic priorities to the World Economic Forum US President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos via teleconference on Thursday, just days after taking office. He used his speech to promise a “revolution of common sense,” telling the audience of […]
Energy News Beat President Claudia Sheinbaum has diversified Mexico’s trading partners and held regional talks on migration. By Catherine Osborn, the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Latin America Brief. Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. Mexico Girds Against Trump’s Threats True to his campaign rhetoric, the first days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second […]
Energy News Beat “Global LNG freight rates hit record lows this week, with the Spark30S (Atlantic) assessment dropping $11,000 to $9,000 per day – the lowest rates on record for a 174 2-stroke vessel,” Qasim Afghan, Spark’s commercial analyst, told LNG Prime on Friday. “This has largely been driven by increased vessel availability, due to the […]
Energy News Beat Democrats excuse their epic incompetence by blaming Calif. fires on a sinful mankind that’s changing the climate. Apocalyptic global warming predictions of doom have long been fashionable, quasi-religious beliefs of 21st-century liberalism. But after the recent wildfires that have devastated the state, some California Democrats will be clinging to climate change as […]
Energy News Beat The shocking details of a bill that gives the UK government unprecedented power to pursue net zero and other eco-goals have been revealed. The shocking details of a bill giving the government unprecedented power to pursue net zero and other eco-goals have been revealed. [emphasis, links added] The ‘Climate and Nature Bill’, […]
Energy News Beat US President Donald Trump paused new permits for offshore wind projects as one of his first acts in office. Although largely exposed and facing uncertainty, European industry players are keeping their cool. Among his inaugural executive decrees signed off earlier this week, Trump temporarily suspended new offshore wind energy permits – […]
