Author: Erick Parel

Albany’s new fossil fuels ‘super-fund’ could hit consumers hard

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: The New York legislators and Gov Hochul are not looking at things in a “what is best for my constituents” type of model. This article points out that this will trigger a mass exodus, or in my opinion, speed up the exodus of businesses and tax-paying consumers leaving New […]

Where there’s oil there’s a way: Can US sanctions halt Russian crude exports to India?

Energy News Beat [[{“value”:” New Delhi’s role as a counterweight to China solidifies its status as Washington’s’ key partner in South Asia, outweighing short-term concerns over Russian oil revenues The year 2025 had barely started when the outgoing Joe Biden administration presented a belated ‘holiday gift’ to Russian oil exporters. Washington announced a new sanctions package […]

‘Future of Europe’ hangs on German snap elections – Musk

Energy News Beat The entrepreneur has reaffirmed his support for the right-wing Alternative for Germany party ahead of the February vote The SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed his “full support” for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) at a campaign rally held by the party in the city of Halle on Saturday. The […]

DOGE Seeks to Shed Vast Amounts of Government Office Space. Here’s How Much the Government Leases, and Where, and What Leases it Can Shed During Trump’s Term

Energy News Beat For CRE, the motto in 2024 was “Survive till 2025” via extend-and-pretend. Now it’s 2025, and here comes the government’s office space. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The DOGE people in the Trump administration are considering shedding a big portion of the massive office space that the government owns or leases nationwide, managed by […]

2020 election victory was stolen from Trump — Putin

Energy News Beat The Russian leader believes the Ukraine conflict might have been avoided if Donald Trump had become US president in 2020 Russian president Vladimir Putin has said the 2020 US presidential election was “stolen” from Donald Trump, and that had the Republican won, the Ukraine conflict might have been avoided.  “I cannot disagree […]

EU state’s PM links massive cyberattack to ‘foreign’ forces

Energy News Beat The incident looks like a “textbook example” of a scheme used to punish dissenting governments in the West, Slovakia’s Robert Fico has claimed A massive cyberattack targeting Slovakia’s state General Health Insurance Company (VSZP) was orchestrated by foreign forces that were also active in Ukraine during the 2014 Maidan coup, Slovak Prime […]

Bank Of England Urges Labour: Cut ‘Burdensome’ Net Zero Mandates To Grow Economy

Energy News Beat The Bank of England said government climate requirements issued by the UK govt. are hindering efforts to boost economic growth. ​ The Bank of England should be freed from burdensome net zero rules to help grow the economy, Rachel Reeves has been told. [emphasis, links added] Sam Woods, the head of the […]

Trump’s Repeal Of EV Mandate Shakes Auto Industry’s Electric-Only Future

Energy News Beat Automakers are facing setbacks in reaching EV goals as consumer interest wanes and Trump ends the Biden-era EV subsidies and mandate. ​ Automakers have been backtracking on their EV goals over the past year as consumer interest failed to keep up with the vision automakers had. That vision appears to have been […]

Trump squeezing Denmark over Greenland – FT

Energy News Beat The Danish PM had a “horrendous” conversation with the US president about acquiring the island, officials have told the paper US President Donald Trump is serious about taking over Greenland and aggressively pushed the idea in a tense phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Financial Times reported on Friday, citing […]

Week Recap: U.S. Shale Steady, Trump’s $500B AI Plan, Tight Gas Markets

Energy News Beat Weekly Daily Standup Top Stories U.S. Shale’s Capital Discipline Outweighs Trump’s Pro-Growth Rhetoric January 19, 2025 Clark Savage US shale producers are focused on capital discipline and shareholder returns, limiting the impact of Trump’s pro-oil policies. Increased Permian rig activity is unlikely to significantly boost oil production due to inventory depletion and efficiency […] […]