Category: Energy News Beat

How to Make Climate Action Actually Work

Energy News Beat Five must-reads as COP29 enters full swing. This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29, has been overshadowed by Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election—an outcome that almost guarantees that Washington will back out of its international climate commitments. Election aside, an air of unease has loomed over […]

Zelensky to reveal new plan – The Times

Energy News Beat   The Ukrainian leader will reportedly publish a “resilience plan” aimed at lifting public morale Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky will present a “resilience plan” to the country, aimed at lifting morale, the Sunday Times has reported. The initiative comes after his so-called victory plan received a tepid response in Western capitals last month. […]

Trump could be the end of Zelensky’s war effort, regime, and political career

Energy News Beat Slowly accepting that they must seek a deal with Russia, Ukraine and its Western backers are late to what will definitely not be a party How do you do damage control when you have already done so much damage? That is the conundrum Western and Ukrainian leaders are currently facing. Since the triumphal […]

Moscow comments on Biden’s reported approval of strikes deep inside Russia

Energy News Beat   President Vladimir Putin has previously warned that the move would mean NATO’s direct involvement in the conflict Russian President Vladimir Putin has already shared his thoughts on possible Western approval for Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes deep within Russian territory, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. According to a […]

US Breaks Dependence on Gasoline Imports – depending on what part of the country your located

Energy News Beat In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we will take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy and metals sectors. Each week we’ll dig into some data and provide a bit of explanation on what drives the numbers. Let’s take a look. […]

Xi reveals Beijing’s four red lines to Biden

Energy News Beat The Chinese leader has warned the US president against trying to hold back the country’s economic development Chinese President Xi Jinping has laid out four sets of limits that the US should not cross, for a balanced and healthy relationship between the two countries. He stressed that Beijing aims to cultivate a “steady, healthy, […]

EU won’t survive without Russia and BRICS – Russian senator

Energy News Beat The bloc has essentially trapped itself by its sanctions, Konstantin Kosachev believes The EU can’t survive without cooperating with Russia and the BRICS states, Russian Federation Council Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev said in an interview with RT on Saturday. Russia, however, needs the EU far less, he said. Kosachev noted that the […]

New attacks target Ukraine’s energy systems – officials

Energy News Beat The domestic electricity operator has reportedly implemented emergency power outages A large-scale attack against Ukraine’s energy system has been reported on Sunday. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga claimed that Russia launched one of its largest air attacks against the country since the conflict began.  “Another mass attack on the energy system,” Ukraine’s […]

Auto-Loan Balances, Burden, Subprime & Prime Delinquency Rates, and Subprime Dealer America’s Car-Mart in Q3 2024

Energy News Beat Subprime is always in trouble, and now, after the reckless-subprime lending era, more so. Prime is in pristine shape. Car-Mart joins our Imploded Stocks. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total balances of auto loans and leases for new and used vehicles rose by 1.1%, or by $18 billion in Q3 from Q2, and by […]

Trump Picks Oil Fracking Boss Chris Wright as Energy Secretary

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: President Trump has committed to lowering our energy bills by 50%, and he is well on his way to doing that by selecting Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy. Chris is the best man for the job, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my podcasts and conversations with him. The […]