Category: Energy News Beat

Don’t Make LNG Exports the Next Keystone XL

Energy News Beat In what many are dubbing the next Keystone XL Pipeline, climate activists have turned their attention to blocking liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects. The attention was compounded last week when the Biden administration announced that it was reevaluating the climate criteria of LNG exports. Much like the battle over Keystone XL, the ire is misguided, and it […]

3 Podcasters Walk in a Bar EP 44 – The guys talks about ESG investing can also include natural gas

Energy News Beat 3 Podcasters Walk in a Bar EP 44 – The guys talks about ESG investing can also include natural gas   #podcast @thecrudetruth9585 @davidblackmon6807 #energytransition #oilandgas #geopolitics David Blackmon – https://davidblackmon.substack.com/ Rey Trevino – https://thecrudetruth.com/ Stu Turley, – https://energynewsbeat.co/   Highlights of the Podcast: 01:32 – The poster child for years on […]

Biden vetoes bipartisan bill protecting US EV industry from China

Energy News Beat President Biden vetoed a bipartisan resolution Wednesday that would have reversed his administration’s decision to waive “Buy America” requirements for taxpayer-funded electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The resolution, which was authored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and introduced in July, would have specifically overturned the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric […]

Revelation That U.K. Climate Target is Based on One Windy Year’s Data Threatens to Unravel Net Zero Credibility

Energy News Beat In October the Daily Sceptic reported on a paper written for the Royal Society led by Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith of Oxford University that concluded batteries were not the answer to the huge storage requirements of intermittent ‘green’ electricity power. Despite the prestigious academic fire power on parade, the paper died a death in the popular […]

India to Become Single Most Important Driver of Oil Demand Growth

Energy News Beat High GDP growth, industrialization, urbanization, and a rising number of middle class in India are set to drive demand growth in the Asian country. Total Indian refining capacity is expected to increase by 22% in five years from the current 254 million metric tons per year. All major forecasters expect India to […]

Red Sea naval forces struggle to contain Houthi attacks

Energy News Beat The futility of 22 naval ships trying to patrol 2,200 km of Yemeni coastline were once again exposed yesterday with two US-flagged Maersk boxships fired upon by the Houthis as shipping comes to terms with the fact that the Red Sea exodus is here to stay for a considerable time. Reacting to […]

Electric Cars Cost Twice as Much to Insure as Petrol Vehicles

Energy News Beat Drivers of electric cars are being asked to pay more than twice as much for insurance as those who own petrol-fuelled models as EV premiums surge 50% in a year, data have revealed. The Telegraph has more. The typical insurance premium for electric vehicles (EVs) has increased to £1,344, a rise of 50% compared […]

Warning over failures to address Uyghur forced labour risks in renewable sector

Energy News Beat Investors and governments are not adequately addressing Uyghur forced labour risks in the renewable energy sector, research has found. Anti-Slavery International, the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice and the Investor Alliance for Human Rights published an investor guidance and policy briefing on green technology supply chains on Monday. The co-authors said business leaders and […]

Maine environmental groups urge support for proposed offshore wind port ahead of siting decision

Energy News Beat ​Some environmental advocates are striking a new tone as they urge skeptical neighbors to see the larger climate benefits of a proposed port that would help build future offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Maine. The fast-warming area of the North Atlantic is thought to have one of the world’s best […]

Ukraine ‘open’ to Russian gas transit – Slovakia

Energy News Beat The current transit deal is due to expire at the end of this year but Bratislava is negotiating to extend it, Prime Minister Robert Fico says Ukraine may allow Russian natural gas to be piped through its territory beyond 2024 when the current transit deal is due to expire, Slovak Prime Minister […]