Category: Energy News Beat

Energy News Beat A U.S.-owned and operated container ship on Monday was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, according to the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. said via social media that the attack took place at around 4 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET) but the vessel, known as the […]

Energy News Beat As we enter 2024, Europe’s largest economy is expected to continue to deal with the fallout of its recent economic crisis. Euronews Business highlights five key challenges for the German economy in 2024. Germany is facing an uphill economic battle in 2024. Its GDP growth is expected to decline by 0.6% this […]

Energy News Beat Ryan Maue is a US weather and climate guy.  From early last week he was forecasting the incoming polar vortex would bring abysmal cold to virtually all of North America.  Unlike climate activists, he’s not an alarmist except when as he jokingly put it, the real ‘climate emergency’ that would unfold would be […]

Energy News Beat A Finnish MEP wants to invoke Article 7 and suspend Viktor Orban’s voting rights to ensure the bloc can continue supporting Ukraine About 120 members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg have signed a petition to strip Hungary of its voting powers in the European Union, an influential Finnish MEP announced on […]

Energy News Beat Some have accused Beijing of trying to score political points in the Global South by not supporting Israel A recent Foreign Affairs article purports to expose “China’s game in Gaza,” accusing Beijing of “Exploiting Israel’s War to Win Over the Global South.” The author alleges that “in calling for a two-state solution, […]

Energy News Beat Washington state is considering legislation imitating California’s ban on new gas-powered outdoor equipment, but adding hefty fines and jail sentences to those who use such tools. Under the Washington proposal, gas-powered equipment under 25 horsepower would be banned starting in 2026. Experts in the logging and landscaping businesses point to huge and […]

Energy News Beat World trade plunged by 1.3% from November to December 2023 as a result of Houthi attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea, according to a new report by the IfW Kiel. The German economic institute said on Thursday that the volume of containers transported via the Red Sea had plummeted by […]

Energy News Beat Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira has died in a Ukrainian prison, Russian news agency TASS said on Saturday, citing a response it received from the US Department of State. The blogger’s death was first announced by his family on Friday. Lira, 55 at the time of his death, lived in Kharkov and blogged […]

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Hertz cites weak demand, high damage costs in decision to downsize EV fleet January 11, 2024 Mariel Alumit Hertz Global Holdings Inc. said Thursday it is selling about 20,000 electric vehicles from its fleet, or about one-third of the total, in the latest sign that the EV revolution is […]

Energy News Beat This is a wild and fun discussion with Hugo Kruger about the international Energy Markets. I mean we covered oil, gas, coal, nuclear and even geopolitical. Hugo has a great Substack HERE: https://substack.com/@hkrugertjie. He has quite a following, and even Robert Bryce is in the mix of followers. (One of my heroes). […]