Category: Energy News Beat

Who’s Who At COP29: The Taliban, Russia, Climate Reparations, And Carbon Chaos

Energy News Beat Canada attends COP29 in oil-rich Baku, where carbon pricing, the Taliban, and $1 trillion in climate aid dominate talks. ​ As COP29 — the United Nations’ annual climate change summit — gets underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, Canadians may notice that their government isn’t broadcasting their participation to quite the same extent as […]

New BRICS partner state named

Energy News Beat Indonesia is now a partner of the economic bloc, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Pankin has said Indonesia has been awarded “partner status” by the BRICS economic group, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Pankin said on Friday. Russian media reports said that Malaysia and Thailand also received the designation. Pankin made the […]

Week Recap: Natural Gas, Green Policy Backlash, and Trump’s Plans

Energy News Beat Weekly Daily Standup Top Stories Newsom Calls Emergency Session To Trump-Proof California, Defend Climate Policies And More November 9, 2024 Mariel Alumit Gavin Newsom called a special legislative session to ‘fight’ President-elect Trump, citing him as a threat to California’s climate programs and more. On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) called a […]

How New York can get on track to meet its big clean energy goals

Energy News Beat ​[[{“value”:” After the reelection of former President Donald Trump, clean energy advocates across the country are preparing for a White House that will no doubt pursue aggressive rollbacks of climate policies and further expand fossil-fuel production. Now more than ever, states will need to step up and pursue climate efforts on their own to ​“ensure continued progress toward […]

Russia Temporarily Limits Nuclear-Fuel Shipments to US

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: I do not blame Russia for temporarily halting the uranium shipments. Ever since Ronald Reagan promised that NATO would not encroach any closer, they annexed eight more countries and had illicit activities going on in Ukraine. The war could have been stopped in two months, but the Biden / […]

Bourbon to support exploration drilling off Namibia

Energy News Beat Bourbon French offshore vessel player Bourbon has been awarded a new fully integrated logistics contract by an oil and gas major to support its exploration campaign and the drilling of its first well off southern Namibia. The contract’s scope covers international shipment and customs clearance of the equipment required for the drilling […]

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, Oct. 2024: Single-Family Prices Drop Most in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa. Condo Prices Hit 3-Year Low

Energy News Beat Toronto single-family prices -19% from peak, back to Oct. 2021. In Montreal, Quebec City, Edmonton, and Winnipeg, prices near all-time highs. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Home sales in Canada jumped by 7.7% in October from September, seasonally adjusted. Compared to the beaten-down levels a year ago, home sales jumped by 30%. New listings […]

Germany Warns of Gas Refill Risk as EU Taps Deeper Into Reserves

Energy News Beat Europe is dipping into its gas storage faster than expected, and with the fuel turning pricier for summer, top consumer Germany has warned of refilling risks for the next heating season. The spread between contracts for the next summer and winter 2025-26 is widening, making it unprofitable to buy fuel to shore up inventories. […]

COP29: At Least $1.2 Trillion Needed to Fill Climate Finance Gap

Energy News Beat A yawning gap still exists between the demands of developing countries, led by India, Brazil and South Africa, for climate finance and the amount that Western governments are willing to offer as COP29 enters a fourth day of negotiations. Both rich and poor nations are playing hardball, Energy Intelligence has learned, based […]

Putin tells Scholz that Russia is willing to look at energy cooperation, Kremlin says

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: I have stated that we would see an end to the war in Ukraine, and Germany would be buying Russian Gas again – and we are on target. You can go green and de-industrialize or buy cheap Russian gas to get started and fire your nuclear reactors back up, […]