By the end of 2023, China plans to build new coal-fired power plants with a capacity of at least 165 gigawatts – which is equivalent to more than double of…
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The New World Energy Order: A Battle Of Attrition
Pensioners and poorer sections of society across Western Europe and the UK, unable to afford skyrocketing heating and electricity bills, will be the most affected proximate victims.
Top Producer Albemarle Risks Shutting German Plant if EU Declares Lithium a Hazard
Top lithium producer Albemarle Corp (ALB.N) may have to shut its Langelsheim plant in Germany if the metal used in electric vehicle batteries is declared a hazardous material by the European Union,…
EU Civil Service Pushing Meditation, “Inner Green New Deal”, to Defeat Climate Anxiety
Training Eurocrats to take long walks in the woods during their work day, or close their eyes and think about trees and animals, has alleviated climate anxiety according to proponents.
EU Russian Energy Plan: Gas Storage and Rooftop Solar Energy
Any hope for an outbreak of energy policy sanity amongst EU leaders is rapidly fading, as they unveil their innumerate plan to replace dependence on Russian imports.
Record Coal Demotes ‘Net Zero’
Climate optimists say: bring on the next 1.5°C and watch the energy-rich world adapt and prosper.
The EU has lost its mind: Private jet/yacht emissions are totally fine, the rest of you can go cuddle your cats to stay warm
As much as I feel sorry for the citizens of Europe, two thoughts come to mind: first is that I’m glad this catastrophe isn’t happening in a place like Africa…
EU Facing New Energy Crisis Next Year
Europeans will pay an additional 350 billion euros ($395 billion) in energy bills next year as global demand for fuel and power threatens to keep prices elevated, according to Greece’s…
EU to Restrict Coffee Imports to Combat Climate Change
Has the European Union finally crossed a line? Coffee importers who cannot pinpoint the exact geographical source of their product, and prove their product is “deforestation free”, are set to…
Europe is switching back to coal to survive bleak winter
Europe’s embarrassing coal comeback will make any Net Zero demands almost impossible for politicians from the UK and Europe not least because they are also dealing with the growing fear…
Power Markets In Crisis
Alarm bells have been ringing in European and UK power markets this month, as electricity prices surge to record levels. Here day-ahead prices are triple those of a year ago,…
Green Deal: Fear of yellow vests rebellion spreads across Europe
Nevertheless, there is concern in Europe’s national capitals that the EU’s ambitious climate policy could cause social unrest. The Italian government, for example, fears rising electricity prices. The EU climate…
Europe’s Expensive Climate Club And Its Detractors
It is no surprise then that a senior economist at Deutsche Bank, one of Europe’s largest banks, warned that for the EU’s Green Deal to succeed, “a certain degree of eco-dictatorship will…
For 40% Of The EU And US To Drive EVs, 56,000-70,000 Km² Of Land Must Be Cleared For Wind Turbines
And now a new study documents how much more land must be converted to impervious surface so that new wind farms can supply the electricity to charge an exponentially-growing number…
Biden wanted a climate alliance with Europe. He’s getting a carbon trade war
It was inevitable that the relentless radicalisation of climate hysteria and protectionist carbon border taxes would ultimately lead to a global trade war and the self-destruction of the Western alliance.…
Europe faces global scepticism about its carbon border tax
The European Union faces an uphill battle to convince trading partners that the world’s first levy on carbon imports is fair, workable and a necessary part of the bloc’s attempted…
171 Scientists: CO2 Budget Of Electric Mobility “Twice As Big As Assumed” By European Leaders
Co-signatory Thomas Koch of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology told Germany’s BILD: “We stand by the Green Deal, the CO2 reduction. But we appeal to the EU Commission to acknowledge…
Euro Courts Infringing On Freedom Of Science…Climate Science Being Decided By Courts Instead Of By Proof
The Federal Constitutional Court considers itself authorized to decide on scientific questions by judgement instead of by scientific proof, as is usually the case. This might be regarded as a…
Weather Dependent Renewable power performance in Europe DE UK FR: 2020
In 2020, Weather Dependent Renewables (Wind and Solar Power) made up 58% of all power generation installations in the three Nations, DE UK FR. Together they contributed about 24% of…
Belong To The Climate Club Or Get Penalized: The EU’s New Trade Protectionism
Reposted from Forbes By Tilak Doshi Trade protectionism has venerable roots in the history of economic thought, from Germany’s celebrated Friedrich List in the 1840s to Raul Prebisch who headed the UN’s Economic Commission…
EU Carbon Pricing Pushing Power And Gas Prices Higher
European gas prices are driven by the competitive dynamics between gas and coal plants. As a result, the 80% surge in carbon EUA prices since Nov-20 is pulling European gas…
Europe’s Green Deal in trouble as Biden administration warns EU against carbon border tax
Europe’s Green Deal and its planned carbon border tax are in serious trouble as the Biden administration raises concerns about its potentially disastrous fallout on international trade and relations.
From Brexit to NetExit
…Estonia will be by no means the only nation that will not tolerate so gross a series of harms directed at its population.