Germany’s “Energy Transition” Hits the Ice: LNG Crisis Exposes the Costs of Shunning Nuclear and Baseload Power

Baseload power sources — whether nuclear or coal — were dismissed prematurely with pie-in-the-sky magical-thinking that a renewables-centric system could replace them quickly. But the reality of an industrialized society…

Early Arctic Freeze Threatens to Strand Ships.

Some 20 ships are either stuck or struggling to sail, as waters in the East Siberia Sea froze earlier than in recent years