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Archives: Energy
Macron on way to see Trump: “There is no ‘Plan B’ re: Iran Nuclear Deal”
Washington (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron, who is heading to Washington to urge his US counterpart to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that there…
Trump slams OPEC cartel over higher oil prices; Does he fear Carterization?
Middle East Monitor | - - The U.S. President, Donald Trump, slammed the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Friday, complaining the cartel was keeping crude oil prices high. “Looks…
Iran formally switches from dollar to euro
Middle East Monitor | - - Iran’s feud with the US is set to get worse after Tehran announced yesterday that it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than…
Why Electric Cars are Better: Massive Keystone Pipeline Oil Leak Twice as bad as Thought
TeleSur | - - The spill gave further ammunition to environmental groups and other U.S. opponents of another pipeline the company has proposed, the long-delayed Keystone XL. The Keystone crude oil pipeline…
Solar is taking over the World and China is taking over Solar
By Frédéric Simon | EURACTIV.com | - - Solar power dominated a global ranking of new renewable energy investments “like never before” last year, with China accounting for more than half of…
Three Countries show how Near a 100% Green Grid is
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The aspiration for a 100% green electricity grid is no longer a dream. It is regularly being achieved in the real world for…
How Trump’s Gutting of Tailpipe Standards will make China Auto Leader Worldwide
By Greg Dotson | (The Conversation) | - - The Trump administration on Monday, April 2, took steps to ease pollution and efficiency rules for new passenger cars and trucks, giving automakers…
Wind & Solar Rising: Has world disillusionment with Nuclear Power reached China?
The Qinshan nuclear power plant in Zhejiang province (Image: baike) By Feng Hao | (China Dialogue) | - - Slowing demand for electricity and competition from renewables have halted new reactor approvals,…
China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn’t Nearly Enough
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I am not a fundamentalist in any other area of life. But I am a carbon dioxide fundamentalist. Well, you can add methane…
Could China oil Exchange & Green Energy pull the plug on the Dollar?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Kate Duguid at Reuters reports the alarm at UBS that China's new oil futures exchange will hurt the standing of the dollar as…
Budget Bill: Even GOP Congress defies Trump on Green Energy Funding
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Emma Foehringer Merchant at Greentech Media reports that the GOP Congress defied Trump's priorities on green energy almost across the board. She notes…
Why Electric SUVs will save the American Car Companies, not China Tariffs
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Joann Muller at Forbes, in a piece on Ford Motor Company's plans vastly to expand its electric and hybrid offerings, puts her finger…
Europe to finance $800 mn. for Indian Solar Industry
By Frédéric Simon | EURACTIV.com | - - A handout photo made available by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) showing the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and French President…
Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - All you need to know about Mike Pompeo, the four-term congressman from Kansas who is actually from California, is that most of his…
The New, Hollow Attacks on the Iran Deal
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - No, Obama couldn’t have settled the Syrian civil war and prevented Iranian breakout Was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known…
The “Iran deal”: when American and Iranian arch-conservatives are on the same side
By Kourosh Ziabari | (OpenDemocracy.net) The domestic critics of the Iran deal and its Republican misanthropists in the United States are making a similar mistake. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also…
In anti-Trump surge, Renewables make 18% of US electricity & impel job growth
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The "Sustainable Energy in America Factbook" finds that renewable energy (including hydro) was up 14% in 2017, bringing the renewables total in US…
Despite Coal Lobby, Australia to Double Solar Energy in 2018
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Australia's march to solar power is a reason for climate optimism because it is happening under adverse circumstances. Australia has a big and…