Trump’s Venezuelan Gambit and the Reordering of Global Oil Geopolitics – Tilts power toward non‑OPEC producers in the Americas & sharply curbs China & Russia
https://www.climateskeptic.org/p/trumps-venezuelan-gambit-and-the By TILAK DOSHI In the pre-dawn hours of January 3rd 2026, US special forces executed an audacious raid on Venezuelan military installations, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and whisking them aboard the USS Iwo Jima for trial in New York on narcotics-terrorism charges. This swift operation, detailed in President Trump’s […]
‘Taking the Mikhail’ – Russia’s latest climate pledge is a masterclass in creative accounting & self-pity
Taking the Mikhail By Mark Hodgson In The Haves and the Have Nots I discussed the fact that those nations that (often belatedly) filed their updated NDCs (nationally determined contributions) ahead of COP30 are for the most part insignificant in terms of global greenhouse gas emissions, while those which are very significant have by and large not […]
Russia flexing nuclear energy muscles in Africa
https://www.cfact.org/2025/08/15/russia-flexing-nuclear-energy-muscles-in-africa/ By Duggan Flanakin Through its state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom, Russia under Vladimir Putin has extended its tentacles deep into Africa. Early in this century, Russia began escalating its outreach, offering its significant expertise in nuclear energy to emerging African nations eager to utilize the continent’s ample uranium resources to power their futures. Long […]
New Russia-China Gas Pipeline Fully Operational – Will supply a tenth of China’s gas consumption
New Russia-China Gas Pipeline Fully Operational By Paul Homewood China’s largest single-pipe natural gas transmission project, the China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline, officially went into full operation on Monday. From construction to operation, the pipeline’s critical equipment and core control systems have been entirely domestically produced, China Media Group (CMG) reported. With the full operation of […]
BRICS’ Kazan Declaration Trumps COP29’s Climate Blather
BRICS’ Kazan Declaration Trumps COP29 Climate Blather By Vijay Jayaraj Gathering in the Russian city of Kazan and hosted by that country’s “alienated and sanctioned” leader Vladimir Putin, the heads of some of the world’s most powerful nations made clear that the so-called climate emergency was a secondary priority for them. Attendees of the 16th […]
So Much For Sanctions: Russia Surpasses US For Gas Exports To EU
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/so-much-sanctions-russia-surpasses-us-gas-exports-eu By Liz Heflin of Rmxnews.com From April to June, the European Union bought more than 12.7 billion cubic meters from Russia and 12.3 billion cubic meters from the United States. Director of the Russian Department of Economic Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry, Dmitri Birichevski, says Russia now supplies 15 percent of the total […]
Net Zero is working! Green Britain returning to its pre-industrial bliss?! UK domestic energy production falls to lowest level on record! Imported a net 41.1% of its energy in 2023
https://twitter.com/NetZeroWatch/status/1773642366718468571 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/domestic-energy-production-falls-to-lowest-level-on-record-r2vpgfv2t By Emma Powell – UK Telegraph The amount of energy produced domestically in Britain has fallen to its lowest level on record, increasing the country’s dependency on imports from Norway and the United States. North Sea oil production last year fell to the weakest level since records began in 1948 and gas output […]
With Russian gas gone, coal makes EU comeback as ‘traditional fuel’ – As Energy prices could double long-term in Germany
Green Germany: Energy prices could double long-term in Germany, utilities companies warn The Local, 26 January 2023 7) With Russian gas gone, coal makes EU comeback as ‘traditional fuel’ EurActiv, 26 January 2023 Green Germany: Energy prices could double long-term in Germany, utilities companies warn The Local, 26 January 2023 Though wholesale prices for gas […]
EU countries now import more natural gas from the U.S. than from Russia
Source: https://t.co/L7nhiXQRkR — Philipp Heimberger (@heimbergecon) January 12, 2023 That you observe in those data. I have to wonder how much energy from other sources originates in Russia. — Stephen Miran (@SteveMiran) January 12, 2023 Pretty unbelievable, and not cost effective at all. Only took a war in Ukraine and 1.5 pipelines to blow up […]
Shellenberger: Biden War On Energy Helps China, Saudi, & Venezuelan Dictators
https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/biden-war-on-energy-helps-china-saudi?publication_id=279400&isFreemail=false By Michael Shellenberger President Joe Biden ran for and was elected president in 2020 by promising to stand up for human rights. He attacked President Donald Trump for not doing more to pressure Saudi Arabia. Biden came out for “stronger multilateral sanctions” on Venezuela. And he denounced Chinese Premier Xi Jinping as a “thug” and promised to “unite […]