Commentary With the midterm elections just two weeks away, it seems almost too easy to pick on President Joe Biden. His approval ratings are bad (about 38 percent of those polled approve of his job performance) and candidates from his own party are staying away from him. As ABC News reported recently, “Democrats in make-or-break…
Joe Toomey’s Searing Indictment of President Biden’s Energy Policies
October 28, 2022
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UK Prime Minister Opposes Placing Solar Panels on Farmland, Downing Street Says
October 10, 2022
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UK Prime Minister Liz Truss does not think solar panels should be installed on productive agricultural lands, Downing Street has said. According to a report in The Guardian, Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena wants to protect farmland amid concerns over food security and is seeking to restrict the development of solar projects on farms in England….
UK Climate Activists Arrested After Blocking Road Outside Buckingham Palace
October 10, 2022
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Over two dozen climate activists from Just Stop Oil have been arrested after they blocked The Mall outside Buckingham Palace in protest against the expansion of oil and gas projects in the UK. The Metropolitan Police said 25 arrests had been made at The Mall, after members of Just Stop Oil, a spin-off from Extinction…
Europe Ramps up Energy Security After Suspected Sabotage
BRUSSELS—European companies are ramping up security around pipelines and energy prices are climbing again as the suspected sabotage of two pipelines that deliver natural gas from Russia underscored the vulnerability of Europe’s energy infrastructure and prompted the EU to warn of possible retaliation. Some European officials and energy experts have said Russia is likely to…
Is Nuclear Power the Best Bet for Australia
August 7, 2022
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Commentary It looks like nuclear energy may be back on the table in Australia, again. A nuclear technology ban has been in place in Australia since 1998, which prevents the building of nuclear reactors for power generation. The Liberal Party (Australia’s centre-right party, currently in opposition) has announced they are considering it in the energy…
Australian Coal Exports Forecasted to Break Records Amid Global Energy Scramble
April 5, 2022
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Australian coal exports are expected to surpass a record $100 billion (US$76 billion) for the 2021-22 financial year, according to the government’s latest Resources and Energy quarterly report. On the back of spiking demand and prices for both metallurgical and thermal coal, the value of Australian coal exports will peak at above $105 billion before…
Energy Policy in North America Focuses on Climate Change to the Neglect of Energy Security: Alberta Energy Minister
March 12, 2022
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Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage says it is high time that the Liberal government treats Alberta’s oil and gas reserves as a strategic asset, and not a liability to be phased out to the detriment of energy security. Speaking at a press conference on March 11, Savage said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put…
Energy Policy in North America Focuses on Climate Change to the Neglect of Energy Security: AB Energy Minister
March 12, 2022
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Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage says it is high time that the Liberal government treats Alberta’s oil and gas reserves as a strategic asset, and not a liability to be phased out to the detriment of energy security. Speaking at a press conference on March 11, Savage said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put…
Making Canada Dependent on Foreign Energy When We’re an Energy-Rich Country Is Ludicrous
March 9, 2022
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Commentary Energy analysts and business leaders have been warning North Americans and Europeans about declining energy security for years. Western nations have spent the last decade obsessed with developing renewable energy resources while shutting down their own conventional energy resource development under the assumption that a great transition would happen. Canada shut down the Northern…
Calls Mount for More Pipelines to Bolster Canada’s Energy Security, Help European Allies as Russia Invades Ukraine
News Analysis Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is prompting renewed calls in Canada to bolster energy security, in particular by building oil and gas pipelines to supply the eastern provinces, and to play a greater role in supporting the energy needs of European allies. “One would think that this would be the opportunity for Canada to…
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