DUBAI/LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Energy executives gathered in Dubai on Tuesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started, but despite being upbeat on economic recovery, they were concerned about…
How the US and Iran compete to fuel Lebanon
Hezbollah has imported fuel from Iran to supply Lebanon, while the US wants to power Lebanon with Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity. The energy race between the geopolitical rivals has implications for…
لو استفاد لبنان من خط الغاز العربي لوفّر 5 مليارات دولار… بارودي لـ”النهار”: إبعاد السياسة عن قطاع الطاقة مفتاح الحلول
طرأت في الأيام الأخيرة معطيات إيجابية تعطي ال#لبنانيين بارقة أمل بالنسبة إلى التخفيف من ساعات التقنين الكهربائي القياسي، مع وصول الفيول #العراقي إلى لبنان والذي قد يساهم في تأمين حتى 6 ساعات من…
Why an Electric Car Battery Is So Expensive, For Now
At Tesla Inc.’s ballyhooed Battery Day event last year, CEO Elon Musk set himself an ambitious target: to produce a $25,000 electric vehicle by 2023. Hitting that sticker price — about $15,000 cheaper…
Energy crunch deepening as US warns Europe isn’t doing enough
Europe’s energy crunch is deepening, with gas and power prices hitting fresh records after the US warned the continent isn’t doing enough to prepare for what could be potentially a dire winter….
Environmental threats are the ‘greatest challenge to human rights’: UN
The UN rights chief has said the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, pollution, and nature loss represented the biggest threat to human rights globally, at the opening yesterday of a month-long…
The Reality of Climate Financial Risk
Those who argue that climate change has little to do with macroprudential risk management are offering a counsel of despair. If the 2008 global financial crisis revealed anything, it is that regulation…
Surging wind industry faces its own green dilemma: landfills
Siemens launches first recyclable wind turbine blade • Anti-wind groups use dumping of blades as rallying issue • Industry calls for EU landfill ban Wind turbines have become a vital source of…
How U.S. Presidents Use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
As U.S. president, Joe Biden can tap the nation’s emergency oil stockpile to make up for supply shortages — be they disruptions to crude flows such as in Louisiana this week after…
SEMINAL BOOK ON SETTLING MEDITERRANEAN BORDER DISPUTES NOW AVAILABLE IN TURKISH
Study stresses diplomacy, international law as pathways to energy boom and regional stability Washington D.C. – 27th July 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C.: A highly influential book about maritime boundary disputes in the Eastern…