Energy Tag

More Energy Giants Cut Ties With Russian Ventures Over Ukraine Invasion

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 03, 2022 20 Comments

Brace yourself for high inflation and exploding energy costs: Biden halts new drilling in legal fight over "climate costs"....

British Energy Giant BP Offloads 20% Stake in Russia’s Rosneft

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 28, 2022 6 Comments

Equinor, the Norwegian oil company, follows BP's lead & announces exit from joint ventures in Russia....

Biden May Have Saved You Two Cents at the Gas Pump and Democrats Want You to be Thankful

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 03, 2021 16 Comments

Americans across the country are struggling with higher gas prices that are still rising, but Democrats have found a silver lining. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) recently noted that Joe Biden may have gotten the price of a gallon of gas to drop by as much as two cents.

Govt. Predicts Heating Bills Will Be Between 30% to 54% More Than Last Winter

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 14, 2021 16 Comments

The officials predict we will have 3% more heating days than last winter....

China Hit by Worst Power Crisis in a Decade

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on October 05, 2021 33 Comments

Beijing orders state-run companied to secure fuel in the global market "at all costs."...

Hong Kong Monitors Chinese Nuclear Plant after Leak Reported

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 16, 2021 7 Comments

Operators say nuclear plant is fixing a 'performance issue'....

Colonial Pipeline Restarts, Reportedly Paid Hackers $5 Million

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 13, 2021 51 Comments

Colonial Pipeline restarted operations late Wednesday afternoon, following a shutdown initiated after a ransomware attack. However, the company says that it would still take several days for the system to be fully operational.

Colonial Pipeline Hack Fueling Gas Shortages and Panic Buying

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 12, 2021 36 Comments

The ransomware cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline has led to a continuous shutdown of significant stretches of the company's system. The response is now fueling gas shortages and panic buying in portions of the 17 states that receive their fuel from this source.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/cyberattack-colonial-pipeline.html

Emergency Declaration Issued Over Pipeline Shut-Down after Cyber-Attack

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 11, 2021 8 Comments

In response to the Colonial Pipeline shut-down in the wake of a ransomware cyber-attack, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia.

Joe Biden Debate Pledge To Transition Away From Fossil Fuels Could Cost Him Pennsylvania and Other Energy States

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 23, 2020 33 Comments

Saying the United States should transition away from fossil fuels is a popular idea on the left. It's not workable in real life, however. Millions of people depend on fossil fuels not only to heat and light their homes, but for their jobs. During the final debate last night, Joe Biden said the United States should transition away from the oil industry. This was red meat for his base and the Bernie Sanders wing of the party, but it won't play with millions of voters who live in the real world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZSxmyjKGEY

CA Gov. Newsom signs executive order banning sale of new gas and diesel vehicles by 2035

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 23, 2020 96 Comments

California's businesses are struggling to recover for prolonged pandemic shutdowns. Its citizens are battling the effects of wildfires and power outages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYyWIqUZqt4

While you were focused on the pandemic, Israel approved a pipeline to supply Europe with natural gas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2020 17 Comments

We have been following the development of Israel's natural gas resources for years, and in rather dramatic fashion. In March 2013, we wrote, Yesterday the Middle East changed forever, and you didn’t know it:

https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1239368210513788931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1239368210513788931&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fbiden-goes-extreme-give-oil-industry-no-ability-to-continue-to-drill-take-millions-of-cars-off-the-road

Biden Attacks Energy Sector: No More Drilling, No New Fracking

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 16, 2020 26 Comments

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden moved to the left during Tuesday's debate. He did this despite having a decent lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Biden may have damaged his chances in key swing states by going after the energy sector.

Natural Gas-starved NY State supply pipeline project abandoned after Gov. Cuomo vowed “any way that we can challenge it, we will”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 26, 2020 59 Comments

The State of New York has a natural gas shortage, the result of years of the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and environmentalists fighting the construction of new supply pipelines. A June 2019 report by The Manhattan Institute documented the shortage and its causes, Out of Gas: New York’s Blocked Pipelines Will Hurt Northeast Consumers:

While you were focused on Soleimani, Israel became a natural gas superpower

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2020 26 Comments

In March 2013, I noted that Israel's discovery and development of huge offshore natural gas fields was a game-changer, putting Israel on course to become an energy superpower. At that time, the field that had just come on line was the Tamar field. I wrote, Yesterday the Middle East changed forever, and you didn’t know it:

Off-shoots of the group that advocates peaceful protest as a way to pile on pressure to curb global warming are sprouting from Beirut to Doha, as activists in the oil-rich region want governments to ditch fossil fuels for renewable energy sources.

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