Could coronavirus cause China’s oil demand to plateau?
Consumption
The coronavirus (Covid-19) is upending two fundamental tenets of globalization: flow of people and goods and a booming Chinese economy.
Opinion
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Should we worry about a potential grand solar minimum?
Environment
The new decade saw intensified attention on global climate change. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2020 linked climate
Are National Determined Commitments (NDCs) a climate performance benchmark?
Opinion
Financial institutions are increasingly dealing with the question of how to assess their climate performance, as well as their clients’
Book review: commerce, vision, and the Russia-Europe gas bridge
Opinion
Gas contains more contradictions than perhaps any other energy source. It replaces coal and thus cleans the environment, on the
How climate-related weather conditions disrupt power plants in Indonesia and affect people
Environment
Severe weather conditions triggered by climate change can adversely affect the operation of power plants. Heavy rainfall, heatwaves and lightning
Why Bloomberg might be the best candidate for global climate policy
Opinion
On February 3, the U.S. presidential campaign kicks off with the first Democratic Party primary in Iowa. The candidates all
Will Australia rethink its fossil fuel policy?
Opinion
The brushfires currently ravaging Australia have cast a harsh light on the climate-sceptic and vocally pro-fossil fuel policies of successive
The U.S.-Iranian drone war won’t affect oil
Opinion
The 2020s started with a geopolitical bang, as U.S. President Donald Trump launched a reckless drone strike against Qasem Soleimani,
Europe’s five most important energy stories of 2019
Opinion
Every year seems like the most important, and, in terms of energy, it is, as record amounts of carbon continue
Exclusive interview: Dan Drollette Jr. on offshore wind in the United States
Consumption
Dan Drollette Jr., Deputy Editor at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, recently wrote a highly engaging, expansive piece for
Our climate is like reckless banking before the crash – it’s time to talk about near-term collapse
Environment
Our food, finance, and logistics systems are more vulnerable than we think. After a quarter of a century of nations
A top-ten book list for energy history, policy and geopolitics
Opinion
In January 2019, I embarked on the journey of reading and reviewing a new energy book every month, so it
The West and its Asian allies intent on hatching the hydrogen spring
Environment
The contours of the energy transition have grown clearer this year. Renewable energies have grown at a record pace over
The U.S.-Polish-Ukrainian connection fragments Europe’s gas map
Opinion
On November 21, the first shipment of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) destined for Ukraine arrived at the Polish terminal
Energy frustrations and hopes fuel Middle East protests
Opinion
The street demonstrations in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon have flown somewhat under the radar in the Western press. Perhaps this