Regulatory Wrangles, Subsidy Skepticism, Fossil Fuel Dynamics, and Shareholder Spats

Daily Standup Top Stories BlackRock hit with ‘cease and desist’ after allegedly misleading investors about ESG practices April 1, 2024 Mariel Alumit Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson and the Securities Division of the Secretary of State’s Office have issued a “Cease and Desist Order” against asset manager BlackRock, alleging deceptive practices regarding the company’s Environmental, […]

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Oil Demand To The Moon

Daily Standup Top Stories Oil Demand Outpaces Expectations, Testing Calculus on Peak Crude March 25, 2024 Mariel Alumit The world is using more oil than ever and demand is outpacing expectations again this year, raising questions about how soon global consumption will peak. The unabated thirst for crude contributed to an increasingly confident […] Don’t let California […]

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Nuclear Dilemmas?

Daily Standup Top Stories Big Tech’s Latest Obsession Is Finding Enough Energy March 24, 2024 Stu Turley HOUSTON—Every March, thousands of executives take over a downtown hotel here to reach oil and gas deals and haggle over plans to tackle climate change. This year, the dominant theme of the energy industry’s flagship […] Sunday’s Energy Absurdity: When […]

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Week Recap: Cali Rail Fails, Saudi Oil And More!

Daily Standup Top Stories California: We Need *Another* $100 Billion for High-Speed Rail – What is a few billion between friends? ‘March 17, 2024 Stu Turley source: Hot Air:     Ed Morrissey:  Hey, a hundred billion here, a hundred billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. But apparently not real progress. When I first […]

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Geopolical Energy Heaven!

Daily Standup Top Stories Climate bureaucrats giving China a free pass on its massive pollution March 18, 2024 Mariel Alumit China’s annual greenhouse gas emissions have soared over the past 20 years, dwarfing those of the U.S. But according to our progressive federal bureaucrats, America’s cumulative historical emissions are the problem and Beijing now deserves […] Saudi […]

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Cali Railroad Needs $100B More

Daily Standup Top Stories California: We Need *Another* $100 Billion for High-Speed Rail – What is a few billion between friends? \’March 17, 2024 Stu Turley source: Hot Air:     Ed Morrissey:  Hey, a hundred billion here, a hundred billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. But apparently not real progress. When I first […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #327 – Solar Suppliers, Financial Shifts, AI Demands, and Regulatory Challenges

Daily Standup Top Stories Solar-panel supplier’s links to alleged abuses in China imperil US climate goal March 11, 2024 Mariel Alumit The dominance of China’s LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. in supplying solar panels to the U.S. highlights the challenge authorities face in trying to eliminate alleged labor abuses from the country’s supply chains without smothering an […] […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #326 – Federal Funding Boosts Nuclear, Utilities Profit, Aramco\’s LNG Talks, Geoengineering Debate, and Banking Implications

Daily Standup Top Stories Federal money could supercharge state efforts to preserve nuclear power March 10, 2024 Stu Turley In the coming years, a nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan could become the first in the country to restart operations after shutting down. The Palisades plant in southwest Michigan could be […] Green-Plating™ the […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #323 – AWS\’s Nuclear Data Center Acquisition, Electric Vehicle Toxin Study, Grid Blackout Warning, and Carbon Capture Controversy.

Daily Standup Top Stories AWS acquires Talen’s nuclear data center campus in Pennsylvania March 4, 2024 Mariel Alumit Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired Talen Energy’s data center campus at a nuclear power station in Pennsylvania. Talen Energy Corporation this week announced it has sold its 960MW Cumulus data center campus in Pennsylvania […] Electric vehicles release […]

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