Peter Clack (@PeterDClack) recently put the central contradiction of the Western Net Zero project in plain terms: the green transition is now almost entirely dependent on hardware manufactured by the same industrial giant the West hoped to displace or outcompete. In a post that cuts to the heart of energy density, industrial policy, and geopolitical […]
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Nine huge stories from the Energy News Beat Team – Buckle Up This was our second Live feed to Substack, and as we try to grow here, we want to hear from you: what is important, and what we can do better. I am still on a small high this week as we have been […]
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving ahead with a new Canada-EU “alliance” to be launched at the Canada-EU summit in Montreal on October 29-30, 2026. In an October 8 appearance in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he framed the step as advancing the relationship European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated on September 16—Canada as the EU’s […]
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Politicians, Permitting Reform, and the Collapse of Energy Logic In this episode of the Energy Realities podcast, hosts Dr. Tammy Nemeth, Stu Turley, and David Blackmon tackle the rampant contradictions plaguing modern energy policy across North America and beyond. From Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s sudden reversal on natural gas pipelines to Canada’s conflicting signals on […]
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Global electricity demand is growing faster than the grids that have to carry it. The constraint is no longer just generation. It is the hardware that steps voltage up and down—large power transformers and the related substation gear—and the industrial base that used to build them. The International Energy Agency’s Electricity 2026 report puts global […]
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President Trump’s Midterm Diesel Probability Forecasting Tool ties record distillate prices directly to Senate control odds less than five weeks before the November 3 vote. Retail on-highway diesel sat at $6.382 per gallon for the week of September 28 (EIA), down only modestly from the $6.529 record the prior week and more than $2.60 above […]
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When the lights flicker, the bills spike, and the largest customer turns hostile, politicians who spent a decade blocking pipelines suddenly discover the language of urgency. That pivot is on full display this week in Massachusetts and Ottawa. Energy News Beat reported today that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has asked the Trump administration to accelerate […]
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A forecast is not a plan. A storage target is not a molecule. And a press release about “diversified supply” does not fill a cavern in Bavaria when the cargo is sitting in the Pacific because Seoul or Dhaka paid more. As of late September 2026, the European Union is heading into the heating season […]
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Diesel prices in the United States have smashed records, topping $6 per gallon nationally and exceeding $7 on the West Coast, while inventories sit well below five-year averages. Truckers, farmers, freight operators, and industrial users feel it first. The pain is global: European and Asian markets have also hit or approached records as middle-distillate supplies […]
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Mercedes-Benz is no longer talking about “transformation.” It is talking about survival in Germany. WirtschaftsWoche, citing three people familiar with the talks, reports that Mercedes wants about €800 million in German labor-cost savings — roughly $911 million at current rates. Options on the table include longer hours without extra pay, cuts to holiday and Christmas […]
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