California’s Net Zero Plan
December 23, 2022Californian regulators approved a plan to reduce the state’s carbon-dioxide emissions by 85 percent from 1990 levels by 2045, thereby…
France’s Playbook for Power Shortages
December 22, 2022European countries are facing acute energy shortages this winter after curtailing their own fossil fuel resources and going all-in on…
E.U. Nations Agree on a Price Cap for Natural Gas
December 21, 2022Energy ministers agreed to impose a limit on natural gas prices if month-ahead electricity prices remain above 180 euros ($191) per megawatt-hour…
China Wants to Dominate the Global Chip Market
December 16, 2022China’s largest chip maker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), is ramping up production of a decade-old chip technology that is…
China Gets Into the LNG Tanker Business
December 13, 2022It is not enough for China to be the dominant economy in the electric vehicle battery supply chain and the…
Europe Continues With Its Climate Hypocrisy
December 12, 2022First Germany, now Britain has announced that it is opening a new coal mine, this one for steel production. In…
