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US energy companies and several hedge funds were handsomely rewarded when markets opened on Monday after news of the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. 
The MSCI US Energy index,
which tracks a basket of American stocks with exposure to the energy industry,
was trading up 2.8 percent on Monday, widely outperforming gains in the broader S&P 500 and other global energy stocks.
The rally was an early reflection of inves…

Halliburton, hedge funds and Chevron: Big winners from Trump's vow to 'rule' Venezuela
US energy stocks rally after abduction of Nicolas Maduro while analysts warn Opec countries could face 'serious' pressure

US energy companies and several hedge funds were handsomely rewarded when markets opened on Monday
after news of the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. 
The MSCI US Energy index, which tracks a basket of American stocks with exposure to the energy industry,
was trading up 2.8 percent on Monday
-- widely outperforming gains in the broader S&P 500 and other global energy stocks.
The rally was an early reflection …

Halliburton, hedge funds and Chevron: Big winners from Trump's vow to 'rule' Venezuela
US energy stocks rally after abduction of Nicolas Maduro while analysts warn Opec countries could face 'serious' pressure

Donald #Trump: Chief job destroyer, energy bill hiker and war mongering president
PS Don't forget the #Epstein files
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/how-trump-dismantled-a-promising-energy-industry-and-what-america-lost

The EU just opened the funding floodgates for clean energy innovation.
The European Commission launched €5.2bn in new funding opportunities targeting net-zero tech, low-carbon hydrogen, and industrial decarbonization. The goal: hit 2030 climate targets while keeping European industry competitive and resilient on the path to climate neutrality by 2050.

European Commission launches $6.06bn clean transition funding opportunities
The European Commission (EC) has launched three new funding opportunities under the Innovation Fund, backed by €5.2bn ($6.06bn) sourced from EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) revenues focusing on net-zero technologies, low-carbon hydrogen, and decarbonising industrial process heat.

“Additional direct manufacturing costs do not fully explain the higher prices of electric cars outside China. [..] in Germany, the retail price difference is more than double the manufacturing cost difference.”
https://www.iea.org/reports/what-next-for-the…

Executive summary – What Next for the Global Car Industry – Analysis - IEA
What Next for the Global Car Industry - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

🔥 ‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/mississippi-wood-pellet-industry-energy

‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town
Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions

"Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-October solar additions reach 252.87 GW"
#China #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-October solar additions reach 252.87 GW
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says developers installed 252.87 GW of new PV capacity from January to October 2024, including 12.6 GW in October alone.

I'm old enough to remember that the US and UK supported a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh, after he nationalised the country's oil industry. And replaced him with the authoritarian Shah Reza Pahlavi.
(OK, it was 7 years before I was born: 1953)

"The railroad industry is slow to adopt new things" [electrified lines].
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/how-us-freight-rail-industry-got-dirtier-than-coal-power-plants-2025-12-14…

Why does Trump want Greenland? “National security.”
Why should Trump’s ballroom vanity project proceed? “National security.”
Why is Trump killing the wind energy industry? “National security.”
Why does #Trump hate the New York Times? “National security.”
The pattern is ... not subtle.
☑️ For the

For the White House, ‘national security’ is becoming the answer to every question
Donald Trump and his team have a go-to tactic intended to shut down debate over their goals. It's not working.

"Cyprus installs 122 MW of solar capacity in 2025"
#Cyprus #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Cyprus installs 122 MW of solar capacity in 2025
Self-consumption PV projects accounted for most of the new solar capacity added in Cyprus last year, despite record levels of renewable energy curtailment, according to industry data.

Good report on technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure in the EU: ‘The European Union is currently heavily dependent on foreign technologies. This reduces its capacity for strategic action and its economic competitiveness. It also exposes its sensitive data, in particular due to US extraterritorial laws.’
https://www.<…

REPORT on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure | A10-0107/2025 | European Parliament
REPORT on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure (2025/2007(INI)) Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Sarah Knafo

The Philippines just secured its first fixed-bottom offshore wind auctions—a major leap for clean energy in Asia.
The GEA-5 program targets 3.3 gigawatts of capacity, focusing on proven technology that can move to construction faster. This strategic approach positions the country as one of Asia's fastest-advancing offshore wind markets.

First Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Project Auctions In The Philippines Secured - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. At the 2025 APAC Wind Energy Summit of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) last September, the Philippines made its strongest commitment yet to building a commercial offshore wind industry (OSW). This month, a breakthrough Green Energy Auction Program Round ... [continued]

🥶 The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/03/energy/biggest-electricity-consumers-industrial-gases/
🆓

The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight
There’s an industry that consumes even more power than many tech giants, and it has largely escaped the same scrutiny: suppliers of industrial gases.

Uruguay just proved the impossible is possible: they flipped their entire economy to 98% renewable energy in just two years—and slashed poverty in the process.
The secret? They turned crisis into opportunity, made the economic case for clean energy, and sold excess power to neighbors for profit.
No fossil fuel industry to fight made it easier, but the lessons are universal.

The Way Things Are Is Not the Way They Have to Be
Award-winning journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata shows that ‘Another World Is Possible’.

"South Korea sets 3.5 million heat pump target in national decarbonization push"
#SouthKorea #Energy #HeatPumps

South Korea sets 3.5 million heat pump target in national decarbonization push
The South Korean government says it will deploy incentives, legal changes and industry backing to scale heat pump adoption nationwide, aiming to cut emissions from fossil fuel–dependent heating by the mid-2030s.

Trump frequently campaigned with coal miners during his 2016 presidential run,
and has since continued to participate in photo-ops using miners as a symbolic backdrop for his energy policies while campaigning and serving in office.
However, despite the president courting the CEOs of the mining industry heavily during his campaign,
miners themselves feel neglected and left behind.
Days after the executive order, on April 11,
just before coal mines were expected t…

Coal Miners Were Poised to Win Key Safety Protections. Then Trump Showed Up.
After courting coal miners during his campaign, Trump has left a trail of broken promises.

Europe's wind industry just got a heavyweight champion. Tinne Van der Straeten, Belgium's former energy minister, is taking the helm at WindEurope—and she's not mincing words about the sector "being held back."
Her message: it's time to unlock wind energy's full potential across Europe.

New WindEurope CEO is ex-energy minister Van der Straeten: 'industry being held back'
Former top Belgian energy policymaker confirmed as chief executive of main European wind lobbying group

A new Trump administration program is sidestepping the regulatory system that's overseen the nuclear industry for half a century.
The program will fast-track construction of new and untested reactor designs built by private firms,
with an explicit goal of having at least three nuclear test reactors up and running by the United States' 250th birthday, July 4, 2026.
If that goal is met, it will be without the direct oversight of America's primary nuclear regulat…

Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries
A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed.

Details of the MOU as reported by CBC. Hot Take:
It's a sh_t show of oil soaked hopeium and climate defeatism.
- Shovels in Ground by 2029 *(may this be forever extended)
- Tanker Ban will be lifted if the project is approved by MPO *(Coastal First Nations setting rhetorical fire to MPO in 3-2-1)
- July 1, 2026 deadline for submission to MPO *(OIL CANADA DAY)
- 75% methane emissions cut on 2014 levels from methane by 2035 *(*shaking head* We are VERY GOOD at hitting 10 year targets *shaking head*)
- "both sides commited to net-zero by 2050” (implied via CCS) *(carbon capture and storage? should be Carney Can't Stop -- Emissions)
- industrial carbon price of $130 -- down from $170
*(Oil Industry - Very Poor)
- Alberta exempt from fed O&G emissions cap and clean electricity regulation *(Woop Coal! Let's Mine the Rockies!)
- No private proponents have been announced. *(Hear No Evil)
- No pipeline path/route has been announced. *(See No Evil)
#TMX #EndFossilFuels #ClimateSellout #ClimateEmergency #CdnPoli #CanPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli
Since multiple Ottawa CBC reporters seem utterly incapable of understanding what First Nations groups are what in BC here are some facts about the Coastal First Nations. It has existed since 2003.
https://coastalfirstnations.ca/about/
"The Great Bear Initiative Society (a non-profit society under the BC Societies Act), also known as Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN), is an alliance of First Nations on the North Pacific Coast that includes the Gitga’at, Gitxaała, Haida, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai’xais, Metlakatla, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv First Nations. " Their territories span on the mainland coast of BC from the top of Vancouver Island to the Alaska Border including Haida Gwaii.

"Offshore wind had a terrible 2025. What can be learned?"
#WindTurbines #Energy #Renewables

Offshore wind had a terrible 2025. What can be learned?
A new study highlights hard-won wisdom for the industry, and a year of Trump 2.0 offers more lessons still for how a renewables sector could make a…

The Trump administration on Monday said it would
pause leases for five #wind #farms under construction off the east coast
🔥essentially gutting the country’s nascent offshore wind industry
in a sharp escalation of Trump’s crusade against the renewable energy source.
The decision injected uncertainty into…

Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast
The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.

"What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers"
#Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange

What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers
Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though they cover roughly a tenth of the Earth’s land surface, meltwater from glaciers and seasonal snowpacks supports drinking water, agriculture, industry, and energy production for close to half the global population. That support system is now shrinking, fast. […]

Few know the lengths to which the Trump administration is paving the way -- and the part it's playing
-- in deregulating a highly regulated industry
to ensure that AI data centers have the energy they need to shape the future of America and the world
To say the nuclear people are bullish on AI is an understatement.
“I call this not just a partnership but a structural alliance.
Atoms for algorithms. Artificial intelligence is not just powered by nuclear ene…

‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants
A presentation at the International Atomic Energy Agency unveiled Big Tech’s vision of an AI and nuclear fueled future.

"US energy storage installations surpass 2024 total by Q3 2025"
#US #USA #America #Energy

US energy storage installations surpass 2024 total by Q3 2025
US energy storage deployments exceeded full-year 2024 levels within nine months, led by utility-scale projects and sustained residential growth, according to industry data.

A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups
has demanded a national moratorium
on new datacenters in the US,
the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry
that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis.
The green groups, including
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Food & Water Watch and dozens of local organizations,
have urged members of Congress to halt the pro…

A breakthrough in green hydrogen just happened in South Australia. Sparc Hydrogen achieved sustained hydrogen production using only sunlight and water—no electrolyzers, no electricity grid needed.
Their photocatalytic process uses concentrated solar energy to split water directly. With green hydrogen markets projected to hit $1.4 trillion annually by 2050, this could be the scalability breakthrough the industry needs.

Sparc hits production milestone at hydrogen pilot plant in Australia
Fortescue-backed startup Sparc Hydrogen has begun producing green hydrogen directly from water using concentrated solar at what it describes as a “first-of-its-kind” pilot plant in South Australia.

"Africa’s installed PV capacity estimated above 63 GW"
#Africa #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Africa’s installed PV capacity estimated above 63 GW
The Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) has now identified 23.4 GW of operational solar projects across the continent but when taking into account Chinese PV export data, estimates total installed capacity in Africa could reach over 63 GW.

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