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The answer lies in a combination of internal challenges and external pressures—most notably, the influence of climate colonialism, where global financial institutions and wealthy nations dictate energy policies that prioritize...

Climate policy is clearly beyond the scope of any financial regulator’s expertise.

"... recent surges in energy prices could complicate the achievement of temperature goals ..." - The more expensive fossil fuel energy is, the less likely people are to invest in renewables?

Social “cost of carbon” is not consistent with life-cycle analysis and a macro view to the environment

From the "lets tax our way to prosperity" school of economics; According to Guardian author Greg Jericho, although it might seem like a massive carbon tax would hammer the economic recovery from Covid-19, the stimulus effect...

Guest slam dunk by David Middleton From the ever unreliable Nick Cunningham at Oil Price Dot Com… Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit $5.2 TrillionBy Nick Cunningham – May 12, 2019 The world spent a staggering...

© August 8, 2017. Michel de Rougemont Following the decarbonisation goals set forth in the Paris climate agreement of December 2015, appeals are made to suppress energy subsidies linked to the use of fossil fuels, and to...

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach For folks with sensitive stomachs, I’d advise that you do not read the “Working Paper” named How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies? It was produced by the IMF [the “I” stands...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) provides unrealistically high oil forecasts in its new 2012 World Energy Outlook (WEO). It claims, among other things, that the United States will become the world’s largest oil...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently issued a new working paper called “The Future of Oil: Geology versus Technology” (free PDF), which should be of interest to people who are following “peak oil”...

As Germany's economy minister, Philipp Rösler, arrives in Athens to drum up investment, Greece is hoping solar energy can help it out of its debt crisisGermany's economy minister, Philipp Rösler, arrived in Athens on Thursday...

This post is a lightly edited crosspost from Early Warning looking at the implications of some estimates in the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook for oil elasticities, as well as the IMF's projections...

• Goldman clients advised to sell out of commodities• Crude price falls by up to $3.25 per barrelThe oil price tumbled by as much as $3.25 a barrel on Tuesday after the world's biggest commodity trader called the top...

Gold and silver prices also rally amid uncertainty caused by problems in the Middle EastOil has breached the $124-a-barrel mark for the first time since August 2008 after attacks on Libyan oil fields raised concerns about...

Gold and silver prices also rally amid uncertainty caused by problems in the Middle EastOil has breached the $123-a-barrel mark for the first time since August 2008 after attacks on Libyan oil fields raised concerns about...