Europe: Looking towards Low-Carbon Technologies to Get Ahead of the Energy Race


The European Union’s recent package of proposals on climate and energy policy to 2030 was long on the rhetoric of competitiveness, a reflection of the very real concern in Brussels that Europe’s...

The Good News Behind the Alarming Energy Headlines


In Davos, Switzerland the confabbing tycoons at the World Economic Forum spent their Friday fretting over climate change.  The irony of the super-wealthy flying in their private jets to hang out...

Europe: Losing its Climate Change Leadership?


The European Union’s proposals for a new energy and climate strategy to 2030 have split opinion. The main components of the package are: –        An EU-wide binding...

The Weekly Oil & Gas Follies


The Weekly Oil and Gas Follies – Volume 27, January 6, 2014   In which we drill down into the @GDBlackmon Twitter feed to briefly chronicle the week’s silliness, foibles, fake news and real news...