Energy supplies

As the world’s largest fossil fuel exporter, in the long term, Russia could face a serious oversupply and decreasing profits because of a continuous drop in global demand. Accelerating decarbonization worldwide could threaten Moscow’s energy superpower status, potentially destabilizing the Putin regime and its symbiotic relationship with the oil and ...

The Biden administration’s early days in office prompted many to say that the American oil and gas industry was condemned. However, Washington has yet to make a move that would seriously threaten producers.

There is a widespread assumption in the Western world that China will fully cooperate in the global decarbonization of coming decades. But while Beijing appears genuinely willing to take the leap toward nonfossil energy, its path to carbon neutrality is fraught with challenges – many of which could lead to ...

For 45 years, governments have been pushing a transition from traditional cars to electric vehicles (EVs). Recently, this has taken the form of huge subsidies to the EV industry and smothering restrictions on carmakers. Yet, big hurdles remain, from China’s dominance of the battery market to pollution caused by electricity ...