- British government closed a number of power plants to conform to EU regulations. UK now faces a "near-crisis" energy supply http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?article_id=23574&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dpd 35 comments worldnews
- Slovakia: Firewood back as energy crisis bites. https://www.dw.com/en/slovakia-firewood-back-as-energy-crisis-bites/a-63648738 6 comments europe
- Germany extends nuclear power amid energy crisis https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63294697 19 comments worldnews
- Energy Crisis Pushes Germany to Lock In LNG for Decades https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/energy-crisis-pushes-germany-to-lock-in-lng-for-decades#xj4y7vzkg 13 comments economics
- EU struggle with gas pricing anticipates a hard winter energy crisis http://www.nunzium.com 4 comments futurology
- Factories shut down as heatwave hits hydropower in China’s Sichuan province | Tesla, Toyota and Foxconn are among the multinational companies affected by a cascading water and energy crisis https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/08/22/heatwave-hydropower-china-sichuan-tesla/ 15 comments worldnews
- European Power Prices Reach Records as Industry Starts to Buckle - Europe’s benchmark power price surged above 500 euros ($509) for the first time, ratcheting up pressure on households and businesses as the worst energy crisis in decades looks set to persist well into next year. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-16/german-power-prices-hit-fresh-record-as-gas-continues-to-surge 10 comments worldnews
- A catastrophic energy crisis will fuel a revolt against our failed elites - Politicians cannot shirk responsibility now for the extreme hardship millions of people are about to face - Sherelle Jacobs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/01/catastrophic-energy-crisis-will-fuel-revolt-against-failed-elites/ 20 comments europe
- *Paywall but can listen to audio summary* America’s New Energy Crisis - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-new-energy-crisis-11659153633 17 comments energy
- Macron to meet Saudi crown prince MBS amid energy crisis https://www.politico.eu/article/saudi-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-meet-macron-paris-energy-crisis/ 12 comments europe
- German nuclear exit wobbles as energy crisis looms - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/german-nuclear-exit-wobbles-as-energy-crisis-looms/articleshow/93135000.cms 29 comments worldnews
- Germany’s impending energy crisis is no reason for it to abandon Ukraine https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2022/07/germany-energy-crisis-no-reason-abandon-ukraine 26 comments europe
- Here’s how the energy crisis can actually help us save the planet https://thenextweb.com/news/how-the-energy-crisis-can-help-save-the-planet 3 comments environment
- Greece mulls intervention in power prices as energy crisis deepens https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/greece-mulls-intervention-power-prices-energy-crisis-deepens-2022-04-18/ 2 comments worldnews
- Super-Adobe : ‘It’s the largest, cheapest, safest, cleanest way to address the crisis’ | Energy efficiency https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/26/amory-lovins-energy-efficiency-interview-cheapest-safest-cleanest-crisis 39 comments energy
- U.S. Energy Producers Cheer Biden's LNG to Europe Plan. “We welcome the president’s focus on expanding U.S. LNG exports to our European allies during this crisis, and we applaud the administration’s continued leadership in ensuring a unified international response to maximize pressure on Russia" https://insidesources.com/u-s-energy-producers-cheer-bidens-lng-to-europe-plan/ 16 comments energy
- Europe energy crisis a 'big wake up call' -TotalEnergies CEO https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europe-energy-crisis-big-wake-up-call-totalenergies-ceo-2022-03-07/ 12 comments worldnews
- Oil-Backed Republicans Blame Biden’s Energy Policies For Russian Invasion. The GOP is doing the bidding of Big Oil, using the Ukraine crisis to push for more domestic oil and gas production. There is nothing to indicate that Biden’s energy agenda motivated Putin to attack Ukraine. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-russian-invasion-biden-energy-policies_n_6217b09de4b0afc668bcbcff 358 comments energy
- EU energy ministers could cut off third countries – ‘like UK’ – crisis worsens https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/eu-energy-ministers-could-cut-off-third-countries-like-uk-crisis-worsens-298304/ 86 comments europe
- In Global Energy Crisis, Anti-Nuclear Chickens Come Home to Roost https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/08/energy-crisis-nuclear-natural-gas-renewable-climate/ 35 comments europe
- Americans voted for major progress on climate crisis and clean energy — will they get it? https://www.salon.com/2020/11/05/americans-voted-for-major-progress-on-climate-crisis-and-clean-energy--will-they-get-it/ 14 comments politics
- Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America https://climatecrisis.house.gov/report 5 comments politics
- Clean energy could get screwed in the Covid-19 crisis Democrats have the leverage to help, but they seem unwilling to use it. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/4/16/21220312/coronavirus-stimulus-renewable-energy-democrats 6 comments politics
- Energy firms draw up crisis plans amid fears of loss of 80% of staff https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/17/energy-firms-draw-up-crisis-plans-amid-fears-of-loss-of-80-of-staff 5 comments worldnews
- Carbon taxes have to rise sharply to avoid climate crisis, says IMF | “For example, they should introduce a carbon tax set to rise quickly to $75 a ton in 2030." - Fund says governments could use money to help vulnerable people or invest in green energy https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/carbon-taxes-have-to-rise-sharply-to-avoid-climate-crisis-says-imf 29 comments worldnews
- Pakistan's Interminable Energy Crisis: Is There Any Way Out? - New Publication http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/pakistans-interminable-energy-crisis-there-any-way-out 3 comments pakistan
- Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis. “Under the present situation, in the next six to seven years, Pakistan can be a water-starved country,” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/world/asia/pakistan-braces-for-major-water-shortages.html 25 comments worldnews
- Here is an English translation of the executive summary from the leaked German military study which predicted a severe global energy crisis dramatically shifting the balance of world power brought on by peak oil. [It's lengthy, but you'll be astounded at the global ramifications and consequences]. http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2010/09/02/leaked-study-peak-oil-warns-severe-global-energy-crisis/ 40 comments worldnews
- MIT develops solar storage "nirvana": energy crisis solved? - Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/mit-develops-solar-storage-nirvana-energy-crisis-solved/ 31 comments technology
- At the Height of an Energy Crisis, Fat-Cat CEOs Still Litter the Skies with Private Jets http://www.alternet.org/workplace/89691/?ses=1b05d61a095712f3b728c1b19ffd95de 2 comments reddit.com
- DOE report warns of coming energy crisis and shortages. (pdf) http://www.acus.org/docs/051007-hirsch_world_oil_production.pdf 4 comments reddit.com
- How mirrors can light up the world. Scientists say the global energy crisis can be solved by using the desert sun http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1957692,00.html 43 comments science
- UK must insulate homes or face a worse energy crisis in 2023, say experts. Cutting heat loss from houses will be more effective in the long term than subsidising bills, according to analysis. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/sep/11/britain-insulate-homes-energy-crisis-2023-heat-loss-houses-subsidising-bills 38 comments europe
- Rolling back U.S.-China tariffs would ease inflation in the U.S., former Treasury secretary says. But there’s currently “no political space” to do so, he said. Worries over inflation have shot up this year, as energy prices spiked and the ongoing supply chain crisis led to shortages of goods. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/removing-us-china-trade-tariffs-would-ease-inflation-jacob-lew.html 9 comments business
- "Nuclear energy is too dangerous, too expensive, and too sluggishly deployable to play a significant role in mitigating the climate crisis." - Scientific study. (German paper, English summary in the comments) https://zenodo.org/record/5573719#.YXlwQ2SbGyU 554 comments europe
- Portugal declares energy crisis as truckers’ strike cuts fuel supplies https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-declares-energy-crisis-as-truckers-strike-cuts-fuel-supplies/ 18 comments europe
- Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins: ‘It’s the largest, cheapest, safest, cleanest way to address the crisis’. Is arguing for the mass insulation of buildings alongside a vast acceleration of renewables. “We should crank up with wartime urgency. There should be far more emphasis on efficiency." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/26/amory-lovins-energy-efficiency-interview-cheapest-safest-cleanest-crisis 73 comments energy
- Heat pumps could help ease the climate crisis — and the war in Ukraine. If the US delivers millions of heat pumps to Europe before October, then Putin’s energy weapon would be much less potent. Five senators asked Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act to produce them. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/04/opinion/heat-pumps-could-help-ease-climate-crisis-war-ukraine/?outputType=amp 251 comments energy
- Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century: The United States is now facing a current account deficit that cannot be sustained, a falling currency, and an energy crisis, all at once. http://survivingpeakoil.com/preview.php?id=soviet_lessons& 4 comments politics
- Is the Big Bang In crisis? According to Fermilab cosmologist Dan Hooper, stubborn problems with dark matter, dark energy, and cosmic expansion have some astronomers rethinking what we know about the early universe. https://astronomy.com/magazine/news/2020/05/is-the-big-bang-in-crisis 12 comments space