NEWS OF THE DAY: Energy crisis tests Biden’s clean electricity agendaLesley Clark, ENERGYWIRE, October 14, 2021 The Biden administration called yesterday for continued use of natural gas, illustrating the challenging political spot facing the White House as it navigates between a global energy crisis, protesters on the left and a push for a major clean energy package on Capitol Hill. … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: Norway will continue to explore for oil and gas, incoming government saysVictoria Klesty, Terje Solsvik, Nerijus Adomaitis Reuters, October 13, 2021 Norway will continue to explore for oil and gas in the next four years, with most new drilling permits to come in mature regions of its oceans, the incoming government said on Wednesday. A minority … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: The Great Power CrunchStephen Stapczynski, Bloomberg, October 12, 2021 The global energy crisis that’s triggering blackouts in China and shuttering gas providers in the U.K. has actually been in the making for years. Suppliers of natural gas and coal didn’t invest in new projects in the middle of the 2010s, either due to unattractive prices or … read more