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Energy
Oil, gas, renewables, and the global energy transition.
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WORLDWARENERGY
59% of Americans Say Iran War Has Gone Too Far — and Gas Prices May Matter More Than the Nuclear Program
A new AP-NORC poll finds 59% of Americans believe U.S. military action in Iran has been excessive. 45% are worried about affording gas — up from 30% before t...
WORLDENERGYWAR
40% of Russia's Oil Export Capacity Is Offline — The Most Severe Supply Disruption in Modern Russian History
Ukrainian drone attacks have knocked approximately 2 million barrels per day of Russian oil exports offline. Three major ports damaged, the Druzhba pipeline ...
WORLDWARENERGY
Ukrainian Drones Hit NATO Soil in All Three Baltic States Within 48 Hours
Stray Ukrainian military drones hit Estonia and Latvia on Wednesday morning, the same night Ukraine launched its largest drone attack of the year on Russian ...
WORLDPOLITICSENERGY
Denmark's Election: Frederiksen Wins the Most Votes, Loses the Majority, and Resigns — All in One Night
The Danish PM called a snap election betting her defiance of Trump over Greenland would win her a third term. Instead she got the Social Democrats' worst res...
WORLDENERGY
The Weakest Link: How Australia Dismantled Its Fuel Security — and Is Now Paying for It
Australia has the lowest fuel reserves of any IEA member country, has never met the 90-day international standard, and closed six of its eight oil refineries...
WORLDENERGYMARKETS
Global Energy Emergency: Industry Leaders Say Stop-Gap Measures Are 'Not Even a Drop in the Barrel'
At CERAWeek 2026, the world's top energy executives delivered a stark verdict: every emergency measure deployed to offset the Hormuz shutdown is falling shor...
WARWORLDENERGY
The Iran War's Unexpected Beneficiary: How the Hormuz Crisis Saved Russia's European Oil Lifeline
WARWORLDENERGY
Two Straits, One Playbook: China Is Watching Hormuz and Taking Notes on Taiwan
America's struggle to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is providing Beijing with a live-fire test of what a maritime chokepoint blockade looks like. The Taiwan St...
WARENERGY
Kharg Island: Iran's Oil Jugular, 2,500 Marines, and a Retired General's Plan to Seize It
ENERGYWARWORLD
$29 a Week: New Zealand Becomes First Country to Pay Citizens Directly for Iran War Fuel Costs
NZ is paying 143,000 families NZ$50/week directly for fuel relief — believed to be the first country to do this since the Iran war began. Petrol stations are...
SCIENCEWARENERGY
UN Climate Warning: Earth's Energy Imbalance Hits Record, El Niño Expected by Late 2026
The World Meteorological Organization says the planet is gaining more heat energy than it can release — the highest imbalance in recorded history. The last
MARKETSENERGYWORLD
Worst Energy Crisis in Decades: Asia Markets Crash, $112 Oil, IEA Warns of Recession Risk
Asia opened Monday with Japan's Nikkei down 3.4% and South Korea's Kospi down nearly 5%. Oil hit $112/barrel. The IEA chief called it "two oil crises and o
WARENERGYPOLITICS
Iran War Day 24: The Hormuz Deadline Expires Tonight
Trump's 48-hour ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power grid expires at 6:44 PM CDT Monday. Here is exactly what is at...
ENERGYWARPOLITICS
Farm Diesel Doubled in a Week: How the Iran War Hits Your Grocery Bill
The Iran war closed the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices spiked. Farm diesel doubled. Fertilizer doubled. Here's exactly how that becomes higher food prices — an...
ENERGYWARPOLITICS
1.4 Billion People, No Pipeline Alternative: How the Iran War Hits India
India imports ~85% of its crude oil, much of it through Hormuz. Here's why it has almost no buffer against this particular shock.
WARWORLDENERGY
Did Israel Miscalculate Iran's Military Capabilities?
4,564 wounded in Israel. Air defenses breached near nuclear site. Iran's missile arsenal is the Middle East's largest and most varied.
WARPOLITICSENERGY
40 Minutes: Israel Struck Tehran While Trump Was Announcing a Pause
Trump said talks with Iran were 'very good and productive' and paused energy strikes. 40 minutes later, Israel launched a new wave on Tehran. The US-Israel s...
WORLDMARKETSENERGY
Revenge of Flyover Country: Why the Midwest Is America's Hottest New Place to Live
For decades the Midwest bled population to the coasts. Now it's reversing. Remote work, unaffordable coastal housing, and energy-price inflation are driving ...
HEALTHENERGY
Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.'s CDC: 'Mass Disaster Nonstop'
Staff revolts, surprise firings, and reorganization chaos at the CDC under HHS Secretary RFK Jr. What's actually happening inside America's public health inf...
WARENERGYPOLITICS
Trump Blinks: Five-Day Extension, Oil Falls 7%, and the IEA Says This Is Already the Worst Energy Crisis in History
Trump postponed Iran power plant strikes for 5 days. Oil fell 7%. But the IEA chief says 11M barrels/day are already lost — worse than the 1970s twin shocks ...
ENERGYPOLITICS
$928 Million to Kill Wind: The Trump-TotalEnergies Deal Explained
Trump is paying a French energy company $928M to abandon offshore wind leases and redirect to LNG and oil — announced during the IEA's worst-ever energy supp...
POLITICSENERGYWAR
Cuba in the Dark: Three Blackouts in One Month, a US Fuel Blockade, and a "Friendly Takeover"
Cuba's national electrical grid has collapsed three times in March 2026. A US fuel blockade has cut off the oil the island needs to run its power stations.
WARENERGY
The Stated War Aim Is Destroying Iran's Nuclear Program. The IAEA Says It Isn't Working.
Both the US and Israel have declared the elimination of Iran's nuclear capacity as the primary objective of the war. On Sunday, the IAEA Director General s