Asian utilities are stockpiling fuel oil as natural gas shortages boost demand for dirtier energy alternatives

A fuel tanker navigates near Cienfuegos Oil Refinery southeast of Havana Thomson Reuters Asian utility companies are stocking up on dirtier fuel oil amid natural gas shortages. That's due to a slash in Russian gas supplies, leading Europe and Asia to compete for the alternatives left on the market. In August, Japan's fuel-oil purchases soared […]

Don't Look Now, But the Closest U.S. Senate Race Just Got Dirtier

As sure as the changing of the leaves, janky jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin spice lattes, these final weeks of October mark a shift in the political calendar — as across the tightest political races, a final cascade of opposition research and mudslinging rain down. We have officially entered the kitchen-sink stage of the election season. In […]

Proposed Regulatory Changes Mean Electric Cars Could Face a Dirtier Future

– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the leadership of administrator Scott Pruitt, is reopening the review of 2022–2025 standards that had been closed by the previous EPA administration ahead of the original timeline. While that alone could affect the future market—and automakers’ research and development decisions for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids—there’s another dark cloud hanging on […]