Category: Gas

At Least 1 Dead, 12 Injured in Tianjin Gas Explosion in North China

One person has died in a gas explosion that injured 12 others at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, state media said Wednesday. A trapped person who had been pulled out on Tuesday at 5:40 p.m., more than 10 hours after the morning blast, had weak vital signs and died…


Federal Proposals for Reduced Oil and Gas Emissions Could Be Counterproductive in Limiting Emissions: Analysts

News Analysis A federal government discussion paper on the “next steps” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector threatens to burden the industry with increased complexity, analysts say, while ignoring the potential for Canadian exports to indirectly reduce emissions elsewhere. Released July 18, the paper proposes either a cap-and-trade system under the Canadian…


Federal Proposals for Reduced Oil and Gas Emissions Could Be Counterproductive in Limiting GHGs: Analysts

News Analysis A federal government discussion paper on the “next steps” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector threatens to burden the industry with increased complexity, analysts say, while ignoring the potential for Canadian exports to indirectly reduce emissions elsewhere. Released July 18, the paper proposes either a cap-and-trade system under the Canadian…


Death Penalty Recommended for Florida Mass Shooter; Biden Admin Helping Illegal Immigrants Stay | NTD News Today

Gas prices are dropping. The White House says we could see more gas stations going below 4-dollars per gallon in the coming weeks. Truck drivers slow traffic at the Oakland seaport this week while protesting a California law. They say the rule makes it more difficult for independent contractors to work. A Florida jury will…


Iran and Russia’s Gazprom Sign Primary Deal for Energy Cooperation

LONDON—The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russian gas producer Gazprom signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding worth around $40 billion, Iran’s oil ministry’s news agency SHANA said. The deal was signed during an online ceremony by the CEOs of both companies on the day Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Tehran for a…


Russian Derangement Syndrome Trumps All

Commentary Saving Ukraine from Russia has become more important to Western leaders than saving the planet from climate change, more important than keeping their populations from freezing in the dark, more important than the viability of Western industries, and more important even than avoiding the risk of an all-out nuclear war between the West and…


Biden Administration Stalls Russian Oil Ban With Price Cap Plan: Part 1

Commentary Russia’s oil and gas revenues are fueling its war in Ukraine. The money that China, India, Germany, Japan, and others provide Moscow for their hydrocarbons goes to building the weapons that kill Ukrainian children. It’s wrong and should stop. Many countries delay or defect from sanctions because they depend on Russia for cheap energy….


Top Official Warns Worldwide Energy Crisis ‘Will Get Worse’ Soon

The head of the International Energy Agency warned that the global energy crisis hasn’t yet hit its peak and will likely worsen in the northern hemisphere during the winter months. “The world has never witnessed such a major energy crisis in terms of its depth and its complexity,” IEA director Fatih Birol told an audience…


Kenney Wants Federal Climate Plan on Agenda at Premiers’ Meeting in BC

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he’ll be raising the alarm over the federal government’s emissions reduction plan when he meets with Canada’s premiers over the next two days. Kenney says the reduction plan is “pie in the sky,” calling it a “ridiculous” target with no proper plan for implementation. The premier, who made the comments…


Small Business Group Calls for Relief at Pumps Amid High Fuel Costs

A Canadian small business group is calling on the federal and provincial governments to temporarily eliminate or lower fuel taxes. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says record gas prices, supply chain snarls and labour shortages have pushed the cost of doing business through the roof. It says higher transportation and fuel costs have driven…