Tag: Fuel Crisis

Haiti’s Fuel Crisis Deepens; Banks Announce Partial Closure

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s fuel crisis is deepening, with the country’s Professional Association of Banks announcing Friday that a shortage of petroleum is forcing institutions to cut their hours and days as dozens of gas stations across the capital remained closed. Starting next week, banks will operate only three days a week instead of the usual six…


We Are Entering an Energy Crisis of Our Own Making

Commentary The great green transition from fossil fuels is collapsing as the world enters an energy crisis of its own making. India and China are scouring the world for coal stocks to burn, while Germany is offering its citizens tutorials on how to cook without electricity in anticipation of power failures. Prices for natural gas, crude…


UK Energy Crisis Shows Danger of Net Zero Emissions: Aussie Senator

The push for Australia to legislate a net zero emissions target has spurred discord from some government officials who firmly believe the climate policy could harm Australia’s energy security and industry amid the UK’s own unravelling energy crisis. Australia has faced criticism for not setting a 2050 net zero target—a goal already undertaken by many…


UK Energy Crisis Shows Danger of Net Zero Emissions Policies: Aussie Senator

The push for Australia to legislate a net zero emissions target has spurred discord from some government officials who firmly believe the climate policy could harm Australia’s energy security and industry amid the UK’s own unravelling energy crisis. Australia has faced criticism for not setting a 2050 net zero target—a goal already undertaken by many…


UK Suspends Competition Law to Tackle Fuel Crisis

The British government has temporarily suspended parts of a competition law on Sunday evening as the country grapples with a fuel crisis caused by lorry driver shortages and panic buying. The decision comes after Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng met with oil companies and retailers on Sunday to address another day of continued…