Thursday, March 28, 2024

What a climate deal means for oil markets

Over the next two weeks countries from around the world are convening in Paris to develop a global plan to address climate change. A...

Syria, Yemen, Libya – one factor unites these failed states, and it isn't religion

As world leaders gather in Paris this week to address climate change, they will labor under the shadow of recent attacks by Islamic State....

OPEC risks Pyrrhic victory with oil policy

"If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined," King Pyrrhus of Epirus complained after winning exceptionally...

Stein's law says oil prices will rise

"If something cannot go on forever, it will stop," according to Herbert Stein, former chief economist to U.S. President Richard Nixon ("What I think:...

Warm winter ahead? Polar vortex says maybe not

The Northern Hemisphere may be subject to more cold outbreaks than usual come January thanks to the polar vortex. "Polar vortex" became a household phrase...

What 100,000 U.S. boots on the ground get you in Syria

Speaking in Turkey after the terrible Paris murders of last Friday, President Barack Obama recently opposed any fundamental change in U.S. strategy towards Syria...

Fantasy sports fans jab Visa, MasterCard with RICO suit

A newly filed class action claims that FanDuel and DraftKings could not have become billion-dollar businesses had it not been for the help of...

How Western politicians are playing into Islamic State's hands

In September, a photo of the lifeless body of toddler Aylan Kurdi face-down on a Turkish beach changed the way Europeans viewed the refugees...

Worst-case scenarios that are more likely than you think

The likelihood that a Russian charter airplane, Metrojet 9268, was felled by a bomb after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, highlights how many national security...

Why are oil and gas companies calling for more action on climate change?

This year many of us have increased our advocacy on this issue. And last month, companies responsible for a fifth of the world's oil...

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