Tag: fossil fuels
In Canada, the carbon tax threatened from all sides
Oil operations near Estevan, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, November 21, 2018. AMBER BRACKEN/NYT-REDUX-REA In Canada, the year opened with a new act of rebellion against the carbon tax,…
After Manchester United, billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s insatiable appetite for sport
Jim Ratcliffe, owner of Manchester United football club, outside Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, United Kingdom, March 17, 2023. PHIL NOBLE / REUTERS Suddenly, his eyes rounded, his face lit…
Guyana reignites global thirst for oil
A ship helps create a coastal port needed for offshore oil production at the mouth of the Demerara River in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, April 11, 2023. MATIAS DELACROIX…
“Black gold is at its zenith, the world has never burned so much”
The headquarters of Occidental Petroleum, in Woodlands (Texas, United States), December 11, 2023. BRANDON BELL / AFP LThe book was titled Twilight in the Desert (“Twilight in the Desert”, 2005,…
Russian oil deliveries to India hampered as Moscow refuses to be paid in rupees
An oil train passes near the Guwahati refinery (Assam, India), operated by Indian Oil Corporation, on March 30, 2023. BIJU BORO / AFP India’s rush for Russian oil is getting…
“When the planes put their noses into the methane digesters”
An Air France Boeing 777, at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, September 17, 2023. DANIEL SLIM / AFP LPriorities have changed quickly in recent years. It was public health, then that…
“The energy transition will also be a fiscal transition”
The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in Paris, December 5, 2023. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / REUTERS IIt is rarely advisable to try to get rich from a vice that…
OPEC and its allies want to maintain pressure on prices and open their doors to Brazil
It took four days to overcome the dissensions, at least in public. After the postponement of the meeting on Sunday November 26, the members of the Organization of the Petroleum…
In Panama, cancellation of a mining concession which had mobilized the population against it
Demonstration against the Cobre Panama mine, in Panama City, on November 25. ARIS MARTINEZ / REUTERS The street won. Tuesday, November 28, the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Panama…
The United Arab Emirates’ rush on African forests
The Bopolu forest, Liberia, in November 2021. JOHN WESSELS/AFP A handshake and a discreet smile. On March 25, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al-Maktoum, accompanied by the Liberian Minister of Finance, let…
“At COP28, Europe must hold its green line”
EIt hasn’t even started yet and COP28 already has a bad press. Hosted in the United Arab Emirates and chaired by Sultan Al-Jaber, Emirati Minister of Industry and CEO of…
Gulf countries want to have more influence on the IMF’s political agenda
During a demonstration against poverty and climate change, on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, in Marrakech (Morocco), October 12, 2023.…