Covering the systems that sustain us.
Seven Democratic lawmakers are probing whether the country’s largest liquefied natural gas exporter received a massive tax break it never should have qualified for. A $370 million tax payout. A 1,000-foot-long industrial tanker. And a law written for small motorboats. That’s the unlikely combination at the center of a new Senate investigation into a massive…
About. Date: April 24–29, 2026Location: Santa Marta, ColombiaHosts: Colombia & The NetherlandsFocus: Fossil fuel transition, economic diversification, supply and demand transformation, international cooperation. Let me tell you why this conference is different. You’ve heard it before. “This time it’s different.” Every climate conference promises to be the one that finally moves the needle. Then nothing changes. But Santa Marta? Actually…
About. Date: October 27–29, 2026 (Policy Dialogue: Oct 26 | Field Trips: Oct 30)Location: Kigali Convention Centre, RwandaOrganizers: GOGLA & World Bank/ESMAPFocus: Off-grid solar, mini-grids, clean cooking, e-mobility, productive use energy. Let’s be real. Most energy conferences are boring. Endless panels. Jargon nobody uses in real life. The same five companies showing the same PowerPoints. The Global Off-Grid Solar Forum…
For decades, a steady stream of energy has been flowing beneath the industrial heart of South Africa. Not electricity. Not coal. Gas. Methane-rich natural gas, piped thousands of kilometers from Mozambique’s Pande and Temane fields, has kept the country’s heavy industries humming. Steel mills. Glass plants. Breweries. Soft drink bottlers. Hospitals. Hundreds of factories, employing…
How Europe’s new climate policy could raise fertilizer prices — and ripple through global grain markets BRUSSELS — On January 1, 2026, the European Union will begin phasing in carbon border fees on fertilizer imports. Most coverage has focused on the climate logic: making foreign producers pay for their emissions. But there’s a story those headlines…
