Energy Update
For at least the last 40 years, since the oil shocks in the 1970s, dealing with fossil fuel subsidies has been on the international agenda. There have been various pronouncements of intention during that time from the G7, G8, G20 and other ‘G’ bodies, although nothing much has happened; except that the numbers of billions of dollars spent by governments each year on subsidizing both production and consumption of oil, coal and gas have generally increased.
ZAGREB, June 7 (Reuters) - Croatia's conservative HDZ party,
the biggest in the ruling centre-right coalition, filed a
no-confidence motion against technocrat Prime Minister Tihomir
Oreskovic on Tuesday.
LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - At least one import terminal at
France's Le Havre oil port in the north is open and taking in
cargoes of much-needed diesel and jet fuel despite extended
strike action, according to two port agents operating there.
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - Famed oil bull Andy Hall's
Astenbeck Capital Management rose 5 percent in May for a third
straight month of gains as his bets on tightening oil supplies
paid off to give the hedge fund its best stretch of returns in
two years, an investor letter showed.
DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market rose
on Tuesday after the government announced details of its
economic reform plans, while an improved mood in global markets
lifted bourses elsewhere in the Middle East.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on June 6 announced in the Federal Register the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for commercial wind lease issuance, site characterization activities and site assessment activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New York.
LIBREVILLE, June 7 (Reuters) - Gabon will hold an election
for president on Aug. 27, election authorities said on Tuesday,
in which President Ali Bongo, whose Gabonese Democratic Party
has a firm grip on power, was expected to secure a second
seven-year term in power.
In part one of this series on advocacy in the biomass industry, I discussed the need for key stakeholders to come together on core policy issues. The following is a methodology by which industry thought leaders can assess the current policy and program priorities; a methodology that will help to identify an industry-wide list of priorities for both the near and mid-terms.
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