Western countries have led the push for net-zero economies for over a decade. Even though it’s China that is the biggest builder of wind and solar, and EVs, and the biggest investor in transition technology, it is Europe, the UK, and Australia that are pushing for more emission cuts and more commitments for low-carbon energy. There is just one problem with that: they have outsourced all the high-emission activities, and these activities are now powering whole economies. Take cement, for instance. The biggest producer of the essential raw…

2 de febrero de 2026.-Un total de 174 repatriados ingresaron este lunes, al Aeropuerto Internacional "Simón Bolívar" de Maiquetía, del estado La Guaira, desde los Estados Unidos como parte de la Gran Misión Plan Vuelta a La Patria, informó Prensa Mpprijp. Cabe destacar, que este gru...

As stated earlier last month, Europe’s reliance on China for the minerals and materials underpinning the clean energy transition is no accident; it was a policy choice. And just as it chose dependency, Europe can choose resilience. The contours of that choice are now sharp and urgent: this is not about isolationism, but about strategic autonomy, industrial renaissance, and practical competitiveness. Europe’s vulnerability lies not in geology but in policy and capacity. Europe is not barren of lithium, nickel, graphite, rare earths,…

2 de febrero de 2026.- El Gobierno de Argentina despidió a 63.234 trabajadores del sector público entre diciembre de 2023 y diciembre de 2025, en el marco del programa de ajuste neoliberal impulsado por el presidente Javier Milei, según datos del Centro de Economía Política Argentina (CEPA). El d...

“Wow, we really dodged the bullet. Maybe a million customers lost service, but none of the grids went down. Anyway, you can’t really prepare for freak events. Congrats on a job well done!” You can just imagine the imaginary manager of the imaginary US electric grid control center telling that to the frazzled staff after that fierce winter storm dubbed Fern. Of course, a number of power plants (largely gas-fired) stopped operating, power lines went down, and in some parts, even a week later, there was still no power, and water…

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States and India have reached an agreement on a trade framework that cuts U.S. tariffs on Indian goods and commits New Delhi to expand purchases of U.S. oil and gas, pushing energy supply to the center of talks that have unfolded largely in public. Trump’s comments outlined a deal that lowers U.S. tariffs on Indian imports to 18% and removes an additional duty tied to India’s Russian oil buying. In return, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to sharply reduce purchases of…

Qatari Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi on Monday warned that rising power demand from artificial intelligence could wipe out the global LNG surplus and push markets into deficit by around 2030, despite more than 100 million tonnes per year of new LNG capacity scheduled to come online this decade, Reuters reported. Al-Kaabi said AI-driven data centers are emerging as a material source of gas demand as governments and technology companies accelerate investment in large-scale computing infrastructure. Unlike traditional industrial loads, data centers…

2 de febrero de 2026.- El sindicato ver.di ha llamado a casi 100.000 trabajadores del transporte público municipal en Alemania a la huelga. El paro comenzó de madrugada, según lo previsto, con piquetes en las cocheras de autobuses o tranvías y en los depósitos de metro y talleres. En Berlín, l...

Geopolitics are clearly again at play in the ongoing story surrounding Russia’s Lukoil international asset sale. The return of geopolitics, as clearly evident in energy markets, is putting investors on the spot; they must relearn an old lesson: oil and gas are never merely commodities, and capital is never neutral. This longstanding dynamic is clearly being played out in the quiet but strategically meaningful triangle among The Carlyle Group, Lukoil, and the United Arab Emirates, with risks stemming from sanctions, regional conflicts, and…

Lunes, 02 de febrero de 2026.- Roberto Navarro en su editorial nos comenta sobre la relación entre Milei, presidente de la República Argentina y Trump, presidente de los Estados Unidos. Milei se asoció con un tipo que consideramos un fascista(Donald Trump), con características similares a los na...

2 de febrero de 2026.- Familiares, amigos y organizaciones solidarias denuncian que el luchador social Oglis Euclides Ramos Garrido es víctima de un falso positivo, tras haber sido detenido arbitr...

The United States has extended a Treasury license that shields Venezuela-owned refiner CITGO Petroleum Corp from creditor actions through March 20, a move that preserves the company’s legal status while debt disputes continue, Reuters reported on Monday.  The license prevents creditors from seizing Citgo’s U.S. assets as part of ongoing litigation tied to defaults by its ultimate owner, Venezuela’s state energy company. The protection has been repeatedly renewed over successive months and years as courts and claimants press…

The United States has extended a Treasury license that shields Venezuela-owned refiner CITGO Petroleum Corp from creditor actions through March 20, a move that preserves the company’s legal status while debt disputes continue, Reuters reported on Monday.  The license prevents creditors from seizing Citgo’s U.S. assets as part of ongoing litigation tied to defaults by its ultimate owner, Venezuela’s state energy company. The protection has been repeatedly renewed over successive months and years as courts and claimants press…

Talk about awkward timing. Just as Bishkek is set to host a major US-Central Asian trade forum, reports are circulating that the EU may impose sanctions on Kyrgyzstan. First reported by Bloomberg, Brussels appears ready to slap bans on Kyrgyz trade in machine tools and radio equipment as punishment for helping the Kremlin evade sanctions imposed following Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine. If the reports prove accurate, Kyrgyzstan will become the first Central Asian nation to face EU sanctions for helping Russia. To date, only individuals…

Equinor will sell all its assets in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta basin to Vista Energy in a cash and stock deal worth $1.1 billion, the Norwegian energy major said on Monday as it continues to high-grade its international portfolio. The deal includes Equinor’s 30% non-operated interest in the Bandurria Sur asset and its 50% non-operated interest in the Bajo del Toro asset in the premier Argentinian shale basin that has seen oil and gas production surge over the past year. Equinor retains its acreage offshore Argentina as these assets are…

Caracas, 2 de febrero de 2026.- El Encuentro Nacional en Defensa de los Derechos del Pueblo anuncia y convoca un Twitazo para esta noche a las 7:00 PM por la red X, con la etiqueta #FueraTrumpYLaCIAdeVenezuela y con mensajes vinculados con los que las organizaciones ...

2 de febrero de 2026.- El Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia de Japón notificó hoy que un equipo científico del país consiguió extraer minerales de tierras raras en aguas profundas ubicadas unos dos mil kilómetros al sur de esta capital. El ministro de Educación y Ciencia, Yohei Matsumoto, precisó...

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The Trump administration has moved to lock down supply by launching a $12-billion strategic stockpile of critical minerals, a direct bid to cut U.S. reliance on China for materials that sit at the heart of defense systems, power grids, and advanced manufacturing, Bloomberg reported on Monday.  Rather than leaning on tariffs, permitting tweaks, or future supply promises, Washington is choosing to buy and hold the minerals outright. The stockpile will focus on rare earth elements alongside lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite. These materials…

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sugirió este sábado que podría "juntar" al chavismo y a la oposición para acercar posturas para una transición democrática en Venezuela. "Tenemos que hacer algo con esto. Quizás juntar a las partes y hacer algo", res...