As artificial intelligence transforms our computing systems, economies, and energy footprints, the question of who should regulate artificial intelligence and how is a pressing – and incredibly complex – issue. There’s a political battle currently unfolding in Washington about governance over the sector, and large questions about what limitations should be placed on the fast-evolving sector. Answering these questions will be extremely difficult thanks to high levels of secrecy and opacity within and around the sector.  One…

The UK government is mulling over a change to the law to oil and gas projects in the North Sea in a drive to lower energy bills. Michael Shanks, a minister working under energy secretary Ed Miliband, will be visiting Scotland on Thursday with a decision set to be made on the government’s intervention on legal cases won by environmentalists last year over an oil project by Equinor at Rosebank and a gas field by Shell in Jackdaw. The government has given extra funds for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to invest between 2026…

20 d ejunio de 2025.- La Superintendencia de las Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban) notificó que este lunes 23 de junio será feriado bancario, en cumplimiento del calendario oficial del organismo. La medida se debe a la conmemoración religiosa del Corpus Christi celebrado el 19 de junio. ...

For decades, China has driven the lion’s share of oil demand growth thanks to its remarkable economic boom and large population. However, China is now losing its prominence in global oil markets due to a dramatic slowdown in its economy coupled with the country’s ongoing electric vehicle revolution. Last year, nearly half of all new cars sold in China were electric vehicles, including both battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Indeed, China's rapid adoption of EVs, as well as rapid growth of high-speed rail and natural…

20 de junio de 2025.- Colombia escribió una página en su historia de lucha laboral este viernes al aprobar la reforma más ambiciosa en un siglo. Con una contundente mayoría de 126 votos a favor frente a apenas 2 en contra en la Cámara de Representantes, y 59 votos favorables contra 16 en el Senado, ...

20 de junio de 2025.- Este viernes arribó al país el vuelo número 35 con 250 migrantes que se encontraban en Estados Unidos (Texas), retornando al territorio venezolano a través de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria. Los connacionales serán atendidos por los diferentes órganos del Estado venezolan...

It was a completely unsurprising surprise announcement.  In a highly unusual statement issued on June 14, a Saturday, Kazakh authorities said they had selected Russia’s state-owned Rosatom to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant, binding the country further to its northern neighbor. “Finally, the spectacle is over,” Kazakh economist Aset Nauryzbaev, who opposed the project, said in a video after the announcement.  The real surprise came later the same day when Almassadam Satkaliyev, the chair of Kazakhstan’s…

Viernes, 20 de junio de 2025. En este podcast en vivo, analizamos el reciente ataque de Yemen a la base militar israelí Nahal Sorek, ubicada cerca de Beit Shemesh. Discutimos la importancia estratégica de esta instalación, conocida por albergar armamento avanzado y su proximidad a Jerusalén, lo que...

20 de junio de 2025.- El Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores, Justicia y Paz, a través del Servicio Nacional para el Desarme en Venezuela como ante adscrito, impartió un ciclo de talleres preventivos y de formación sobre los videojuegos bélicos y la importancia de la cultura de p...

Russia hiked its fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) exports to India and Turkey in May as buyers preferred to purchase more fuel oil amid falling prices, according to shipping and trade data reviewed by Reuters. Russia’s oil products have been banned in the EU and other Western countries since 2023, so Moscow redirected most of the shipments to Asia and the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has emerged as the top buyer of Russia’s fuel oil as it is taking advantage of discounted prices to use the fuel for summer electricity generation. But Russian…

Russia hiked its fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) exports to India and Turkey in May as buyers preferred to purchase more fuel oil amid falling prices, according to shipping and trade data reviewed by Reuters. Russia’s oil products have been banned in the EU and other Western countries since 2023, so Moscow redirected most of the shipments to Asia and the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has emerged as the top buyer of Russia’s fuel oil as it is taking advantage of discounted prices to use the fuel for summer electricity generation. But Russian…

Fuel producers just scored a green light from the nation’s highest court to go after California’s aggressive emissions standards. In a 7-2 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that energy companies like Valero’s Diamond Alternative Energy do, in fact, have standing to challenge the EPA’s 2022 decision that allowed California to impose tougher emissions and electric vehicle mandates than the federal baseline. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, said plainly: “The government generally may not…

Fuel producers just scored a green light from the nation’s highest court to go after California’s aggressive emissions standards. In a 7-2 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that energy companies like Valero’s Diamond Alternative Energy do, in fact, have standing to challenge the EPA’s 2022 decision that allowed California to impose tougher emissions and electric vehicle mandates than the federal baseline. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, said plainly: “The government generally may not…

Viernes, 20 de junio de 2025. ¡La CIA se quedó sin máscara! Nicolás Maduro no se guardó nada. Frente a las cámaras, el presidente venezolano lanzó una bomba política que sacudió a todo el continente: denunció que Marco Rubio, desde Estados Unidos, está detrás de un plan para derrocar a Gustavo ...

Viernes, 20 de junio de 2025. Un nuevo ataque iraní sobre suelo israelí demuestra la situación de indefensión del país hebreo. Irán ataca parque de Tecnologías Avanzadas en Beersheba, quedando afectada la sede Microsoft que trabajaba directamente con el ejercito israelí. Información sobre l...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell yet again this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 4-rig decrease in each of the two weeks prior. The total rig count in the US fell by 1 to 554 rigs, according to Baker Hughes, down 34 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 1 to 438 after falling by 3 during the previous week—and down by 47 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 2 this week, to 111 for a gain of 13 active…

20 de junio de 2025.- A través de un comunicado en Instagram, el Ministerio de Transporte anunció el cierre parcial de varias arterias viales en Miranda y Caracas por trabajos de rehabilitación, a partir de este jueves 19 de junio, y que se extenderán por 30 días. Entre las vías que estarán cerra...

20 de junio de 2025.- En Rusia comenzaron los ensayos clínicos de la vacuna contra el cáncer, Enteromix, en los que participan casi 50 voluntarios, informó hoy el director general del Centro Nacional Médico de Investigación en Radiología, Andréi Kaprin. «Nuestro instituto es el primero autorizado...

20 de junio de 2025.- Hoy existen aproximadamente 9 millones de refugiados, descendientes semitas palestinos dispersos en el mundo que no le permiten retornar y portar su gentilicio nativo palestino. Los refugiados palestinos y palestinas relatan que, en su larga espera, pero firme esperanza, han...

Two swallows do not a summer make. Well, okay, Aristotle didn’t put it that way, but we are betting that a lot of utility investors are hoping so. Here’s what happened on the same day. Two news stories.  USA Network, the Gannet news service, reported that the N.Y. State legislature is not just looking at rising electricity rates, but they are legislating. Eight bills passed by the Senate and on their way to the Assembly, calling for the designation of an additional Public Service Commission member as consumer advocate (weren’t…