Day: March 31, 2022

Energy “transition” is a buzzword used by many who associate it with the beginning of the end of natural gas to power our communities. For the past two decades, my firm has studied public perceptions related to energy issues using both quantitative and qualitative research across the United States. Over this time, support for the continued use of natural gas has not waned, even as support for strong environmental protections and active steps to address climate change have increased. That’s because people want energy solutions that provide them with a…

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Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, diesel fuel was in short supply due to a drop in global refining capacity.Now, with sanctions on Moscow, Russia’s fuel exports to Europe are down and there is a global scramble for supply that has sent prices to record levels.“When you’re seeing crude rallying, you’ve seen diesel outpacing it just because of supply concerns. We’re already at eight-year lows for distillate inventories,” one analyst said. Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the fuel that runs the global economy was in short supply. Now some analysts say…

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The World Bank (WB) has said that managing uncertainty and preparing for future crises will be the centre of bilateral meetings with Pakistani authorities and also during IMF/ World Bank spring meeting to be held from April 18-23, 2022. In a letter to Minister for Economic Affairs, Omar Ayub Khan, World Bank’s Vice President, South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer has hoped that he would have the opportunity to meet him and his delegation on the occasion of Spring Meeting. Schafer intended to visit Pakistani during the last week of current…

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