Rod Janssen

Energy in Demand News, March 1-2, 2026 The New York Times reports that a North Dakota judge has approved a $345 million verdict against Greenpeace in a suit over its protests against a pipeline. “Greenpeace has said the verdict could ba…

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Energy in Demand News, February 22-23, 2026 In the rush to expand the use of coal in the US, the Financial Times reports that this week the US Environmental Protection Agency “rolled back strict controls imposed by former president Joe Biden…

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Energy in Demand News, February 15-16, 2026 When it comes to climate and energy policies, we shouldn’t be shocked by any news coming out of Washington these days. But no doubt there is collective shock that the Trump administration has repea…

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Energy in Demand News, February 8-9, 2026 There is mixed news on climate-related philanthropy this week.  Michael Bloomberg’s donations on climate action have topped $3 billion over a decade, “including a recent boost to contributions to t…

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Energy in Demand News, January 18-19, 2025 This week, the Washington Post reported that the US Environmental Protection Agency will no longer consider health costs in pollution regulations. “The EPA can effectively manage the balance betwee…

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On this day in 1898 Marie and Pierre Curie informed l’Académie des Sciences that they had discovered radium while experimenting with a mineral form of uranium oxide. They were co-recipients of the 1903 Nobel prize in physics, with Antoine Becquerel

Energy in Demand News, December 21-22, 2025 EiD wishes you a very festive season and we look forward to seeing you in 2026 Let’s all do our best to get our zero-carbon energy transition on track The Washington Post reports that the Trump adm…

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Energy in Demand News, November 30, 2025 There is a fascinating news item from New York., reported in a Financial Times newsletter this week. “New York City’s top finance official has urged three of the city’s biggest pension funds to dro…

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Energy in Demand News, November 23-24, 2025 Two years ago, at COP28 in the Dubai, countries agreed on the need to “transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems.” This was essentially the first time that official documents …

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Energy in Demand News, November 16-17, 2025 EiD has always promoted low/no carbon mobility, but Slovakia, it seems, not so much. The Guardian this week headlined “Slow-vakia” its report on a new law setting a 6km/h speed limit for cyclists, …

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COP30 in Brazil: Same procedure as every year? I hope not As world leaders head for Brazil to focus on climate change, it is time for realism, pragmatism – and maybe even a little optimism, in spite of it all. It’s that time of year again. The…

My new blog post as we head into COP30.
Yes, it's that time again.
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Energy in Demand News, November 9-10, 2025 On 6 November, the European Commission published its yearly report on the State of the Energy Union Report, a key assessment of Members’ progress in meeting climate and enerrgy goals, the Coalition…

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Energy in Demand News, November 2-3, 2025 Bill Gates marked his 70th birthday on October 28 “by lobbing a hand grenade into the global climate finance debate, just as governments prepare to convene for the COP30 summit in Brazil, in the wo…

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Energy in Demand News, October 26-27, 2025 The EU’s national leaders spent their summit venting frustration about the bloc’s green transition — and ultimately agreed on language that demands no specific changes to climate legisl…

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Energy in Demand News, October 19-20, 2025 In his landmark 2006 analysis, the economist Lord Nicholas Stern concluded that climate action would cost less than the damage caused by inaction and that climate change was the greatest market fai…

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Energy in Demand News, October 12-13, 2025 EiD is always trying to encourage zero carbon transport. It was a pleasant surprise to see such an article in The Economist this week. Entitled Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport, the…

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Energy in Demand News, October 5-6, 2025 Extreme weather and climate change caused more financial damage in Europe between 2020 and 2023 than it did in the whole preceding decade, the Financial Times reports. “The average annual economic …

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US energy department cracks down on workers’ use of climate crisis language Efficiency employees reportedly told to avoid ‘climate change’ and similar terms in their work in latest clampdown

The US Department of Energy has told employees in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to avoid using the words “climate change” in what seems to be the latest incident in a crackdown on discussing the climate crisis in the US government www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Energy in Demand News, September 28-29, 2025 Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’ That was quite a headline for the New York Times account of President Trump berating everyone at the UN General As…

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Energy in Demand News, September 14-15, 2025 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved on Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the ai…

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BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target Conflict in Ukraine and Middle East as well as trade tariffs are making states focus on energy security

Not what we want to read: BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target www.theguardian.com/business/202...

China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts Xi suggested US not rising to the climate challenge in his UN speech, but critics say new cuts fall ‘far short’ of what is necessary

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Energy in Demand News, September 14-15, 2025 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved on Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the ai…

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Energy in Demand News, September 7-8, 2025 As we are decarbonising our economies, electrification become more and more important. A Financial Times newsletter this week, however, notes that EU member states are set to miss a deadline for li…

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Energy in Demand News, August 31, 2025 The expression Energy Efficiency 1st is not just a PR slogan. This week, 67 Industry players and 26 national and EU industry associations wrote to the EU’s Danish Presidency, concerned about the dr…

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Energy in Demand News, August 24-25, 2025 Encouragingly, the Financial Times reports that solar power generation in Britain so far this year has surpassed the total for 2024 “as panels are rapidly installed amid favourable weather, underli…

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Energy in Demand News, August 10-11, 2025 GHG emissions are “going through the roof” because of AI, according to an article on the New York Times website that explains how Big Tech’s net-zero goals are looking shaky. “Google’s greenhouse g…

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Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025 The EU and US agreed to a new trade deal in recent days, to a distinctly mixed reaction. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs, warns that the cent…

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Energy in Demand News, July 27-28, 2025 It is summer time in Europe but the news has not slowed down. The post below on the IEA is disturbing and we can all hope that the US remains a member of the IEA in order to make a valuable contrib…

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