Global Energy Crisis Could Dim Climate Hopes
“An energy crisis around the world is hitting households and manufacturers that were already struggling to recover from the global pandemic. This is a perfect storm of crises. It features supply shortages, especially from China inflation slowing growth labor shortages Russia’s continued geopolitical muscle,” reports Felix Salmon in Axios.
“A combination of weather-related issues many of which are related to climate change, unexpected demand and planned outages has sent natural gas and coal prices through the roof. Energy shortage has already caused high-tech manufacturing centers to close their doors. is in even worse shape, with much less ability to bring new power.”