business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/trump-oil-gamble?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1526298478
There is no longer an ample safety buffer against supply shocks. The geopolitical “premium” on prices has returned.
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North Korean
www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/05/iea-accused-of-undermining-global-shift-from-fossil-fuels?CMP=share_btn_fb
The global shift from fossil fuels to renewables is being undermined by the very organisation that ought to be leading the charge, according to a scathing new critique of the International Energy
www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/10539-The-IPCC-leak-What-do-Chinese-experts-think-
Expert reviewers nominated by governments and organisations gain access to IPCC drafts under confidentiality rules. It is not a public process. However, the leaked document, and its stark warnings, was leaked last month
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/details-canada-peacekeeping-mali-1.4582323
The Liberal government has confirmed it’s sending a detachment of helicopters and support troops to the troubled West African nation of Mali, as it ticks off a number of its peacekeeping commitments.
CBC News first reported the news on Friday.
business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/too-hungry-to-pump-oil-pdvsa-crews-skip-work-to-hunt-for-food
“I haven’t eaten meat for two months,” he said. “The last time I did, I spent my whole week’s salary on a chicken meal.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/running-from-putin-after-helping-him-cheat/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab5j&linkId=47966728
Grigory Rodchenkov, the mastermind of the Russian doping scandal that got the country’s Olympic team barred from this year’s Winter Games, now fears for his life for talking about cheating the Russians continue to deny. Rodchenkov is in disguise when tells Scott Pelley his story on 60 Minutes Sunday, Feb. 11 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.
www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21736556-indeed-crypto-plunges-make-other-asset-prices-look-tame-bitcoin-and-its-rivals?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/bitcoinanditsrivalsoffernoshelterfromthesto…
THE “biggest bubble in human history comes down crashing,” tweeted Nouriel Roubini, an economist, gleefully. After an exhilarating ride skywards in 2017, investors in crypto-currencies have been rudely reminded that prices can plunge earthwards, too. In mid-December the price of bitcoin was just shy of $20,000; by February 6th, it had fallen to $6,000, before recovering a little (see chart).
business.financialpost.com/investing/global-markets-rolling-world-stock-sell-off-runs-to-4-trillion
World stock markets nosedived for a fourth day running on Tuesday, having seen US$4 trillion wiped off from what just eight days ago had been record high values.