p.s. noted that Brexit Tories

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:30:26 +0000

p.s. noted that Brexit Tories not planning to do the fracking thing to the English countryside (at least for now)

Yay!! A result at #PMQs! Yesterday new PM vowed to fix his reckless predecessor's mistakes. So I asked if he'll start by reversing green light she gave to #fracking. And he gave a commitment to stick with manifesto moratorium. And if he backtracks, we’ll never let him forget!
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) October 26, 2022

Number 10 confirms the fracking ban is back in place; you'd assume we weren't currently suffering sky-high energy bills thanks to an oil-rich nation turning off its supply. It's almost like we need our own.
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) October 26, 2022

Power Balance Shifts as

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:14:56 +0000

In reply to Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline sparks climate row

Power Balance Shifts as Europe, Facing a Gas Crisis, Turns to Africa for Help

Officials from Algeria to Mozambique say they hope to take advantage of an abrupt change in a long-unequal relationship

By Max Bearak, Melissa Eddy and Dionne Searcey @ NYTimes.com, Oct. 27, 2022 Updated 10:43 a.m. ET

European leaders have been converging on Africa’s capital cities, eager to find alternatives to Russian natural gas — sparking hope among their counterparts in Africa that the invasion of Ukraine may tilt the scales in the continent’s unequal relationship with Europe, attracting a new wave of gas investments despite pressure to pivot to renewables.

In September, Poland’s president arrived in Senegal in pursuit of gas deals. In May, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, came seeking the same thing and in recent weeks told the German Parliament that Europe’s energy crisis necessitated working “together with countries where there is the possibility of developing new gas fields,” while keeping pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“With the war, it’s a U-turn,” said Mamadou Fall Kane, energy adviser to the president of Senegal. “The narrative has changed.”

The flurry of European overtures has led to new or fast-tracked energy projects, with talk of more to come. The hope in African capitals is that Europe’s appetite will mean the financing of gas facilities not just for export but for use at home. In parts of the continent, the economic stakes are enormous [....]

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Power Balance Shifts as