Forbes: Britain Reinstates Fracking Ban Despite Buying U.S. Fracked Natural Gas

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

Britain’s new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, reinstated the country’s ban on hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) on Wednesday. That means no UK fracking for oil and gas.

It’s not surprising, given that most British people likely don’t know they are already consuming literal boatloads of fracked natural gas from the U.S.

Yet here we are with Britain thinking it's doing the environmentally suitable thing by not fracking and at the same time benefiting from the fruits of this energy extraction technique. Read more here.

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Forbes: Lesson In Leadership: 3 UK Prime Ministers So Far This Year

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Budding entrepreneurs and corporate executives would do well to learn something from what just happened. Read more here.

Ben Shread / Cabinet Office

Forbes: Relief From Brazil Is In Sight For Orange Juice Lovers

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Orange juice prices seemed to have reached nosebleed levels. 

But if you can hold on a little while, there may be some relief in sight, experts say. Read more here.

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Forbes: China’s Share Of Global Economy Set To Stall - New Research

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Chinese premier Xi Jinping might have cemented his power in China, but dreams of dominating the global economy could soon come to a screeching halt. Read more here.

DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo, Public domain, 

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Forbes: How The Fed’s Monetary Policy Has Raised Inflation For Some Americans

By SIMON CONSTABLE

The Fed has a hard job ahead fighting inflation.

But its recent series of interest rate hikes have delivered a substantial increase in the cost of living for more than a few Americans. That’s at odds with the institution’s stated goals. Read more here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #Ukraine EU adjusts to its natgas supplies

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Listen here.

Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, 

United States of America, 

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Forbes: How Bad Is Europe’s Energy Problem? Better Than You Think

By SIMON CONSTABLE

There’s a been a lot of scaremongering about Russia and its threats to turn off Europe’s energy supply this winter by conducting ‘maintenance’ on the natural gas pipeline that goes through Ukraine.

But it's a hollow threat. So empty that it beggars belief. Read more here. 

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via Wikimedia Commons