Energy News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 5, 2025.
MIL-OSI Analysis: Hope for a ceasefire in Gaza (but not much)
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. Each day that has passed recently has brought another […]
MIL-OSI: LNG Energy Group Informs Material Events
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) TORONTO, July 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LNG Energy Group Corp. (TSXV: LNGE) (TSXV: LNGE.WT) (OTCQB: LNGNF) (FWB: E26) (the “Company” or “LNG Energy Group”) announces that the Failure-to-File Cease Trade Orders in Multiple Jurisdictions (FFTCO) continues and that the Company expects to file the Company’s annual audited financial statements for the […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: More and more tourists are flocking to Antarctica. Let’s stop it from being loved to death
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Darla Hatton MacDonald, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Tasmania VCG via Getty Images The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Peter Mullner, Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University Steel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many modern devices – from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines – rely on strong magnets made from a […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Stephen Collins, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Kennesaw State University View of the United Nations logo at a 2022 conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Minister Smith Keynote Speech at SKOPE Skills Summit, Oxford
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Speech Minister Smith Keynote Speech at SKOPE Skills Summit, Oxford Speech delivered by Skills Minister Jacqui Smith at the University of Oxford on higher education reform, access and participation and working with the FE sector Introduction Good morning. Thank you for inviting me today. I am delighted […]
MIL-OSI Economics: FortisBC announces upcoming call for power
Source: – Press Release/Statement: Headline: FortisBC announces upcoming call for power CanREA applauds FortisBC for a new call for power that will expand market opportunities for the renewable energy industry in British Columbia. Vancouver, July 4, 2025—The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) welcomes a new call for power in British Columbia, to be launched later […]
MIL-OSI USA: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Signed Into Law by President Trump
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Rick Allen (R-GA-12) Today, President Donald J. Trump signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, into law. Following the signing ceremony held at the White House, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) issued the statement below: “Last November, the American people overwhelmingly elected President Donald Trump and […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Update 300 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost all off-site power for several hours today, once again underlining the extremely fragile nuclear safety situation at the site, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. The plant’s connection to its last remaining 750 kilovolt (kV) power line was cut at […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Update 300 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost all off-site power for several hours today, once again underlining the extremely fragile nuclear safety situation at the site, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. The plant’s connection to its last remaining 750 kilovolt (kV) power line was cut […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Peter Mullner, Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University Steel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many modern devices – from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines – rely on strong magnets made from a […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Stephen Collins, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Kennesaw State University View of the United Nations logo at a 2022 conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June […]
MIL-OSI Security: Update 300 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost all off-site power for several hours today, once again underlining the extremely fragile nuclear safety situation at the site, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. The plant’s connection to its last remaining 750 kilovolt (kV) power line was cut […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Radioactive waste – E-002604/2025
Source: European Parliament Question for written answer E-002604/2025to the CommissionRule 144Nicolás González Casares (S&D) In recent days we have learned that an expedition led by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) will analyse the condition of the thousands of barrels of radioactive waste dumped in the Atlantic trench and their potential impact on […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Briefing – AI and the energy sector – 04-07-2025
Source: European Parliament Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising many sectors of the economy, including the energy sector. The exponential growth of data centres around the world and in Europe is driving up electricity demand, raising questions about its impact on existing infrastructure and on sustainability. At the same time, AI can help transform energy systems […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Potential electricity grid imbalance due to intermittent supply from renewables – E-002586/2025
Source: European Parliament Question for written answer E-002586/2025to the CommissionRule 144Julie Rechagneux (PfE), Rody Tolassy (PfE), Aleksandar Nikolic (PfE), Tomáš Kubín (PfE), Auke Zijlstra (PfE), Mathilde Androuët (PfE), France Jamet (PfE), Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain (PfE), Silvia Sardone (PfE), Pierre Pimpie (PfE), Catherine Griset (PfE), Isabella Tovaglieri (PfE), Virginie Joron (PfE), António Tânger Corrêa (PfE), Pascale Piera […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Sky-high protest: activists confront fossil gas in Croatia during heatwave emergency
Source: Greenpeace Statement – Pula, Croatia – Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) activists from six countries have climbed 135 meters (the height of a skyscraper) up a towering fossil gas installation platform known as a Jackup rig, to stage a protest in Pula on the Croatian Adriatic Sea. They unfurled two banners saying “Stop […]
MIL-OSI Economics: IPAA Celebrates Win for American Energy with One Big Beautiful Bill
Source: Independent Petroleum Association of America Headline: IPAA Celebrates Win for American Energy with One Big Beautiful Bill Jul 4, 2025 IPAA Celebrates Win for American Energy with One Big Beautiful Bill Posted at 13:08h in Press Releases by Jennifer Pett WASHINGTON – Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President & CEO Jeff Eshelman issued the following […]
MIL-OSI Africa: VAALCO Energy Scales Up African Operations, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Platinum Partner
Source: APO – Report: U.S. oil and gas company VAALCO Energy has begun refurbishing its FPSO facility at the Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Ivory Coast. The modernization is set to increase production beyond the current 2,891 barrels of oil equivalent per day and extend the field’s economic life. A new drilling campaign is […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Energy Secretary approves largest Irish Sea offshore wind farm
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Press release Energy Secretary approves largest Irish Sea offshore wind farm Mona offshore wind farm given the green light by the Energy Secretary. Mona offshore wind farm has the potential to power the equivalent of more than 1 million homes with clean, secure, homegrown power developer estimates […]