Climate Policy Meets Cold Reality in Europe

The rush to renewables causes severe energy price spikes and shortages. Biden’s policies would do the same in the U.S

WSJ

Power Outages Hit China, Threatening the Economy and Christmas — NYT

Why This Energy Crisis Is Different — Foreign Policy

Climate change and the policies to curb it lie behind skyrocketing gas, coal, and electricity prices in Europe and Asia.

FP

A candle-lit future — Daily Mail

Had it not been so exceptionally calm in the run up to this autumn equinox, one could call the energy crisis a perfect storm. Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing.

But the root of the crisis lies in the monomaniacal way in which this government and its recent predecessors have pursued decarbonisation at the expense of other priorities including reliability and affordability of energy.

Daily Mail