August 16, 2018 by Jeremy Leggett 2 Comments

With fracking about to recommence in the UK after 8 years, social entrepreneur and writer Jeremy Leggett reviews the short but troubled history of fracking in the U.S. In a devastating slide presentation, he pictures the shale gas industry as a dirty, multi-hundred-billion-dollar doomed-to-burst debt bubble. And he predicts a similar fiasco in the UK. Courtesy Future Today.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, energy trade, energy transition, financing, oil, shale gas, unconventionals, US energy policy

September 6, 2016 by Jeremy Leggett Leave a Comment

Even as the earth is heating up, established oil, gas and nuclear companies are increasingly feeling the heat of the energy transition, writes famous author and entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett. Signs are everywhere that the fossil fuels game is almost up. This article was republished from Leggett's blog. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Energy Outlooks, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, electric cars, electricity market, energy transition, energy2030, financing, geopolitics, natural gas, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, solar power, wind power