Talks between Japan's ruling and opposition parties have stalled regarding a proposal to eliminate the provisional gasoline tax surcharge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/gas-tax-cut-talks-stalled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #taxes #gas #cars #electricvehicles #ldp
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need gas money. I'm lucky enough to have a job, but this month has been tough, and I need some gas cash to keep it.
Major Japanese power and city gas suppliers are set to raise rates in October following the end of the government's subsidy program in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/27/japan-gas-power-rates-raise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #energy #gas #electricity #tepco
need gas money. I'm lucky enough to have a job, but this month has been tough, and I need some gas cash to keep it.
If geopolitical interest in the polar region has surged, so have U.S. and Canadian worries about how to defend their vast Arctic territories. That’s where icebreakers come in. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/nations-arctic-power-ships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #shipping #fossilfuels #oil #gas #russia #us #energy #arctic #china #finland #canada
We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.
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For years, North Dakota legislators rejected proposals to protect mineral owners from oil and gas companies withholding their earnings. “Something has to be done,” one lawmaker now says.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Japan has hired energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie to assess a proposed 1,300-kilometer Alaska gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas plant backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to two sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/japan-wood-mackenzie-lng/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business#jera #lng #gas #donaldtrump #energy #us #usjapanrelations #alaska
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Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
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The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
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The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries aims to double its gas turbine capacity in the next two years as demand for the equipment rises globally due to replacement and data center needs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/companies/mitsubishi-heavy-industries-gas-turbine-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mitsubishiheavyindustries #gas #energy
Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation has urged the public to be careful when using gas canisters and portable generators, following a number of accidents — some of them deadly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/society/gas-canister-safety-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #nite #gas
“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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“The prolonged Nordic #heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from #ClimateChange”, scientists say.
#Norway, #Sweden and #Finland have historically cool climates but were hit by soaring temperatures, including a record run of 22 days above 30C (86C) in Finland. Sweden endured 10 straight days of “tropical nights”, when temperatures did not fall below 20C (68F).”
Norway #Oil, #gas exports and high temperatures.
#ClimateEmergency 🔥 <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/14/nordic-heatwave-climate-crisis-sweden-norway-finland>
“The prolonged Nordic #heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from #ClimateChange”, scientists say.
#Norway, #Sweden and #Finland have historically cool climates but were hit by soaring temperatures, including a record run of 22 days above 30C (86C) in Finland. Sweden endured 10 straight days of “tropical nights”, when temperatures did not fall below 20C (68F).”
Norway #Oil, #gas exports and high temperatures.
#ClimateEmergency 🔥 <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/14/nordic-heatwave-climate-crisis-sweden-norway-finland>
Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.
Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Die Regierung #Merz nutzt die Sommmerpause, um umstrittene Gesetze zu verabschieden.
Dieses Mal, um Gaskunden, die durch die CO2-Umlage zum #Heizung'swechsel motiviert werden sollten, den Verbleib beim #Gas schmackhaft zu machen, indem im Gegenzug die #Gasspeicherumlage dem Steuerzahler aufgedrückt wird.
Nur um das mal klar zu machen: umweltbewusste Menschen mit Wärmepumpe und Balkonkraftwerk werden jetzt VIERFACH belastet:
Sie zahlen die Gasspeicherumlage, auch wenn sie gar kein Gas beziehen.
Sie zahlen die Netzentgelte der Großindustrie, die sich davon frei lobbyiert hat.
Sie bekommen kein Geld für den Strom, den sie per PV erzeugen und einspeisen.
Und sie zahlen künftig auf diesen kostenlos gelieferten Strom auch noch Netzentgelte.
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Ja, die #Ampel hat gestritten, das war lästig. Aber sie ist wenigstens nicht mit Ansage in die komplett falsche Richtung gelaufen.
“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say
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Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
As U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up high-polluting LNG megaprojects, Japan is among the top nations he's pressuring for investment. The economic case for the U.S. leader's push, however, is far from clear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/03/energy/trump-lng-push-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #us #energy #usjapanrelations #climatechange #emissions #lng #gas #utilities #donaldtrump
The number of gas stations across Japan as of the end of fiscal 2024 fell 1.5% from a year earlier to 27,009, the industry ministry has said, with the total now less than half its peak marked at the end of fiscal 1994. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/society/gas-stations-decrease/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #meti #gas #electricvehicles
Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed to abolish the provisional gasoline tax as early as possible this year, with an extraordinary parliamentary session set to start Friday to further discuss the plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/parties-agree-on-scrapping-add-on-gasoline-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taxes #gas #ldp #cdp #komeito #dpp #jcp #nipponishinnokai