Energy, 5-1-26

Links to EIGHT reports, analyses and commentaries: from the Associated Press, Common Dreams, resilience.org, Agence France-Presse, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and El País; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for GAZA, IRAN and FORESTS.) — MCM

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FROM APRIL 30  Countries end Colombia fossil fuel summit with focus on next steps and financing, by Steven Grattan | AP  SANTA MARTA, Colombia — A first-of-its-kind international conference on moving away from fossil fuels wrapped up in Colombia Wednesday with a clear message: the global conversation has shifted from whether to phase out oil, gas and coal to how to do it, with financing emerging as one of the biggest obstacles. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Common Dreams.

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FROM APRIL 30  The 2026 energy crisis and our Wile E. Coyote moment, by Richard Heinberg | resilience.org  Pop culture has long memorialized the Warner Brothers cartoon gag in which Wile E. Coyote, lured by his nemesis, the Roadrunner, races off a cliff. Instead of immediately falling, Coyote keeps running, then looks down and realizes there’s nothing beneath him but empty space. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 30  Why Iran’s oil industry is increasingly threatened by U.S. blockade, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — Even as Iran squeezes world energy supplies with its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, its own oil industry is increasingly being threatened by an American blockade. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM APRIL 29  France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. From AFP.  SANTA MARTA, Colombia — France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AFP report in French; and HERE for headlines of others.

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UAE’s OPEC exit seeks to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts, by Mohamad Elmasry | Middle East Eye  When the United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it intended to exit the 12-member, six-decade-old Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the move was read by some analysts as a purely economic one — on its face not an unreasonable initial interpretation. READ MORE . . .

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Who is drawing the new gas map of the Middle East? by Kamran Yeganegi | Middle East Monitor  In today’s Middle East, competition over energy resources is no longer confined to oil and gas fields; it is increasingly centered on routes — and the power to design them. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 28  Las contradicciones fósiles y climáticas de Colombia hacen eco en la conferencia de Santa Marta, por María Mónica Monsalve S. | El País  Santa Marta, Colombia, es la sede de la primera conferencia internacional para abandonar los combustibles fósiles, un espacio que reúne a representantes de más de 50 países que tienen un consenso claro: la necesidad de dejar atrás el gas, el petróleo y el carbón. El punto está en cómo hacerlo. READ MORE . . . This report is not available in English.

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