185: Global Energy Outlook Congressional Dish

It’s impossible to analyze the political calculations of world leaders without factoring in global energy. In this episode, listen along with Jen and Joe Briney as they listen to a U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing examining the Global Energy Outlook, which has served to determine the foreign policy decisions of U.S. leaders throughout 2018. Please Support Congressional Dish - Quick Links to contribute a lump sum or set up a monthly contribution via to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send payments to: Send payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes Sound Clip Sources Hearing: , U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, January 16, 2018. Watch on C-SPAN:  Witness World Economic Forum: World Economic Forum: Debate: , C-SPAN, July 25, 2017. 15:15 Tim Ryan (OH): What’s happening with these sanctions here in the targeting of Russian gas pipelines—their number one export—I think is entirely appropriate. The Nord Stream 2, which carries gas from Russia through the Baltics to Germany—and I know Germany isn’t happy about it, but this is something that we have to do. And the point I want to make is we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. We must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the United States, our natural gas, to Europe, to our allies, so they’re not so dependent on Russia. We’ve got to have the sanctions, but we’ve also got to be shipping liquid natural gas to some of these allies of ours so they’re not so dependent on the Russians, which is part and parcel of this entire approach. Additional Reading Report: , Sputniknews, November 21, 2018. Article: , Russian Politics and Diplomacy, Tass.com, November 19, 2018. Article: by Jason Deign, GTM, November 13, 2018. Article: by Christopher Woody, Business Insider, October 24, 2018. Report: by Javier Blas, Grant Smith, and Francine Lacqua, Bloomberg, October 9, 2018. Report: , NATO, September 10, 2018. Report: by Corey Paul, S&P Global, August 23, 2018. Article: , The Economist, August 7, 2018. Report: , EIA, June 14, 2018. Analysis: by Philip Wight, Yale Environment 360, November 16, 2017. Statement: , U.S. Dept. of State, October 31, 2017. Article: by Chris Weller, Business Insider, June 29, 2017. Article: by Jeremy Herb and Connor O'Brien, Politico, January 8, 2017. Article: by Nafeez Ahmed, The Guardian, March 6, 2014. Resources American Oil & Gas Historical Society: Chatham House: Congressional Research Service: 2018 Government Funding Explanatory Statement: Dept. of Defense Budget FY 2019: East European Gas Analysis: Gazprom: Govtrack: Govtrack: Govtrack: Govtrack: Govtrack: International Energy Agency: International Energy Agency: International Energy Agency: International Energy Agency: OpenSecrets.org: OPEC: Public Law: Wikipedia: Visual Resources Community Suggestions See more Community Suggestions . Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: by (found on by mevio)