America these last 14 months resembles a dystopia. It is becoming partly the world of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, and partly the poet Homer's land of the Lotus-Eaters.
The United States added just one oil rig this week amid renewed pressure from climate change activists on investors to deny capital to fossil fuel producers.
Former President Donald Trump is calling on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to release any information he possesses on Hunter Biden’s dealings with oligarchs in Eastern Europe.
President Joe Biden promised that oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would curb record-high gas prices. But some of that oil is now going to Europe.
"Our clients' portfolios—which reflect the global economy—cannot reach net zero without sustained and consistent government policy, accelerated technological breakthroughs, and substantial adaptation in corporate business models," says BlackRock.