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#54 Currents: An Energy Update (Edwin Drake and Henrietta Larson) Links: Fueling America: https://fueling250.org/ Energy Pioneers: Edwin Drake: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/energy-pioneers-edwin-drake/ Energy Pioneers: Henrietta M. Larson: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/energy-pioneers-henrietta-m-larson/

#53 Currents: An Energy Update (UAE Leaves OPEC) Links: UAE exits OPEC: What it means for UAE, petrodollar system and global markets: https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/style/uae-exits-opec-what-it-means-for-uae-petrodollar-system-and-global-markets/ar-AA21Zf0W The UAE Leaves OPEC: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/the-uae-leaves-opec/ Attacks in Gulf Threaten to Reignite Conflict: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/04/world/iran-hormuz-ships-navy?smid=url-share#heres-the-latest OPEC Signals Unity After U.A.E. Exit With Pledge to Boost Oil Output: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/opec-signals-unity-after-u-a-e-exit-with-pledge-to-boost-oil-output-4bd82d07

#52 Currents: An Energy Update (Iran War Update Part 3) Links: This Week: https://link.foreignpolicy.com/view/68cad69499a3fad2250d4114r13cn.2b0i/307597ed Iran Is Running Out of Time and Options: https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/04/21/iran_is_running_out_of_time_and_options_1177839.html

#51 Currents: An Energy Update (American LNG Exports) Links: Fueling America: https://fueling250.org/ American Energy Moments: LNG Exports Initiate a New Era of Energy Abundance: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/american-energy-moments-lng-exports-initiate-a-new-era-of-energy-abundance/ More Boon Than Bane: How the U.S. Reaped the Rewards and Avoided the Costs of the Shale Boom: https://www.independent.org/wp-content/uploads/tir/2019/09/tir_24_2_05_murtazashivili.pdf

#50 Currents: An Energy Update (Iran War Update Part 2) Links: "Enjoy the current pump figures. With the so-called 'blockade', Soon you'll be nostalgic for $4–$5 gas.": https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf/status/2043425869570416802 The illogicality of charging tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz: https://omareconomics.substack.com/p/the-illogicality-of-charging-tolls

#49 Currents: An Energy Update (Iran War Update) Links: Drones Over Dubai: https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/03/24/drones_over_dubai_1172189.html The Prices of Key Industrial Materials Are Increasing Due to the Iran Conflict: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/the-prices-of-key-industrial-materials-are-increasing-due-to-the-iran-conflict/ The Iran Conflict Is Hitting Europeans Hard: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/the-iran-conflict-is-hitting-europeans-hard/ The Terms for Ending the Iran Conflict: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/the-terms-for-ending-the-iran-conflict/ The United States Needs to Expand Its Pipeline Network: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/the-united-states-needs-to-expand-its-pipeline-network/

Pierre Desrochers is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto Mississauga. His main research interests are economic development, technical innovation, business-environment interface, and energy policy and food policy. Desrochers has been the recipient of several awards for his work on environmental policy issues, including the 2017 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award (Competitive Enterprise Institute). Links: Read the latest from Proffessor Desrochers: https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/10005-pierre-desrochers/publications More on Paul Ehrlich from IER: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/big-green/paul-ehrlich-on-energy-consistently-wrong-but-never-in-doubt/

#48 Currents: An Energy Update (Have Data Centers Driven Up Electricity Prices?) Links: Have Data Centers Driven Up Electricity Prices? The State-Level Data Don’t Support the Narrative: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/have-data-centers-driven-up-electricity-prices-the-state-level-data-dont-support-the-narrative/

#47 Currents: An Energy Update (Jones Act Waiver) Links: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/president-trump-waives-the-jones-act-for-60-days/

#46 Currents: An Energy Update (Caleb Jasso on India) Links: International Conference on Sustainability-Led Transformation in Business and Society (SLTBS 2026): https://sites.google.com/view/sltbs2026christuniversity/home?authuser=0 India eases sulphur emission rules for coal power plants, reversing decade-old mandate: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/india-eases-sulphur-emission-rules-coal-power-plants-reversing-decade-old-2025-07-12/

#125: Caleb Jasso discusses the escalating conflict in the Middle East from Dubai (3/3/26) Links: Conflict in Iran and the Global Oil Market: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/conflict-in-iran-and-the-global-oil-market/ First Venezuela, Now Iran: China Could Lose Major Portion of Oil Supply: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/first-venezuela-now-iran-china-could-lose-major-portion-of-oil-supply/

#45 Currents: An Energy Update (Maryland's electricity prices) Links: Alex Stevens Testimony on Maryland’s House Bill 674: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/alex-stevens-testimony-on-marylands-house-bill-674/ Blue States, High Rates: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/blue-states-high-rates/

#44 Currents: An Energy Update (Endangerment Finding Rescission) Links: IER Comment on Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/ier-comment-on-reconsideration-of-2009-endangerment-finding-and-greenhouse-gas-vehicle-standards/ EPA Revokes Endangerment Finding: What You Need to Know: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/epa-revokes-endangerment-finding-what-you-need-to-know/ The EPA Will Rescind Obama’s “Endangerment Finding”: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/climate-change/the-epa-will-rescind-obamas-endangerment-finding/ The Economics of Climate Adaptation Optimism: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-economics-of-climate-adaptation CO2 is Not a Pollutant: Debunking a Global-Warming Myth: https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2009/12/1037/

#43 Currents: An Energy Update (Blocking The Road to a Carbon Tax) Links: Coalition to Secretary Wright: Senate Carbon Tax Crowd Wants You to Help Them Implement New Energy Taxes: https://www.americanenergyalliance.org/2026/02/coalition-to-secretary-wright-senate-carbon-tax-crowd-wants-you-to-help-them-implement-new-energy-taxes/ The EU’s Carbon Border Tax Took Effect on January 1: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/the-eus-carbon-border-tax-took-effect-on-january-1/ PROVE IT Act Policy Brief: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/climate-change/prove-it-act-policy-brief/ The PROVE IT Act: https://cei.org/the-prove-it-act-pro-tax-and-anti-energy/

#42 Currents: An Energy Update (Winter Storm Fern) Links: Winter Storm Wrecks Power Lines as Hundreds of Thousands are Still Without Power: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/winter-storm-wrecks-power-lines-as-hundreds-of-thousands-are-still-without-power/