If you have followed the news, shopped online, or stepped foot into a brick-and-mortar store lately, you may have heard that we are in the midst of a global supply chain crisis. Our international commerce infrastructure has been resilient to discrete challenges in the past, but this time, there are several different issues feeding into […]
Read MoreLivestock Emissions
Greenhouse gasses (GHG) seem to be at the front of emissions discussions year over year. When discussing the topic and contributing factors, we hear about transportation, industrial usage, residential usage, and deforestation – but what about agricultural effects? According to the EPA, agriculture accounted for nearly 10% of the US Greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. […]
Read MoreOil Prices Rise Following the Blockage of the Suez Canal
On Tuesday, March 23rd, the giant container ship, the Ever Given, ran aground in the Suez Canal causing hundreds of ships to get stuck at both ends of the canal. The canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and carries approximately 10% of global shipping traffic. The Suez Canal is vital for nearly […]
Read MoreGlobal travel restrictions encourage global fuel glut
With global chatter circling around the latest mass scale respiratory ailment, the coronavirus, there is global glut of petroleum fuels. Like SARS, in 2003, the coronavirus is thought to spread through respiratory droplets being transmitted form one person to another (i.e., sneeze or cough). With the potential for person to person transmission being so high, […]
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