On a national scale, the United States and Canada rely on a very different makeup of sources to generate their electricity. The U.S. primarily uses natural gas, coal, and nuclear power, while Canada relies on both hydro and nuclear. That said, when zooming in on the province or state level, individual primary electricity sources can differ greatly.

Members of the G7 group of leading economies have agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil, as they seek to dent Moscow's ability to finance its war in Ukraine. The cap, on crude oil and petroleum products, is also intended to curb soaring world energy prices, the group's finance ministers said.

Scientists have found a massive volume of water 1,000km inside of our planet, around a third way to Earth's core: "This water is much deeper than ever found before, at a third of the way to the edge of Earth's core."

Commentary Oh, great- another addition to the energy crisis. One of the world's largest natural gas liquefaction plants suffered an explosion on Wednesday. The cause of the blast is not known, but the Freeport LNG plant on Quintana Island - about 70 miles south of Houston - will be out of service for at least three weeks, the Houston Chronicle reported.

As many as 12 missiles were fired Sunday toward the US consulate in Iraq's northern city of Irbil, with several missiles hitting the building, Iraqi and US security officials said. Iranian state media agency IRNA, citing local reports, claimed without evidence that "secret Israeli bases" were targeted in the attack.

A recent article in the New York Post nicely encapsulates the latest developments in the ongoing debate over climate and energy. In his article "If the Ukraine war hasn't scared the West straight on energy, nothing will," Rich Lowry reminds us "The world hasn't embraced fossil fuels out of hatred of the planet but because they are so incredibly useful."

Russia, which accounts for around 40 per cent of the European Union's natural gas supplies reduced gas exports to the EU by 25 per cent in recent months

About 50% of the world's food production relies on ammonia fertilizer, an important source of nitrogen that is essential for plant growth. In some fields, it is not uncommon to see 90 kg (200 pounds) of ammonia per acre for each growing season.