#steo day 3.0

[amatchinwater]

Pairing: Steo

Warnings: threats of violence/death, mild dub-con, claiming bite, implied sexual content (if you squint really hard)

Words: 3825

Prompt: @steodiscord Steo Day vol 3 "enemies to lovers"

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Tricking a Trickster

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He’s not complaining. Honestly, he’s not. It’s just that Stiles didn’t really know that the fae had such a sense of humor. But again, he’s not complaining. Not anymore. The outcome is something he never thought he’d be allowed to have. Thought that he literally wasn’t allowed. If anything, Stiles is kind of grateful. In retrospect, things could have gone a lot worse. 

The events of the super moon left a lot of tension in the air. Creating an even larger rift between what’s now two packs. Scott’s and Theo’s. With Stiles stuck right in the middle. Despite everything with Lydia and even Scott, Stiles harbors the worst crush on the Alpha chimera and loves his pack members. For the sake of not hurting the banshee or his best friend, he tries his best to smother it with a pillow. Not only because of his friends but also the fact that if Stiles looks at this plainly, Theo is not very far off from Peter. 

Stiles isn’t the biggest fan of Peter. 

Nominating Theo as his self appointed enemy really just seemed like the best way to go about this. So he did. But it’s awful. And Stiles absolutely hates it. However, Stiles feels like this is the best solution for everyone. Except for maybe Josh. He’s grown quite close to the chimera ever since he came over one day to apologize for what happened on the hospital roof. In fact, the only chimera that Stiles shows openly having a problem with is the Alpha. He’s been at it for so long, the lines have started to blur and he can’t seem to tell the difference between self appointed and just pissing Theo off to the point of them being enemies being true.

Maybe he’s just trying to make himself believe it.

“Stiles,” Scott pulls him out of his mental spiral and the human yanks his thumb nail from his teeth. “You’re with Theo checking the tunnels.” 

“What?” The human squawks, jolting upright, gaze flicking to said chimera in the corner of Scott’s living room. 

Theo smirks, “what’s the matter, sweetheart? Afraid to be alone with me?” The Alpha chimera teases, crossing his arms over his chest while he leans against the wall. All too pleased with himself, licking a sharp incisor. 

“Put your fucking fangs away, Raeken,” Stiles gets to his feet, pointing at the chimera. Liam rises from the spot next to him on the couch, putting his hands on the human’s chest to stop his advancements. “Or I swear, I’ll find whatever bullshit does work on a chimera and get real fucking creative-”

“Okay, that’s enough!” Scott yells over him, claiming everyone’s attention. “I’m over this! Kira and Josh are already at Eichen trying to see if there’s something from when the Doctors broke in. Lydia and Mason are going to the station with your dad. I need everyone possible to search the preserve with me. But I’m not letting you go in those tunnels alone. So you’re taking Theo with you and that’s the end of it.” 

“Why can’t I just go with you in the preserve and someone else can go with Theo?” Stiles aruges. 

The True Alpha drops his head back with a sigh, “if anyone has a reason to mistrust Theo, it’s me.” Scott looks back at him. “He fucking killed me and yet here he is in my living room, eating with us while we work together to figure out how to stop the Dread Doctors. Lydia has long since forgiven him.”

“Not to mention I’m the whole reason they don’t have their precious Beast,” Theo adds, and Scott gestures towards the other Alpha. “You know, to prove to guys that I’m on your side.” 

“Don’t forget that he saved your life too,” Corey says from beside his Alpha. “Josh was seconds away from killing you.” 

Believe him, that isn’t something Stiles will be able to forget any time soon. Doesn’t change the reality that Theo has done a lot of fucked up shit. He hasn’t exactly forgiven Peter for everything he’s done. Why must everyone push for the human to give into Theo so much? It’s fucking annoying. Just because he has the hots for the guy- which, he’s certain no one knows about- doesn’t earn redemption. 

“You are probably the only ones that can make sense of the Dread Doctors’ research.” Scott squares his shoulders and sets the human with a glare, “Theo’s going with you.” 

“Oh my god,” Stiles pushes past Liam towards the front door. “Let’s go, Raeken,” the human doesn’t bother to stop walking, yanking the door open, “I want to be home before midnight. I will leave you.” Stiles also doesn’t wait to see if Theo’s coming with him as he storms out.

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“Well that’s not good,” are the first words out of Theo’s mouth after descending the stairs behind the ouroboros door. 

God, Stiles thought the tunnels themselves smelled rank. The actual operating theater is even worse. He may only have human senses, but even Stiles knows what death smells like. And there’s a lot of it here. How in the hell did Theo stay down here with them? Or was he at the house as much as possible so as not to aggravate his supernatural nose? 

“What’s not good?” Stiles asks, actually wanting to know. He’s never been in here and if Theo sees something out of place, he’s actually inclined to believe the chimera. There’s something too in Theo’s tone that the human doesn’t really like. Almost like he’s worried, but not quite? Acute concern. 

The Alpha points at a giant vat with tubes sticking out of it. Large portions of its glass have shattered to the concrete ground, a bright green residue remains in the cracks near the bottom. “That used to hold a Löwenmensch. And I don’t see a body,” Theo looks around the room to be sure, “which means he’s out. You see that green shit?”

“Yeah,” Stiles draws out the word, narrowing his eyes at the chimera moving towards a side room.

“Think of that stuff like miracle-grow. Or supernatural steroids without the nasty side effects,” Theo explains without actually really explaining much. “It’s how the Dread Doctors have stayed alive this long. It’s how I brought my pack back to life. He was in there for decades. Just, soaking in it.”

“Okay, but what the fuck is a Löwenmensch?” The human asks, watching the Alpha sift through files before handing one to Stiles. It’s labeled Lowenmensch in scratchy handwriting. He starts to read through while the chimera explains out loud. 

“He was some really important, Nazi prick,” Theo rubs his jaw, “I don’t know of any others in existence other than him. I think that’s why the Doctors kept him. He’s a natural hybrid. Part werewolf, part werelion.”

Stiles can’t help the snort, “and Scott gave me shit when I suggested Liam was a werecheetah. So I’m guessing we should be worried about him on top of everything else?” 

“Absolutely,” Theo points at the file in his hands, “if their precious Hauptmann is on the loose, he’s only a step down from the damage the Beast could’ve caused. You should tell Scott,” the chimera’s face softens for a moment. 

“Yeah,” Stiles tosses the file back on the metal table with the rest to dig out his cellphone. “Yeah, okay,” he says once the device is in hand. He’s even more inclined to believe Theo after reading the file for himself. A Löwenmensch is already stronger, faster, and more durable than an Alpha werewolf on a bad day. This one has been marinating in super juice for decades. Stiles really doesn’t want to know what this guy can do on a good day. 

Theo feels it a second before Stiles does, growling and flicking his claws out. The shift in the air with a distinct clicking and hissing that only comes from the Dread Doctors. The hair on the back of the human’s neck rises. 

“Get out of here,” Theo growls at him. 

Stiles doesn’t need to be told twice, shoving his phone back in his pocket. He turns around and runs for the exit, hearing the Alpha’s echoing footsteps behind him. They make it two turns in the tunnels before Stiles nearly runs right into one of the Doctors’ chests. He stumbles back only to knock into Theo who promptly puts himself between the human and the threat. 

“Theodore,” the one on the left, the Geneticist, if Stiles remembers correctly hisses. “You’ve come home.” 

“This isn’t my fucking home,” Theo snarls, crouching slightly and the human can’t tell if he should take a step back or one closer. Would proximity or distance keep him safest?

Not like it matters with his feet frozen on the spot. 

“Such a disobedient pet,” the Surgeon says with a depth to his voice he’d have spat it were he speaking normally and not through a machine. 

Okay, no. No matter how scared he is being face to face with all three of the Dread Doctors, Stiles isn’t about to stand here and just listen to someone be talked down to by their manipulators. Their abusers. Self appointed enemy or not. No one deserves that shit and Stiles has never been good about biting his tongue. 

“He’s not your fucking pet, you manipulative, psychotic, half dead mother-”

“Enough,” the Surgeon steps forward, his sharpened cane a mere inch from Theo’s throat.

“Stiles,” the Alpha hisses, “Shut. Up.”

“I’m just saying,” Stiles mumbles under his breath. “You’re not their experiment anymore.” 

Theo half turns his head to look over his shoulder, “now is really not the time, sweetheart.” 

“You were supposed to give all of yourself to us, Theodore,” the Geneticist takes a step closer. “That was the deal. Everything you are, you owe to us. Meaning we own you until your debt is paid. Didn’t we teach you that love is meaningless? Have you forgotten that anger and power are the only things that matter?”

A pit settles itself in Stiles’ stomach and Theo backs into him until they’re flush. That’s not really helping the anxiety bubbling in his chest. If the Alpha is scared, that’s really fucking bad. Nothing seems to scare him. If only his feet would fucking move.

The Pathologist lets out something that sounds like it should’ve been a laugh. Or maybe Stiles is really good at reading between the lines of the clicking and hissing sounds from their masks. “Perhaps this will be the lesson you won’t forget.” 

There’s no chance to react. The Geneticist suddenly flickers in Theo’s face, breaking a glass jar with bright blue powder inside under his nose before the Surgeon shoots a bolt of electricity at the chimera. Knocking the Alpha off his feet with a yell, sending both him and Stiles flying down the tunnel. The human barely gets his hands up in time to prevent his head from hitting the concrete. 

“Have fun killing everyone you love,” the Pathologist drones.

And then they’re gone. As if they’d never been there to begin with. 

With a groan, Stiles gets to his feet, brushing off the dust from his flannel as he walks to where the Doctors were once standing. Finding not even the smallest of traces. Even the blue powder that exploded in Theo’s face is gone. Squatting to get a better look, there’s nothing on the floor to sample to try and get Deaton to figure out what it might be. It’s just gone. 

“Hey, Theo,” Stiles rises to his feet, “do you know what that stuff was?” No answer. “Theo-” the human faces the Alpha who’s still on all fours, clawed hands splayed on the floor, growling through his breaths. “Theo? Theo, are you okay?” Against his better judgement, he takes a step closer, red eyes snap to him. 

“There’s nothing the Doctors wouldn’t try,” Theo grunts, gritting his teeth before dropping his head. “Not even magic. They loved that shit,” he huffs through his breaths as though speaking is physically painful. “They’re going to make me kill everyone I love by whatever she just threw in my face. I already feel my anger rising and I can barely control my shift. You need to get out of here.” 

“Okay, that’s not good,” Stiles makes to grab for his phone, taking another step towards the chimera. “I’ll tell Scott to get your pack somewhere-” Theo growls so loud it might as well have been a roar. “Theo, what can I do?” 

“Run,” the Alpha rumbles darkly.

“If that spell or whatever is going to make you attack the people you love, I’ll be fine,” Sties crouches in front of the chimera, firmly believing in their moderate discontent with one another. “I’ll stay here with you and keep you from attacking anyone you actually love until it wears-”

“I love you,” Theo yells, wild rubies burning when he snaps his head up. Shock drops Stiles’ jaw seeing the truth in the chimera’s eyes and the way his claws fracture the concrete from his determination to not move. “Now RUN!” 

He isn’t even allowed to process the revelation that Theo has feelings for him too let alone loves him because Stiles runs. For his fucking life, he runs. He’s seen what the Alpha looks like when he fights. Seen him kill. It’s not a moment later that he hears a vicious roar echo through the tunnels, Theo losing his fight against the spell coursing through him. 

“Shit, shit, shit,” Stiles makes a left, hoping he’s heading towards the rail depot so he won’t have to climb out of the tunnels. That would only slow him down and he needs to get as far away from Theo as possible. It’s not like he can use mountain ash to barricade himself until this powder has run its course. If it runs its course. 

Bursting through a side door, Stiles’ feet nearly trip over railroad tracks. He fucking made it out, thank god. He’s far from in the clear though. Barely gathering his footing to not smash his face on the tracks, the human runs out of the depot and into the preserve. Maybe he’ll get lucky and run into Scott or one of the others and they can subdue Theo. 

“Run faster,” Theo snarls, too close for comfort. Though he’s grateful that there’s enough of the chimera in there to try and warn him. 

“You’re fucking part werewolf!” Stiles pants, lungs burning trying to supply him enough oxygen to keep running. His legs are straining under the pressure. If Coach could see him now. Running blindly through the woods in the middle of the night somehow keeping a supernatural creature at bay. “Scott!” Stiles yells, hoping he’s near someone, fucking anyone who can help him. The human barely processes the tree with red berries he has to dart around.

The crunching twigs under the Alpha’s feet snap closer and closer. “Keep going! That was a Rowan tree. We’re getting close to Fae territory.”

“The Fae are real?!” Stiles shrieks. They should really expand their bestiary, this is getting ridiculous. Next they’re going to tell him there’s mermaids off the coast too.

“Yes,” the chimera snarls, his fingers grazing Stiles’ back, kicking a fire under the human’s ass to push harder. “They’ll have mistletoe or a fucking circle that you can get into if you ask nicely. It’s not a free favor,” Theo snarls when he shreds Stiles’ flannel and he continues on. “But at least you’ll be alive.” 

“Why mistletoe?”

Theo growls, “it’s the only thing that can hurt me. But Fae legend says that it breaks curses. Makeshift spells should go away just fine. Just ask them for what you need. Now, Stiles,” he tears through the t-shirt, claws pricking his skin enough to sting. 

“Ow, fuck,” Stiles winces. “Okay. Shit. I don’t know how to do this. Uh,” he pants, desperately trying to push his legs to their limit. His feet are screaming at him. “Sorry for stepping in your territory, but I could use some help! Please! Uh, a circle of mistletoe would be great. I just, I need whatever will make Theo stop attacking me.” 

Bright, light purple sparkles shimmer in the distance and Stiles damn near sobs at the sight. Tapping into every last shred of strength and resiliency he has to get to the fucking circle. Just as the human gets to the outer rim, Theo crashes into him. Arms wrapping around his torso as they slam to the ground. Fuck, this was supposed to help! Stiles tries to roll around, landing on his back hard. Bucking his hips to try and get the Alpha off of him. 

Theo snarls, grabbing the human’s wrists and pinning them above his head. The chimera’s fangs clamp around his throat in a light hold, growling until Stiles falls pliant. More like stalk fucking still. Terrified that this is the end of it. This is how the Alpha kills him. He can’t even mutter a plea for his life, Stiles is that scared. But the moment he ceases his fight, Theo’s fangs recede. Replaced with his tongue gliding along his pulse and his lips peppering kisses along the salty, slick flesh. 

“Um,” Stiles squeaks, very fucking confused. Kissing is good. Kissing means he’s not being murdered. But why is Theo kissing- he moans a little- biting, why is Theo biting him? The spell broke it seems, but the chimera should be more or less his normal self. Theo should be on his feet, talking, doing something. But fucking hell does it feel good. 

The Alpha rumbles again, digging his hips until Stiles’ fall open for him to settle into. “Mine,” Theo murmurs against his neck. 

“What the fuck is going on?”

Yes, Theo admitted he loves the human. And Stiles really isn’t about to lie about his own feelings with that cat out of the bag. That doesn’t really explain what’s going on here though. 

“You said whatever would make Theo stop attacking you,” a woman’s voice echoes in his head. Stiles does his best to look around for the source, but can’t move much without aggravating the chimera on top of him. “So I charmed the mistletoe to tap into his more primal instincts. The ones that want to claim the one he loves rather than kill them. You’re welcome,” the tone oozes sass

Claim him. He’s not stupid. Stiles knows what that means. “Just because I’m cognizant to say yes, doesn’t mean he is.” Theo didn’t consent to this. There was obviously a reason he never voiced his feelings before this. 

“It wouldn’t have worked like this if he didn’t want you, he’d have simply stopped trying to kill you.”

“But-”

“I believe the words you’re looking for are ‘thank you’.” The Fae woman chuckles, “I could throw in some heat symptoms for you if that’ll make the process easier. But he won’t stop until he claims you.” As if he words brought it on, Theo bites a little harder, certainly leaving a mark and his hands grab Stiles’ waist. “You’re the only one he wants, otherwise this wouldn’t have worked. You’re also the last person he would hurt. Meaning if this would hurt you, he wouldn’t be doing it.”

“Theo,” he turns his attention back to the Alpha. Red eyes look up at him, glassy with lust. The chimera was still there underneath the powder, maybe he’s still here too. Stiles will be damned if he doesn’t at the very least try. He puts his hands on Theo’s chest, feeling the vibrations of his pleased growl beneath his fingers. “Are you in there at all? Give me some sort of sign that you’re not okay with this. I can’t force you to do this, Theo. Please, I can’t have you hate me. Please.”

“I’m here, sweetheart,” Theo growls softly, eyes fading back to blue. “But I’m not sure how much longer. Leave the circle if you don’t want this, it’ll keep me and I won’t hold it against you. But she was right,” the Alpha’s eyes bleed red again, “I want what’s mine.” 

Well, when you put it that way.

However, the Fae aren’t the only ones who know how to play tricks. Stiles’ nickname as a kid wasn’t Mischief just because he couldn’t pronounce his name. He has and always will be a prankster. All she said was that Theo needed to claim him. Not knot him. Not fuck him. Simply claim him. Biting Stiles should be more than enough to get rid of this haze Theo has. He really doesn’t want his first time with the Alpha to be in the woods with faeries watching him. No, thank you. 

“Okay,” Stiles takes a shaky breath, attempting to calm the rest of his nerves. “Bite me so we can get out of here, please. I don’t want to do this here. At all.” 

“Okay, sweetheart,” the Alpha rumbles in his chest, sounding more animal than man. The growl only gets louder when Stiles tilts his head back, exposing his throat for Theo. “Gonna claim you, then take you home,” Theo slurs, sloppily kissing his neck. 

 “Yeah,” Stiles breathes out, trembling with anticipation. The noise that comes out of him when Theo’s fangs sink into the crook of his neck is more than a little embarrassing. A loud, guttural moan broken off into a scream. His nails dig into the chimera’s shoulder as Theo snarls around his bite. “Theo,” the human whines, shivering again at the soothing nature in which the Alpha licks the wound clean. 

Strong arms wrap around Stiles, lifting him up into a bridal carry. “Mine,” Theo rumbles, nuzzling against the mark he’d left. “My Stiles. Mine,” he repeats, stepping out of the circle now that they’ve completed its demand. 

They make it a few paces before the woman’s voice stops them, “how are you out? You two didn’t mate!” 

All of the adrenaline from running for his life dissipates and Stiles lifts his groggy head, “you said he only needed to claim me. Not mate with me. Well, I’m claimed. So we’re going home.” 

“Are you sure you’re not part Fae?” She asks, amusement and maybe wonder thick in her tone. “That was very sneaky. Finding a loophole to my loophole. Not most humans can do that.” 

“He’s not most humans,” Theo says, ignoring whatever else she wanted to say, tucking Stiles back into his neck and carrying him out of the woods. 

Now being safely tucked into Theo’s arms, Stiles can’t really find a reason to be upset about tonight’s turn of events once Theo gets him home and finishes the mating process. Scott should’ve forced him to work with Theo a lot sooner. He’d have had an actual mate for much longer. That’s okay, there’s all the time in the world to make up for what they lost. 

[jimmy12427]

@steoevents @steodiscord

[mrhenryharrell]

EIA Finally Admits U.S. CO2 Emissions to Rise 3% in 2018

EIA FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. CO2 EMISSIONS TO RISE 3% IN 2018

 CONTRADICTING REPEATED CLAIMS BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS THAT EMISSIONS ARE DECLINING

Contact:         Ken Bossong, 301-270-6477 x.6                          

Washington DC – In the latest issue of its “Short-Term Energy Outlook” (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has finally acknowledged that “U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will rise by 3.0% in 2018.” [1]

This directly contradicts out-of-date and misleading data and news releases EIA had released on multiple occasions earlier this fall suggesting that U.S. CO2 emissions were declining [2] — data that have been cited by Trump Administration officials to justify their energy and environmental policies. [3]

Though not well-publicized, EIA has acknowledged in its monthly STEO reports since the beginning of this year that an increase in CO2 emissions was expected in 2018. However, the level of the anticipated increase had been relatively small.  For the first six months of 2018, EIA forecast, on average, an increase of only 1.3% in 2018 CO2 emissions.  For the four-month period July – October 2018, the average of EIA’s forecasts for the increase in CO2 levels in 2018 rose to 2.1%. Its highest previous forecast for the year – a 2.5% increase – was issued on November 6. [4]

However, it has been obvious for some time that EIA’s earlier predictions were low-balling the likely level of increased CO2 emissions for the current calendar year. Data released  previously by EIA in its “Monthly Energy Review” – but which the agency failed to highlight – clearly showed that the rate at which CO2 emissions were actually rising consistently outpaced the increases EIA forecast throughout the year in its monthly STEOs. In fact, the SUN DAY Campaign warned, on more than one occasion, that CO2 emissions were on track to record a 3% increase – a forecast now belatedly seconded by EIA.

And indeed, the 3% figure may itself prove to be an under-estimate.

U.S. emissions of CO2 from energy consumption have increased during each of the first eight months of 2018 compared to the corresponding months in 2017. For the first two-thirds of 2018, total CO2 emissions from domestic use of petroleum, natural gas, coal, biomass, geothermal energy, and non-biomass waste were 2.9% higher than for the same period in 2017. Those from fossil fuels alone (i.e., coal, petroleum, natural gas) have risen by more than 3.0 percent (i.e., 3.05%) while those from just natural gas zoomed upward by over 12.0% (i.e., 12.03%). For the most recent month reported (i.e., August 2018), CO2 emissions were 3.4% higher than a year earlier. [5]

So it should come as no surprise if the final 2018 figures show an increase in excess of the 3% now predicted by EIA.

Further, if the current growth rate continues, CO2 emissions from energy consumption in 2018 will be back up to, and probably exceed, the level they were at in 2015. Moreover, a 3% increase in domestic CO2 emissions would be greater than the global increase for 2018 recently forecast by the International Energy Agency [6] and the Global Carbon Project, [7] suggesting that the U.S. is not just contributing its “fair share” to the world-wide increase but actually helping to drive it higher.

Whether the trend continues into 2019 is open to debate. In its latest STEO, EIA says it “expects emissions to decline by 1.2% in 2019 because it forecasts that temperatures will return to near normal.”

“But given the Trump Administration’s relentless drive simultaneously to expand fossil fuel development and use and to roll back Obama-era climate policies,” warned Ken Bossong, Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign, “it is probably foolish to accept EIA’s expectation of a decline in CO2 emissions next year.”

[1] The latest issue of EIA’s “Short-Term Energy Outlook” was officially released on December 11, 2018. See chapter titled “Renewables and Carbon Dioxide Emissions”:  https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/renew_co2.php

[2] On September 25, 2018 EIA issued a report/news release entitled “U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions decreased 0.9% in 2017.” See:

https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/carbon/pdf/2017_co2analysis.pdf  ; https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/carbon

On October 29, 2018 EIA issued a second, similar report/news release entitled “Carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector have declined 28% since 2005.” See:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=37392

[3] See, for example:

https://www.ksat.com/weather/acting-epa-chief-credits-trump-admin-for-emissions-decline

https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/co2-emissions-plummet-trump

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060102095

[4] Below are links to EIA’s monthly “Short-Term Energy Outlook” reports issued earlier in 2018. The numbers in parenthesis are EIA’s forecasts for the level of increase in CO2 emissions in 2018.

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/jan18.pdf (1.7%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/feb18.pdf (1.8%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/mar18.pdf  (1.0%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/apr18.pdf  (0.9%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/may18.pdf  (1.4%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/jun18.pdf  (1.1%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/jul18.pdf  (1.8%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/aug18.pdf   (2.0%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/sep18.pdf  (2.3%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/oct18.pdf  (2.2%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/nov18.pdf  (2.5%)  [released November 6, 2018]

[5] The latest issue of EIA’s “Monthly Energy Review” was released on November 20, 2018. For the data cited in this news update, see: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec12_3.pdf and https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec12_10.pdf

[6] https://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2018/december/carbon-emissions-from-advanced-economies-set-to-rise-in-2018-for-first-time-in-fi.html

[7] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/co2-emissions-reached-an-all-time-high-in-2018/?text=CO2%20Emissions%20Reached%20an%20All-Time%20High%20in%202018

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[shaledirectory]

Natural gas production in U.S. to set records in 2018, 2019

U.S. dry natural gas production will average 81.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2018 – a new record – the Energy Information Administration projects in its just-released Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).

STEO/EIA expects natural gas production will rise and set a record again in 2019, to 83.8 Bcf/d, Kallanish Energy reports. By comparison, U.S. dry natural gas production averaged 73.6 Bcf/d in 2017.

“Growing forecast U.S. natural gas production supports increasing forecast liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports,” according to EIA. “LNG exports averaged 1.9 Bcf/d in 2017; EIA forecasts LNG exports to average 3.0 Bcf/d in 2018, and 5.1 Bcf/d in 2019.”

EIA expects Henry Hub natural gas spot prices to average $2.99 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2018, and $3.08/MMBtu in 2019.

NYMEX futures and options contract values for September 2018 delivery that traded during the five-day period ending June 7, suggest a range of $2.38/MMBtu to $3.57/MMBtu encompasses the market expectation for September Henry Hub natural gas prices at a 95% confidence level.

https://www.shaledirectories.com/blog/natural-gas-production-in-u-s-to-set-records-in-2018-2019/

[jimmy12427]

Stiles & Theo got off on the wrong foot. If a gun wasn't pointed at his head, it'd be funny. All this because Stiles had overheard something that wasn't about him but he thought it was.

Theo was a charmer. He had a silver tongue & had talked his way out of worse situations. Stiles was cute.

5 min later Theo had straightened out the miscommunication & was on his way to bed. With Stiles. This had been brewing for months.

From enemies to lovers.

To bed buddies. And Stiles wasn't disappointed when Theo worked out & flaunted his muscles & went shirtless.

@steoevents @steodiscord

[mrhenryharrell]

Another Month, Another Increase in U.S. CO2 Emissions from Energy Use – 8th Month in a Row

SUN DAY CAMPAIGN

FOR EACH OF THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 2018, U.S. CO2 EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY USE HAVE INCREASED COMPARED TO 2017 LEVELS

 EMISSIONS RISE ALMOST 3%, EXCEEDING EIA PREDICTIONS WHILE U.S. COAL EXPORTS JUMP BY A THIRD,  ADDING TO THE GLOBAL CO2 BURDEN

 Contact:         Ken Bossong, 301-270-6477 x.6 

Washington DC – U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from energy consumption have increased during each of the first eight months of 2018 compared to the corresponding months in 2017, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Further, the latest issue of EIA’s “Monthly Energy Review” (with data through August 31, 2018) reveals that for the first two-thirds of 2018, total CO2 emissions from domestic use of petroleum, natural gas, coal, biomass, geothermal energy, and non-biomass waste were 2.9% higher than for the same period in 2017. For the most recent month reported (i.e., August 2018), CO2 emissions are 3.4% higher than a year earlier. [1]

Those from fossil fuels alone (i.e., coal, petroleum, natural gas) have risen by more than 3.0 percent (i.e., 3.05%) while those from just natural gas zoomed upward by over 12.0% (i.e., 12.03%).

If the current growth rate continues, CO2 emissions from energy consumption in 2018 will be back up to, and perhaps exceed, the level they were at in 2015. This would reverse the downward and encouraging trajectory of the past decade – a trend highlighted by EIA in news releases it recently issued but which were both out-of-date and misleading. [2]

Moreover, the rate at which CO2 emissions are rising has consistently outpaced the increases forecast throughout the year by EIA in its monthly “Short-Term Energy Outlook.” For the first six months of 2018, EIA forecast, on average, an increase of only 1.3% in 2018 CO2 emissions. For the most recent five-month period (i.e., July – November 2018), the average of EIA’s forecasts for the increase in CO2 levels in 2018 rose to 2.2%. Its highest forecast – a 2.5% increase – was issued on November 6. Thus, actual year-to-date emissions are now exceeding EIA’s worst-case prediction. [3]

In addition, beyond CO2 emissions from domestic energy consumption, the U.S. is dramatically increasing its contribution to global emissions through its aggressive coal export program. EIA data reveal that net U.S. coal exports during the first nine months of 2018 have exceeded the levels recorded for each corresponding month in 2017. For the first three-quarters of 2018, coal exports are nearly one-third higher (i.e., 32.9%) than they were in 2017 [82,812 thousand short tons vs. 62,327 thousand short tons]. [4]

Ironically, EIA’s latest data were released just days before the federal government issued its “Fourth National Climate Assessment” which underscores the dire and growing impacts of climate change and the need to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. # # # # # # # # #

[1] The latest issue of EIA’s “Monthly Energy Review” was released on November 20, 2018. For the data cited in this news update, see: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec12_3.pdf and https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec12_10.pdf

[2] On September 25, 2018 EIA issued a report/news release entitled “U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions decreased 0.9% in 2017.” See:

https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/carbon/pdf/2017_co2analysis.pdf  ; https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/carbon

On October 29, 2018 EIA issued a second, similar report/news release entitled “Carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector have declined 28% since 2005.” See:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=37392

[3] Below are links to EIA’s monthly “Short-Term Energy Outlook” reports issued in 2018. The numbers in parenthesis are EIA’s forecasts for the level of increase in CO2 emissions in 2018.

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/jan18.pdf (1.7%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/feb18.pdf (1.8%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/mar18.pdf  (1.0%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/apr18.pdf  (0.9%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/may18.pdf  (1.4%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/jun18.pdf  (1.1%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/jul18.pdf  (1.8%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/aug18.pdf   (2.0%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/sep18.pdf  (2.3%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/oct18.pdf  (2.2%)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/archives/nov18.pdf  (2.5%)  [released November 6, 2018]

[4]  See column “net imports” in EIA’s “Monthly Energy Review” at: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec6_3.pdf

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