Saudi Arabia which has faced something close to an economic recession after years of plummeting oil prices, appears to be willing to do anything to retain its only major source of revenue.
Oil prices immediately increased as Saudi Arabia led the charge of Arab nations severing all diplomatic ties with Qatar.
The price of Brent Crude has jumped 32 cents and has achieved the crucial +$50 a barrel mark.
Britain has just experienced its first full day of electricity generation without coal since 1882.
What is interesting about this development is that the way in which Britain has moved away from coal for its electricity use is little discussed. An article by the BBC published in 2013 however provides the explanation.
Australia is a major exporter of coal, gas and iron ore, and is set to become the world’s largest exporter of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG). However, depending upon the degree of systemic gas leakage, burning gas for power may be worse greenhouse gas (GHG)-wise than burning coal. However a remorselessly neoliberal, anti-science and anti-environment Australia is committed to massive[Read More...]
The Eshkol power station, the first in Israel to produce electricity from natural gas, in the coastal city of Ashdod, southern Israel.
At 1,248 miles long and almost 6 miles deep, this will be the longest and deepest undersea pipeline ever built. Israel hopes that becoming a major energy exporter will improve relations with current foes. How will this change the geopolitical landscape?
On March 10, Maryland’s House of Delegates passed legislation to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, 97 to 40. The bill’s next hurdle is the Senate, where a key lawmaker has resisted efforts to permanently prohibit the practice. [1]
Jay Dyer
21st Century Wire
Jay Dyer returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his recent video “Syria, Assassinations, Wikileaks & the West: The Big Plan Exposed.” We talk about the larger agenda behind NATO’s proxy wars in Libya and Syria and the Anglo-American imperial strategy to destabilize nations.
Let’s think for a moment. If terrorists dumped biological agents in a river that provides drinking water for thousands of people, it would spark panic, probably result in new laws, and the world would be horrified. If a disgruntled woman somehow managed to dump poison in her ex-husbands well water, it would be a criminal act. Outrage would explode over social media.
The Aliso Canyon methane gas leak is anything but under control.
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This methane gas disaster is worse than can be sufficiently described in words.
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