Energy Crisis
Sec. Granholm on support for permitting reform
“We have spent so much time waiting and doing nothing and we have an old grid, now we’ve essentially got to double the capacity of our grid to make sure we get to the goals […]
Month: March 2023
Electrical Generation / Utilities
The African power grid collapse is spreading
Last summer, we looked at the collapse of the power grid in South Africa. The country which previously had the most economically stable and prosperous government in sub-Saharan Africa suffered waves of unemployment and looting as its […]
Climate Crisis
Climate Change Weekly #464: Slavery and Child Labor at the Core of Elites’ Green Energy Obsession
IN THIS ISSUE: Slavery and Child Labor at the Core of Elites’ Green Energy Obsession Podcast of the Week: Climate Science Reality Check: Getting True Climate Science Recognized in Canada (Guest: Ron Davison) Reuters’ Long-time […]
Aljazeera International
US: Biden declares emergency for Mississippi’s storm recovery
US President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration for Mississippi after a powerful storm tore across the state, killing at least 25 people there and one in Alabama. Biden ordered federal aid to supplement […]
Aljazeera International
More boats sink off Tunisia’s coast, killing 29 asylum seekers
NewsRefugees Tunisia’s coast guard recovered 10 bodies from a migrant boat which sank near the coast, the second vessel to sink within hours off Tunisia, bringing the death toll to 29, according to a security […]
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Daylight savings time dispute puts Lebanon in two timezones
Lebanon has woken up in two time zones amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a month. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a decision […]
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‘Dance like there is no tomorrow’: Ukraine’s wartime music scene
Listen to this story: Lviv and Kyiv, Ukraine – Boghdan Sulanov, the fast-talking vocalist of a heavy metal rock band called YAD, traverses a crammed backstage area. He edges past a guitarist who has just […]
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Iran, Syria condemn US attacks on Iran-linked facilities
Tehran, Iran – The governments of Iran and Syria have condemned the United States for attacks on Syrian soil that reportedly killed 19 people, which Washington said it carried out following a drone attack on […]
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The German Greens and the ills of green party politics
Earlier this month, the European Union was expected to vote on a law banning the sale of combustion-engine cars by 2035. But the legislation, which had been months in the making, was blocked by the […]
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Two Israeli soldiers wounded in Palestinian shooting
Two Israeli soldiers have been wounded, the military says, in a drive-by shooting claimed by a Palestinian armed group in the flashpoint town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank. The Popular Front for the […]