The EU-US Trade Deal: Von der Leyen Just Subordinated the EU as the US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State
The EU submits to Trump on trade and accepts further insult via required US investment and energy purchases
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U.S. Inches Closer to Causing Major Caucasus Crisis With Offer to Administer Transport Corridor Between Turkey and Azerbaijan
Moscow takes measures against Baku and Yerevan to warn against corridor move that would upset regional balance and be blow to Iran and Russia.
Read more...Dutch Industry Buckles Under Energy Transition and Global Pressure
High energy costs in Europe, largely due to sanctions against Russia, has spread the gangrene of de-industrialization to the Netherlands
Read more...“Europe Won’t Need Russian Gas in the Future”
Europe celebrates its economic suicide by continuing down the path of achieving independence from cheap Russian gas.
Read more...Trump Just Gave a Huge Gift to China’s Economy
The GOP’s huge new tax and spending law will make it even harder for U.S. companies to compete in clean technologies.
Read more...AI, Antitrust & Privacy: When More Competition Makes Things Worse
Increased AI competition worsens surveillance, manipulation, and disinformation—threatening privacy, autonomy, and democracy.
Read more...Chaos in the Caucasus: Türkiye and Azerbaijan Make Their US-Israel-Backed Move Against Russia and Iran
U.S. officials say involvement of Russia and Iran in their own backyard of the South Caucasus is “unstable and undesirable.”
Read more...Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record High Despite Green Efforts
So much for “green energy will save us” hype. Carbon emssions keep rising.
Read more...Sustainable Investment Stumbles on Uncertain Pace of Energy Transition
Green energy investment goes wobbly….again.
Read more...Take Advantage of These Tax Credits Before Congress Kills Them
An alert: some energy efficiency tax credits are about to be terminated. See if you want to avail yourself of them while you can.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The U.S. Empire’s Plan for Global Domination
Michael Hudson: War on Iran is part of the US empire’s effort to re-impose its dominance on the global political and financial system
Read more...Satyajit Das: Middle East Trajectories – Implications for the Region and Energy Markets
A refined (pun intended) discussion of the state of the energy market and the high risk of continued kinetic action between Israel and Iran.
Read more...US Shale Can’t Scale If No One’s Left to Work It
A form of class warfare hits shale players Too few young workers like the industry and its long-term career prospects.
Read more...Breaking: Fordow Attacked Again; Trump Talks Up Regime Change, Brays About Iran Nuclear Site Success as Israel Taking Increasing Toll from Attacks, Iran Puts Pieces in Place for Strait of Hormuz Closure; UPDATE: Iran Media Claims Attack on US Base in Syria
Iran updates, with the big underlying pressure being Israel’s decay path and US failure so far to arrest that.
Read more...Proxy Fighters in the Fog of War
Examining the potential role of Turkey, Azerbaijan and nonstate actors bordering Iran in the destabilization campaign.
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