Is China Socialist or State Capitalist? – Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond
Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond: Will China resist financialization and lead the way on climate policy, or is it practicing capitalism lite?
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The World Could See A Record-Breaking Oil Supply Shock
Unless the West blinks on Russian sanctions, high oil prices seem destined to go even higher.
Read more...Is Joe Manchin Lucy or the Football?
Why Joe Manchin is merely a convenient excuse for what is wrong with Democrats and soi disant progressives.
Read more...The World Is Facing A Critical Diesel Shortage
An oil price drop gives an illusory sense of relief from an ongoing and set to worsen diesel squeeze.
Read more...Russia Sanctions Trade Shock: Fulfilling the Fears of Smoot-Hawley?
More on the possiblity of severe blowback from sanctions against Russia in the form of trade disruption.
Read more...Fossil-Fueled War: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out
For Svitlana Krakovska, recent events have clarified the human, economic, and geopolitical catastrophe of fossil fuels.
Read more...This Ironic World: Does Climate Hope Encourage Climate Inaction?
Why climate change hopium really is bad for you and all of us.
Read more...Plastic Watch: New UN Treaty Could Spur More Plastic Waste Lawsuits
New UN plastics treaty might provide the basis for plastic waste lawsuits in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
Read more...America Shoots Its Own Dollar Empire in Economic Attack on Russia
The US is gambling with its superpower status by putting its dollar hegemony in play to hurt the Russian economy.
Read more...Russia’s Economic War Front, The New Tributary System & The Russian Kowtow
A look at economic sanction options for Russia.
Read more...‘Major Step Forward’: AIG to Stop Insuring Coal, Tar Sands, and Arctic Drilling
The campaign to get AIG to stop guaranteeing many fossil fuel development projecs has opened a new front in climate activism.
Read more...Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Highlights America’s Fading Geopolitical Influence
Why Russia is not as isolated as the US press would have you believe. The US has wrongfooted some recent dealing with influential countries.
Read more...Does Limited US Shale Spending Guarantee Higher Energy Prices?
Reduced shale investment is set to lead to sustained higher prices. That’s good for the planet but hard on budgets.
Read more...U.S. Shale Production Hindered By Sand Supply Crunch
Sand is back as a looming problem for shale operators.
Read more...Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer
Gail Tverberg throws cold water on green energy optimism.
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