China and the Revenge of the Sanctioned
How US ham-handed use of force and misreadings of key players’ interests, allowed China to suddenly take a leadershp role in the Middle East
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The U.S. Needs To Double The Size Of Its Energy Grid
Will the state of the US grid constrain the conversion to electric vehicles and other green devices?
Read more...To the Losers Go the Spoils?
Germany is latest western nation to position itself to profit off of whatever is left of Ukraine after its (and NATO’s) eventual loss.
Read more...Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways? New Book Reveals Details of a US Leak
New research casts serious doubts on environmental testing done by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland after 2018 leaks.
Read more...Kamala Harris Serves up Crumbs in Africa as US Continues to Offer Little in Comparison to China
The US wants African minerals for its goal of becoming the world’s cleantech superpower, but it cannot compete with Beijing economically on the continent.
Read more...Eurasian Integration Including Iran Proceeds Despite US “Maximum Pressure” Campaign
The Riyadh-Tehran rapprochement could bring much-needed infrastructure investment in Iran, which is situated at the center of China and Russian-led Eurasian integration efforts, but countries will have to defy or work around US sanctions.
Read more...Why is America So Anti-City? It Holds Back the Entire Country
oth parties are exacerbating the city/country split. How different are their interests?
Read more...Interest Rate Hikes and IMF Bailouts: the US Tries to Roll Back Chinese Influence in the Global South
As higher interest rates and inflation hit developing countries, the IMF is trying to use bailout terms to sideline Beijing.
Read more...Breached Dam, Incineration of Soil Flood East Palestine With Fresh Fears of Toxins
“I’ve had fear and now this just put the anxiety over the top,” said one local resident.
Read more...Rail Workers Warn Safety Bill Loopholes Are Big Enough to ‘Run a Freight Train Through’
Post East Palentine rail safety reform proposals are embarrassingly unserious.
Read more...Amid Ohio Nightmare, Rail Worker Alliance Urges All of Labor to Back Railroad Nationalization
Rather than settle for narrow reforms, rail workers are pushing for public ownership of the US railroad system, which is commonplace throughout much of the world.
Read more...How Precision Scheduled Railroading at Norfolk Southern Caused a Toxic Vinyl Chloride Mushroom Cloud Over East Palestine, Ohio
I certainly hope Norfolk Southern’s owners are happy!
Read more...Hit With Extreme Weather, Texas Cities Debate Cost of Adaptation
Experts say local governments should prioritize extreme weather preparedness. But building resilience is expensive, and the wealthy can afford to do it for themselves.
Read more...Carbon Capture Project Is ‘Band-Aid’ to Greenwash $10 Billion LNG Plant, Locals Say
Texas community fights to save its coastline as the developers of Rio Grande LNG reassure investors over climate impact.
Read more...Russia’s “Sanction-Proof” Trade Corridor to India Frustrates the Neocons
Russia, India, and Iran press ahead with new International North-South Transport Corridor. Will Adani crisis and Iran-Azerbaijan tension derail it?
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