Renewable energy is growing rapidly, but fossil fuel production is also expanding. At COP30, over 80 countries supported Brazil’s call for a formal "road map" to phase out fossil fuels, but oil-producing nations blocked it. The US is pushing to keep fossil fuels dominant. Electro-states are betting on clean energy while petro-states are resisting the transition.
The Conversation
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026
While wind and solar energy led in investments globally, liquefied natural gas is also booming. A former climate envoy for Germany explains what...
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The EU is not willing to refute Trump's statement that "the EU needs us to have Greenland and they know that." #usa #eu #greenland
World renowned medical journal, The Lancet, has published data concluding that US imposed sanctions cause the deaths of more than 564,000 people each year. More than half of the dead are children under the age of 5. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00189-5/fulltext #science #usa
The two main parties of the Canadian ruling class, the governing Liberals and the official opposition Conservatives, have “welcomed” Trump’s criminal assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro, claiming that they open the door to “freedom” and “democracy.”
World Socialist Web Site
Ottawa “welcomes” assault on Venezuela, but fears a rampaging America threatens Canadian imperialist interests
Ottawa has long worked with Washington to bring about regime change in Venezuela.
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The oil companies were notified before the congress. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5672735-trump-venezuela-oil-industry #usa #venezuela
watch Starver stammer trying to avoid answering the question of whether kidnapping democratically elected leaders violates international law. 🤡 #usa #venezuela #uk
Vietnam is expected to surpass Thailand to become Southeast Asia's second largest economy this year. Vietnam going from poor to developed, is an absolute triumph of the Marxist central planning model.
Nikkei Asia
Vietnam's GDP could top Thailand's this year as growth accelerates
Landscape shifts as Cambodia conflict takes a toll on Thai economy
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The very brazenness of the act is its strategic purpose. The impending trial of Maduro is set to function as a kangaroo court, with the explicit objective of intimidating governments in Latin America. The message is, "we an abduct you with impunity, and there is nothing you can do about it." #venezuela #usa #colonialism #imperialism
American imperialism is like a parasitic wasp that burrows inside the host nation, laying its eggs in the political and economic marrow. The body politic continues to move, but its will is consumed from within, hollowed out until it serves only to nourish the colony of foreign capital and control. #usa #geopolitics #economics #capitalism #politics