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Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington – Simon Shuster and Brian Bennett / Time (video)

EnergiesNet — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 09:49:39 +0000

By Simon Shuster and Brian Bennett The standoff at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue was not much of a spectacle. On the first day of February, a handful of men working for Elon Musk had come to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a few blocks from the White House, demanding full access to its headquarters. The agency’s staff refused. …

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China Moves to Space to Dominate the Final Frontier – Didi Kirsten Tatlow/Newsweek

EnergiesNet — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:07:14 +0000

By Didi Kirsten Tatlow China’s ambition to be the world’s greatest space power is taking it to the Moon, to other planets—and to the sepia dust of Chile’s Atacama Desert. Here, in a lunar-looking landscape in the South American country, diggers are smoothing a rocky plain beneath an 8,600-foot Andean peak for a new astronomical observatory where Chinese scientists …

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Javier Milei: The Unexpected Success of Argentina’s Libertarian Leader – Benjamin N. Gedan/AQ

EnergiesNet — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:51:06 +0000

A look at why Argentina’s libertarian president has outperformed expectations at the one-year mark, with several challenges ahead. Javier Milei Has Surprised Almost Everybody. By Benjamin N. Gedan Decembers in Argentina are often tense, and not just because of the holidays. In 2001, supermarket riots spilled over into broader street violence, forcing two presidents to …

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Argentina’s Biggest Challenge – Brian Winter/Americas Quarterly

EnergiesNet — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:07:52 +0000

By Brian Winter In the course of my life I have probably spent, without exaggeration, at least 1,000 hours in Buenos Aires drinking coffee and listening to people offer their pet theories on how Argentina lost its way. Throughout those conversations, I’ve heard friends and politicians variously blame: Juan Perón, Eva Perón, Isabel Perón, Old …

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Biden’s oil boom: How fossil fuels thrived despite the White House’s climate policies – Reuters

EnergiesNet — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 13:21:10 +0000

Prinz Magtulis, Nichola Groom, Jarrett Renshaw and Moira Warburton, Reuters NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON Energiesnews.com 03 29 2024 Almost no matter the metric, the U.S. oil and gas industry has flourished under President Joe Biden, even though his administration has pushed hard to transition the U.S. economy toward a carbon-free future to fight climate change. The …

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Putin’s Energy Offensive Has Failed – Paul Krugman/NYTimes

EnergiesNet — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 19:15:49 +0000

By Paul Krugman Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Since then, Russia has launched four great offensives. Three were military; the fourth was economic. And while you don’t hear much about that last offensive, its failure offers some very important lessons. Everyone knows about the first military offensive: the attempted blitzkrieg that was …

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Bolivia’s Big Bet on Lithium Is a Long Shot – Eduardo Porter/Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:24:40 +0000

By Eduardo Porter Just wait for the lithium to kick in. In a nutshell, that’s the message from President Luis Arce’s government to thousands of Bolivians worriedly evaluating their finances, waiting in interminable lines in hopes of getting some dollars before Bolivia’s balance of payments breaks and takes their bolivianos down with it. The claims …

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Russia’s Ghost Fleet of Oil Tankers Is a Floating Time Bomb – James Stavridis/Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:58:34 +0000

By James Stavridis Most people focus on the land and air aspects of the war in Ukraine, naturally enough — they are vivid and constantly being recorded and broadcast across the world’s screens. But there are significant maritime activities occurring as well, from active combat (including the sinking of the Russian Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, last …

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Why China Keeps Pulling the Rug on Putin’s Pipeline – David fickling/Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:07:47 +0000

By David Fickling It’s normally grim work following meetings between authoritarian leaders boasting of their growing power and influence. But watching Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping negotiate over Russia’s biggest gas export project has a surprisingly comic edge. Each time the Russian and Chinese presidents meet, Putin drops hints that the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline — which …

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How to Fix the TikTok Problem – Julia Angwin/NYTimes

EnergiesNet — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:51:30 +0000

By Julia Angwin Banning TikTok won’t keep us safe. As you may have heard, the United States government is in the midst of a full-on panic about TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app best known for its ability to inspire teens to try out new dance moves. Last week, the White House reportedly demanded that TikTok’s …

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OPEC+ Isn’t Panicking About Oil’s Sudden Drop — Yet – Javier Blas/Bloomberg

EnergiesNet — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 17:16:32 +0000

By Javier Blas Oil has been perhaps the biggest collateral victim as the banking drama spread from California to Switzerland in recent days. In little more than a week, Brent crude has fallen by $10 a barrel, or about 15%. The speed and magnitude of the selloff has some investors asking: Where’s OPEC+? The oil cartel is, for now …

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What Really Controls Our Global Economy – Quinn Slobodian/NYTimes

EnergiesNet — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:15:46 +0000

By Quinn Slobodian After decades of giddy globalization, the pendulum is swinging back to the nation. These days, all the talk is about bringing the supply chains home. Congress just passed a nearly $400 billion bill intended to increase domestic production, aid in a green energy transition and reduce foreign dependence. Pundits have declared the dawn of a new …

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