Above Photo: Scuba divers swim over a coral reef. IPBES. Protecting biodiversity isn’t just important for its own sake; it’s essential for human wellbeing too. A new report from the The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) – which is often described as the “IPCC for biodiversity” – found that billions of people depend on 50,000 wild species for food, medicine, fuel and income from activities like tourism. “70% of the world’s poor are directly dependent on wild species. One in five people rely on wild plants, algae and fungi for their food and income; 2.4 billion rely on fuel […]
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Above photo: Still photo from video of 20,000 gallons of jet fuel spewing for 34 hours at Red Hill and leaking into Honolulu’s water supply. Video Hidden for 6 Months by the Navy shows 20,000 gallons of Jet Fuel Spewing for 34 hours in the Red Hill Tunnel. Community’s Trust of NAVY is in the Toilet! A dramatic video hidden for 6 months by the Navy of the 34 hours showing 20,000 gallons of jet fuel spraying into a Red Hill tunnel and disappearing into a floor drain that sent thousands of gallons into the water supply of 93,000 residents surfaced on July 5 […]
On its face, nothing seems more benign and positive than “wildlife conservation.” But the Wildlife Conservation Society and the German and US governments have now been implicated in supporting organized violence against Congolese villagers, using mortars, RPGs, indisciminate fire, murder and rape. This is the finding of award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Robert Flummerfelt. Flummerfelt and his team uncovered a three-year campaign of violence by park authorities to expel Batwa people from their lands, using funding and trained by the West and conservation groups. Investigators were targeted for murder after their report came out. He joined Dispatches with Rania […]
Above photo: Premier Jason Kenney, Energy Minister Sonya Savage, and Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity Dale Nally in Edmonton in October 2020. Credit: Alberta Newsroom. Critics say the best argument for blue hydrogen is to “keep the fossil fuel industry in business.” Talk to fossil fuel execs, government ministers, and industry reps these days and they’ll all tell a similar story: Blue hydrogen is the clean fuel of the future that will help Canada and the world get to net-zero emissions. It’ll power everything from airplanes to long-haul trucks and will even heat our homes. Canadian media has called blue […]
Above photo: Ecuador rebellion during June 2022. Inflationary pressure in the region has also influenced the elections in Colombia. An alliance of Indigenous organizations in Ecuador have held daily demonstrations after sharp increases in the costs for fuel and food. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) began their general strike actions on June 13 after huge price hikes crippled the capacity of rural and urban communities to access transportation and food for their households. In response to the demonstrations and an assortment of other forms of resistance, President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency in several provinces […]
Above Photo: Youth-led climate protest. Portland, Oregon. September, 2021. (Nick Cunningham). The fossil fuel industry, smarting from a string of defeats in Oregon and Washington, is hoping to continue to expand in the face of the climate crisis, but without arousing opposition. New large-scale fossil fuel projects have become mostly unworkable in the Pacific Northwest, with dozens canceled over the past decade due to fierce opposition from local communities. But the industry’s blitz is not yet over. Instead, rather than building new pipelines, it is seeking to expand existing infrastructure in a way that will provoke less pushback. Since 2012, an […]
Above photo: Fuel Trucks That Can Move 100 million gallons of jet fuel from Red Hill in 27 days. 27 days instead! Ten days ago, late on a Friday afternoon, May 27, 2022, the contractor’s assessment of the repairs needed in the US Navy’s Red Hill Jet Fuel Storage Area was delivered to the Hawai’i Department of Health. The redacted report made available to the public shed light on how badly managed and maintained the massive 80-year-old, 20 storage tank, 250 million gallon facility located a mere 100 feet above Honolulu’s water supply, had become. In fact, according to the report, the […]
Above Photo: Activists gathered at Artivism Virginia’s Violation Vigil event in Richmond, VA on December 11, 2021 to draw attention to the 300-plus water violations the Mountain Valley Pipeline has committed so far. Will Kerner. For over a century, this region has powered the country’s growth with coal, gas, and oil. But its communities have not seen the prosperity and health the fossil fuel industry continues to promise them. A fossil fuel executive recently told Fortune, “Appalachia is the elephant in the room,” referring to the claim that demand for natural gas is rising, while supply in Appalachia and the United States is […]
Hawai’i is on path to become the first state in the US and the world and the first Pacific Island to endorse the proposal for a global plan to manage a fast and fair phase out of coal, oil and gas. Honolulu, Hawai’i – The Hawai’i State Legislature has adopted a resolution calling for the State of Hawai’i and all counties to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Hawai’i was the first US state to make a Climate Emergency Declaration and pass legislation to implement portions of the Paris Climate Agreement. Hawai’i may now become the first state and the first Pacific […]
Above photo: Fuel tank upgrade project at Manchester. US Navy. We Can’t Wait that long to Close Down Red Hill. According to local news media in Kitsap, Washington, it’s expected to take approximately nine years to complete the six above-ground tanks project shutting down and closing 33 underground Navy fuel tanks at the US military Manchester Fuel Depot in Manchester, Washington and will cost the Department of Defense around $200 million. It took the Department of Defense (DOD) 3 years to begin work on shutting down the tanks after the decision was made. The decision to close and remove the original 33 underground fuel storage tanks and […]
Peace and environmental activists joined for Earth Day at Manchester fuel depot to protest hydrocarbon use by the Navy and Department of Defense. Manchester, Washington – Activists with Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, 350 West Sound Climate Action, Earth Care Not Warfare and other peace and environmental groups met at noon at Manchester State Park. From there, they walked to the Manchester fuel depot, the Department of Defense’s largest single-site fuel terminal in the United States, and demanded that the U.S. military reduce its carbon footprint while reducing its global military footprint on the planet. The U.S. military has approximately 750 military […]
Above photo: Ann Wright. Don’t Get Your Hopes Up! On March 7, 2022 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the defueling and closure of the 80-year-old leaking 250 million gallon jet fuel tanks at Red Hill on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i. The order came 95 days after a catastrophic 19,000-gallon leak of jet fuel into one of the drinking water wells operated by the U.S. Navy. The drinking water of over 93,000 persons was contaminated, including the water of many military and civilian families living on military bases. Hundreds went to emergency rooms for treatment of rashes, headaches, vomiting, diarrhea and seizures. […]
$1.1 Billion And Counting For Navy’s Obstinance In Shutting Down Fuel Tanks By Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. March 25, 2022 $1.1 Billion And Counting For Navy’s Obstinance In Shutting Down Fuel Tanks2022-03-252022-03-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/img-7202-1-1-e1648260756855.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ann Wright. Navy Decisions on Red Hill Jet Fuel Tanks Very Costly to Military Families, Taxpayers and Hawaii’s Environment. Total Congressional funding for all aspects of the Navy’s Red Hill water contamination debacle is now over $1.1 billion according to Hawai’i Congressional representative Ed Case and billions more are needed to complete clean-up, defueling and closing of the massive leaking Red Hill jet fuel storage […]
Yemen Retaliates Against Deadly Fuel Blockade By Targeting Saudi Oil By Ahmed Abdulkareem, Mintpress News. March 19, 2022 Yemen Retaliates Against Deadly Fuel Blockade By Targeting Saudi Oil2022-03-192022-03-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220319.webp200px200px Above Photo: Cars line up at a petrol station amid fuel shortages in Sanaa, Yemen, Jun. 15, 2020. Hani Mohammed. AP. Ansar Allah Is Hoping To Exploit Rising Oil Prices By Targeting Saudi Oil Infrastructure. And Driving Up The Price Of Crude Oil In A Bid To Punish The United States For Its Support Of The Saudi-Led War. Yemen-Saudi Border – Under the scorching midday sun, Hakem Matari Yahya al-Buttaini’s brother was on the […]
Plenty Of Fuel For Manufacturing Hate By Patrick Carey, Popular Resistance. March 10, 2022 Plenty Of Fuel For Manufacturing Hate2022-03-102022-03-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/img_2423.jpg200px200px Above photo: Azov Battalion. From NEXTA TV. On the 7th March Maria Varenikova in The New York Times wrote that billboards were being put up along roadsides in Ukraine with “gigantic block letters” telling ordinary Russian residents of Ukraine in “profanity-laced language” to get out. This is part of an increasingly vitriolic campaign targeting the resident Russian population of Ukraine, the largest single Russian community outside of Russia in the world. In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified as ethnic Russians, 17.3% […]
Above Photo: Getty Images. The Industry Is Wildly Fudging The Numbers To Make Itself Look Like A Major Job Creator. We Shouldn’t Be Fooled. For years now, any discussion about climate action or the need to move off fossil fuels has run headlong into a familiar quandary: The industries fueling the climate crisis create good jobs, often in areas of the country where finding work that can support a family is incredibly difficult. This leaves activists gesturing towards well-intentioned goals like a “just transition,” a promise that likely rings hollow for workers and many labor unions because it’s hard to see where this has actually happened — even […]
Above photo: By Ann Wright on February 2, 2022 at protest over military’s filing two lawsuits challenging Hawaii’s emergency order to shut down the Red Hill jet fuel tanks. Navy calls shut down “Erroneous; Arbitrary, Capricious, and an Abuse of Discretion; Clearly Unwarranted” as no “Imminent Peril.” Tell That to Its Own Military Families– No Trust in US Navy. Two lawsuits filed on February 2, 2022 by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Department of Defense and the Department of Navy challenge the State of Hawaii’s emergency order to shut down and defuel the leaking 80-year-old jet fuel tanks. […]
Above Photo: An action in front of the headquarters of the U.S. Navy Pacific Command. Greg Noir / Twitter. In the wake of a major leak by the Navy that contaminated O’ahu’s water supply, water protectors found unlikely allies among outraged military families. Upwards of 100 water protectors rallied outside the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu on Dec. 10. Their greatest fears had just come true. The U.S. Navy had kept decaying fuel storage tanks just 100 feet above a water aquifer that functioned as the main source of drinking water on the island of O’ahu. Those tanks recently leaked jet fuel into […]
Above photo: Military Spouse who reported fuel poisoning symptoms. Ann Wright. Risk Outweighs Military Claims of National Security. Red Hill is a Ticking Time Bomb. In a strongly worded proposed decision and order, on December 27, 2021, David Day, the Hawai’i State Department of Health Red Hill case Hearing Officer and Deputy Attorney General announced in a 33-page proposed decision and order that the “imminent peril” caused to the drinking water by the U.S. Navy’s leaking jet fuel tanks in the island of O’ahu outweighs the military’s claims that the tanks are key to “national security.” On November 28, approximately 19,000 gallons of […]
Above photo: Military Spouse Lauren Bauer questioned Navy brass at Houlani Community Center. Civil Beat. Fuel Must Be Removed from Tanks within 30 Days. On December 6, after all hell broke loose at each of the five town hall meetings held over several days by the U.S. Navy to try to calm military families who have been drinking and bathing in fuel contaminated water, the Governor of the State of Hawai’i issued an order to the Navy to suspend the operation of the massive jet fuel tanks and within 30 days “defuel” or remove the fuel out of the tanks! Governor Ige said […]
Above photo: Sierra Club-Hawaii Director Waynet Tanaka speaking at press conference. Sierra Club Hawai’i. Honolulu Citizens Demand the Closing of the US Navy’s 225 million gallon, 80-Year-Old, Leaking Underground Jet Fuel Tanks. The long citizen protest underscoring the dangers from the U.S. Navy’s 80-year-old leaking 20 jet fuel tanks at Red Hill each tank 20 stories tall and holding a total of 225 million gallons of jet fuel came to a head over the weekend with Navy families around the large Pearl Harbor Naval Base being sickened by fuel in their home tap water. The Navy’s huge jet fuel tank complex […]
Above Photo: Indigenous activists speak during a protest at JPMorgan Chase offices in Glasgow. ‘Shame On You.’ The major American bank is helping fund the Coastal Gaslink pipeline, which threatens First Nation lands in Canada. Glasgow, Scotland — Indigenous activists on Wednesday staged a protest outside JPMorgan Chase headquarters in central Glasgow as pressure on banks to halt oil and gas extraction grows. A crowd of over a hundred chanted “enough is enough” and “shame on you” outside the American multinational bank’s office building, just over a mile from where crucial talks at the COP26 climate conference are currently taking place. […]
Above photo: An interior view of one of the Red Hill tanks. US National Security Requires It. Photo by US Navy of inside of one of the 20 massive jet fuel tanks inside Red Hill, Oahu, Hawaii. Hawai’i – While the U.S. Navy continues to argue that U.S. national security requires that its 80-year-old leaking 20 story underground jet fuel tanks remain open, I argue the opposite–that for U.S. national security reasons the 200-million-gallon facility be closed down before a catastrophic leak destroys the potable water supply for 400,00 residents of Oahu. Once the aquifer is contaminated by a predicted major […]
Above Photo: Climate activists stage a divestment rally on April 4, 2014 in Madison, Wisconsin. (depthandtime/flickr/cc) “Institutions around the world must step up now and commit to joining the divest-invest movement before it is too late—for them, for the economy, and for the world.” Over the past decade, nearly 1,500 investors and institutions controlling almost $40 trillion in assets have committed to divesting from fossil fuels—a remarkable achievement that climate campaigners applauded Tuesday, while warning that further commitments and action remain crucial. “Amidst a depressing era in the race against climate change—with killer fires and titanic storms, political stalemate, and corporate greenwashing—the […]
Above Photo: New research shows fossil fuel companies are overwhelmingly promoting their green efforts online. DeSmog. One expert called it a “systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production.” Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by DeSmog. The findings add to campaigner concerns that fossil fuel companies are […]
Above Photo: Erik McGregor. This op-ed talks about the youth climate movement’s plan to pressure banks like JPMorgan Chase. The biggest banks are using your money to fund the climate crisis. We have seen this story before. In 2008, the recklessness of megabanks sank the global economic system. Now, in 2021, the youth climate movement is saying that we’ve had enough. We’re not going to let the banks bring down the entire planet too. On October 29, young people are occupying and shutting down banks across the globe to demand an end to fossil fuel financing and the beginning of a Fossil-Free Future, […]
Above Photo: Hezbollah flags flutter as a convoy of tanker trucks carrying Iranian fuel oil arrive at al-Ain village in northeastern Lebanon (Aziz Taher/Reuters) The arrival of Iranian fuel arranged by Hezbollah has been received with mixed feelings in Lebanon amid an ongoing energy crisis. Beirut, Lebanon – The first of several truck convoys carrying Iranian fuel has arrived in Lebanon from Syria, a Hezbollah spokesperson told Al Jazeera – a shipment intended to help ease crippling fuel shortages amid a dire economic crisis. The first shipments of the fuel, carried by two convoys totalling 40 trucks according to Hezbollah’s Al Manar television channel, […]
Above photo: Campaigners condemn new £100m of UK aid for fossil fuels in Africa. Global Justice. More than 2,000 academics from around the world signed an open letter calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as the United Nations’ 76th General Assembly kicks off its annual meeting. Mobilizing meaningful action on climate change is one of the UN’s top priorities this year, and it was just last month that UN Secretary General António Guterres said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report “must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet.” The hope many […]
The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, has released a request for information for contractors interested in Self Sealing Fuel Tank (SSFT) for U.S. Marine Corps’ Light Armored Vehicles. In a notice posted on the U.S. government’s main contracting website, the Army Contracting Command announced that it is seeking sources that can demonstrate the capability to produce an estimated 324 fully integrated Self Sealing Fuel Tank (SSFT) Kits, for six (6) vehicle variants, over a 48 month period in support of the Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) Program Manager. “All SSFT kit deliveries must be completed by March 2025. The SSFT kit […]
Fuel Shortages In Venezuela By Tatuy TV and Venezuelanalysis. December 1, 2020 Fuel Shortages In Venezuela2020-12-012020-12-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/nogas-e1606851853152.jpg200px200px What’s behind Venezuela’s fuel shortages? We investigate in our latest video with Tatuy Tv. Fuel shortages have become of the main issues in Venezuela. The mainstream media, always on board the regime change bandwagon, is keen to report that “the country with the world’s largest oil reserves” has no fuel, but not so much on the causes behind it. Under the weight of punishing US sanctions, state oil company PDVSA has seen production fall dramatically and fuel refining has been especially hit. In our most […]
US, Turkey And Israel Fuel Forgotten War Between Armenia And Azerbaijan By Danny Sjursen, The Real News. October 29, 2020 US, Turkey And Israel Fuel Forgotten War Between Armenia And Azerbaijan2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/gettyimage-e1603991224333.jpg200px200px Above photo: October 20, 2020. Soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army with a mortar in a trench. Sergei Bobylev/TASS via Getty Images. While media focuses on the 2020 U.S. election, a reignited “frozen conflict” over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has human rights watchdogs sounding the alarm. Since Sept. 27, fighting in the disputed south Caucasus Mountain region of Nagorno-Karabakh has killed over 1,000 people, both civilians and combatants, while uprooting the lives of thousands. This includes new 11 […]
Israeli Weapons Fuel The Violence In Azerbaijan By Raul Diego, Mintpress News. October 22, 2020 Israeli Weapons Fuel The Violence In Azerbaijan2020-10-222020-10-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/wars.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man fences off a tail of a multiple rocket after shelling by Azerbaijan’s artillery during a military conflict in Shushi, outside Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Oct. 18, 2020. AP. With an eye on nearby Iran. Hoping to profit, protect an important source of oil, and to antagonize nearby Iran, Israel is selling drones and weapons to Azerbaijan, fueling the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The latest iteration of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which has already claimed the […]
Scientists at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have developed a unique technology to obtain a promising material: high-purity cubic tungsten carbide, which will be able to replace expensive platinum catalysts and reduce the cost of producing hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is widely used in oil refining and fertiliser production. It is also a promising environmentally friendly fuel that produces clean water when burned. Hydrogen production cost directly affects the development of energy, that’s why many research teams around the world are looking for a way to replace traditional, very expensive platinum group catalysts with new materials. High-purity cubic tungsten carbide is a promising […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107952/69/1079526986_0:31:3072:1759_1200x675_80_0_0_37c445107b0f1f9ec4f31d46986906b8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010101080727533-emergency-declared-in-russias-krasnoyarsk-territory-over-fuel-leak-emergencies-ministry-says/ KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Sputnik) – Emergency has been declared in the Kezhemsky District in the eastern part of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Territory after some 500 liters (over 132 gallons) of fuel leaked from a barge to the Angara River, the regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. “Starting from 9 October, the emergency regime has been declared in the Kezhemsky District over the leak of oil products to the Angara River,” the statement said. The authorities of the Kezhemsky District said that the incident involved the leak of 500 liters […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010091080724562-fuel-oil-tank-explosion-causes-major-fire-in-residential-area-in-beirut/ A fuel oil tank exploded on 9 October in the Tarik al-Jadida residential area in western Beirut, Lebanese media reported, citing witnesses. As a result of the explosion, a strong fire broke out. Fire brigades have promptly arrived at the scene to fight the flames. Lebanese Army soldiers and civil defence volunteers have started to evacuate people from nearby houses. According to preliminary data, there are several victims and they are receiving help from medical workers from the Lebanese Red Cross Society. Numerous photos and videos of the fire, black plumes of smoke, as well […]
New Fossil Fuel Projects Meet Indigenous Resistance By Randall Hyman, Truthout. September 19, 2020 New Fossil Fuel Projects Meet Indigenous Resistance2020-09-192020-09-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/new-mexico.png200px200px Above photo: Navajo Tribal Council Member Daniel Tso and Mario Atencio of Diné CARE study a map of oil leases in the Nation’s Eastern Agency. The Bureau of Land Management’s new guidelines will allow up to 3,000 more frack wells in the Greater Chaco region. Randall Hyman. New Mexico – The spicy pungency of sagebrush filled the air in Greater Chaco, New Mexico, in late July this summer as I watched towering, rain-laden clouds gather across the endless horizon — a reminder […]
Contraband fuel sits on the side of a road in Puerto Santander, Colombia, on May 31, 2019. The Venezuelan government’s lack of cash to import gasoline combined with U.S. sanctions targeting the oil sector have led to chronic fuel shortages in Venezuela. That has upended a long-running, lucrative contraband gas trade. Ivan Valencia/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ivan Valencia/Bloomberg via Getty Images Contraband fuel sits on the side of a road in Puerto Santander, Colombia, on May 31, 2019. The Venezuelan government’s lack of cash to import gasoline combined with U.S. sanctions targeting the oil sector have led […]
Prior to the pandemic, the head of UN World Food Programme warned that 2020 would be the worst year since the Second World War because of the severe damage inflicted upon food systems by natural disasters and conflicts. The coronavirus pandemic will result in a “widespread famine of biblical proportions”, said David Beasley, chief of the United Nations World Food Programme, urging the international community to act now in order to avoid a catastrophe. “We are not talking about people going to bed hungry. We are talking about extreme conditions, emergency status – people literally marching to the brink of starvation. […]
Israel Cuts Fuel, Gaza Goes Dark By Tamara Nassar, Electronic Intifada. August 22, 2020 Israel Cuts Fuel, Gaza Goes Dark2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/gaza-flames-and-smoke-rise-after-bombing-2020-e1598107224502.jpg200px200px Above photo: Flame and smoke rise as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 16 August. By Ashraf Amara for APA Images. The Gaza Strip’s only power plant shut down on Tuesday after Israel stopped the transfer of fuel to the territory. The halting of fuel transfers is among a series of collective punishment measures Israel has imposed on Gaza. Israel has claimed the measures are a response to incendiary balloons released from Gaza. The launching of […]
Climate Activists Are Closer Than Ever To Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments By Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence. August 19, 2020 Climate Activists Are Closer Than Ever To Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/divestment-protest-at-ny-capitol-albany-ny-e1597806879642.png200px200px Above photo: A group of NY2CL activists met in Albany to chalk pro-divestment messaging outside of the Capitol building when the legislative session began in May. NYYCL. Big Win Against Coal. When New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced last month that the state would divest its over $200 billion Common Retirement Fund from more than 20 coal companies, it marked an important milestone for a grassroots campaign that has […]
Fossil Fuel Industry Pollutes Black And Brown Communities By Gin Armstrong and Derek Seidman, Eyes on the Ties. July 28, 2020 Fossil Fuel Industry Pollutes Black And Brown Communities2020-07-282020-07-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/oil-and-gas-industry-logos-from-creative-commons.jpg200px200px Above: Creative Commons Photos: Shell Gas Station (Mike Mozart); Chase (longislandwins); Chevron (Roo Reynolds); Wells Fargo (Mike Mozart); BlackRock (Thomas Hawk). While Propping Up Racist Policing. As movements for racial and environmental justice escalate across the US, these struggles – which, as groups like the National Black Environmental Justice Network point out, must be seen as one – have a common foe: the fossil fuel industry. The same companies that drive environmental racism in Black and Brown […]
Iranian judicial authorities have halted the execution of Amirhossein Moradi, 26, a cellphone retailer, Said Tamjidi, 28, a student, and 26-year-old Mohammad Rajabi. Babak Paknia, a lawyer representing one of the accused, told AFP that “we conveyed a request [for a retrial] to the Supreme Court and they have accepted it.” The defense hopes that the verdict will eventually be overturned, he added. The Supreme Court had this week upheld the sentence, triggering an online campaign that urged authorities not to execute the three. Moradi, Tamjidi, and Rajabi were convicted on the back of the nationwide protests sparked by the government’s […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India is one of the biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil in spite of US sanctions. Private Indian refiners Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy are the only buyers from India. Soon after the US imposed sanctions, the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Gas had advised the two firms to make sanctions-proof transactions. In a fuel exchange deal, Reliance Industries will be loading the first cargo of Venezuelan crude in three months this week, as per the private firm’s sources quoted by Reuters. As per the news agency, a shipping document from state oil firm PDVSA states that the fuel […]
The Government of Israel has requested to buy approximately 990 million gallons of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Monday in an official notification to Congress. According to a recent service notification, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of approximately 990 million gallons of Petroleum-based products for an estimated cost of $3 billion. ”The proposed sale of the JP-8 aviation fuel will enable Israel to maintain operational aircraft. Diesel fuel and unleaded gasoline will be used for ground vehicles,” said in a […]
It’s effectively July 2017 in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), and as in the heady days of the initial coin offering (ICO) boom, the numbers are only trending up. According to DeFi Pulse, there is $1.9 billion in crypto assets locked in DeFi right now. According to the CoinDesk ICO Tracker, the ICO market started chugging past $1 billion in July 2017, just a few months before token sales started getting talked about on TV. Debate juxtaposing these numbers if you like, but what no one can question is this: Crypto users are putting more and more value to work […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Ever since the global crude oil prices crashed in March, when the Oil Producing and Exporting Countries Plus (OPEC+) failed to agree on production cuts in the wake of the COVID-19 spread, India’s principal opposition party Congress has been demanding that the Modi government cut retail prices. Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi has kicked off an online campaign called “Speak Up Against Fuel Hike”. The retail prices of petrol and diesel have hit the roof ever since the country entered the first phase of its unlock on 8 June. Diesel and petrol prices have been revised upwards almost every […]
Russia 07:29 GMT 07.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107954/45/1079544502_0:68:1920:1148_1200x675_80_0_0_1abd2dc95d00df18932a0c4a82373297.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202006071079544538-russian-emergencies-ministry-says-up-to-countrys-leadership-to-decide-on-foreign-help-in-fuel-spill/ KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Sputnik) – The Russian Emergencies Ministry has enough forces to effectively cope with the diesel fuel spill in Norilsk and it is up to Russia’s leadership to decide on whether to receive foreign assistance in dealing with the emergency, Alexander Chupriyan, Russia’s first deputy emergencies minister, said on Sunday. “Thank you very much to all countries that want to help us. The political leadership of the country will determine whether it is necessary or not. As of now, there are enough forces and means for their […]
Russian emergency services have collected more than 700 tons of dirty water and fuel and decontaminated an area of some 14,600 square meters, in clean-up efforts after a major diesel spillage at an Arctic power plant. The May 29 accident saw over 21,000 tons of diesel fuel escaping from a storage tank at the thermal power plant, located some 10 km from Norilsk, a city above the Arctic Circle in Western Siberia. It will take about two more weeks to clean up the bulk of the area, Deputy Emergency Minister Aleksandr Chupriyan told Russian media on Saturday. In addition to that, […]
Why Iran’s Fuel Tankers For Venezuela Are Sending Shudders Through Washington By Vijay Prashad, People’s Dispatch. May 28, 2020 Why Iran’s Fuel Tankers For Venezuela Are Sending Shudders Through Washington2020-05-282020-05-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/fortune.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fortune arrives to Venezuela. Twitter. The first oil tanker that came from Iran’s Bandar Abbas port into the Caribbean is called Fortune. The tanker entered Venezuelan waters on May 24 and was then escorted by the Venezuelan Navy and Air Force to the Puerto Cabello oil terminal; the gasoline will supply the El Palito refinery. A second tanker entered Venezuelan waters on May 25, and three others are on their way. […]
Caracas will send ships and aircraft to ensure five Iranian tankers, said to be loaded with some 1.5 million barrels of oil, make it safely to Venezuelan shores amid reports the US is seeking to hinder the delivery. “When they enter our exclusive economic zone, they will be escorted by Bolivarian National Armed Forces boats and planes to welcome them in and thank the Iranian people for their solidarity and cooperation,” Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said on Wednesday, referring to the five Iranian-flagged vessels expected to bring some much-needed fuel to Venezuela in late May or early June. READ […]
Middle East 21:17 GMT 20.05.2020(updated 21:25 GMT 20.05.2020) Get short URL Venezuela’s military will escort Iranian tankers delivering fuel to the country when they enter Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone, the country’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino revealed Wednesday. In a state television interview, Padrino said the escort would “welcome them in and thank the Iranian people for their solidarity and cooperation,” Reuters reported. Padrino also said that the Venezuelan government had been in contact with Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami. US sanctions on Venezuela have strangled the South American country’s economy. In January, the country was forced to shut down its […]
Defying US Sanctions, Iran Tanker To Deliver Fuel To Venezuela By the Middle East Monitor. May 15, 2020 Defying US Sanctions, Iran Tanker To Deliver Fuel To Venezuela2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/oil-tankergage_roads_fremantle-e1589550521384.jpg200px200px Above photo: An Iranian oil tanker. Nachoman-au/Wikipedia. NOTE: Argus media reports that the US issued a response to Iran ignoring the illegal unilateral economic coercive measures being imposed on many countries by the US. “The US administration today issued an advisory to the maritime industry on preventing violations of US sanctions, but stopped short of threatening strict penalties against shipping market participants. The advisory asks the maritime shipping industry to be on the lookout […]
Crude prices reversed early trading losses and finally advanced on Monday as Saudi Arabia ordered its state oil giant to slash production by 1 million barrels per day in addition to cuts agreed to by the OPEC+ deal. Futures for US oil rose over one percent, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for June delivery trading above $25 a barrel after losing three and a half percent in earlier action. Global benchmark Brent jumped 0.4 percent to more than $31 per barrel amid choppy trading, before erasing most of the gains. The moves in the oil market come as Saudi Arabia, which […]
Africa 09:51 GMT 09.05.2020(updated 10:23 GMT 09.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107689/39/1076893989_0:36:1200:711_1200x675_80_0_0_625cb78787b35fbcd21bd80cdc8067ea.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202005091079254605-several-fires-break-out-as-jet-fuel-storage-facility-hit-at-mitiga-airport-in-libya—reports/ Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya has been forced to suspend its activities several times over the past several months due to shelling amid a confrontation between warring factions in the conflict-torn nation. Several fires erupted at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya after its jet fuel tank farm was “attacked”, Libya’s National Oil Corporation said on Facebook. The company provided no further details on the attack. According to the corporation, a firefighter crew has arrived at the scene to contain the blazes. Al […]