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, […]
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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 […]