The Rockefeller Way: The Family’s Covert ‘Climate Change’ Plan

Executive Summary By The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute Global Research, December 09, 2022 The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute 1 December 2016 First published in December 2016, this article is of relevance to an understanding of the ongoing debate on Climate Change as well the Green New Deal,  largely controlled by the financial establishment. The Rockefellers also play...

EU and G7 Decide on Russian Oil Price Cap – Western Arrogance and Ridiculous Interference in the “Free Market”

By Peter Koenig Global Research, December 08, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Arrogance sometimes is boundless and ridiculous. Arrogance in its extreme form may be self-destructive. Imagine, the European Union (EU) and the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and...

The Devastating Environmental Side Effects of the Electric Car Boom

By Eco Central Global Research, December 03, 2022 Eco Central 3 July 2020 First published on August 7 2020 The United Nations (U.N.) announced in August 2020 that the electric car boom will result in a number of devastating ecological side effects for the planet. While the shift to electric cars reflects ongoing efforts to reduce the...

Switzerland, Facing an Unprecedented Power Shortage, Contemplates a Partial Ban on the Use of Electric Vehicles

It turns out that you can have battery-powered cars, or you can have renewable energy, but you can't have both. By eugyppius Global Research, December 02, 2022 eugyppius: a plague chronicle 1 December 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The Swiss Confederation usually imports electricity...

High Fuel Prices Likely to Kill More Europeans Than Fighting in Ukraine. The Economist

By Marc Vandepitte Global Research, November 30, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** That the economic sanctions resulting from the invasion of Ukraine affect Europe more than Russia is an annoying fact. But now a recent study by The Economist suggests that because of...

Electric War

By Pepe Escobar November 24, 2022: Information Clearing House -- "SCF" - Spare a thought to the Polish farmer snapping pics of a missile wreckage – later indicated to belong to a Ukrainian S-300. So a Polish farmer, his footfalls echoing in our collective memory, may have saved the world from WWIII – unleashed via a tawdry plot concocted...

Not Green at All

By Viv Forbes Global Research, November 14, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** “Green” policies are destroying the natural environment and changing local weather. This is part of a futile UN scheme claiming to improve the climate of the world. All green energy degrades...

India Takes Full Advantage of Cheap Russian Oil

By Ahmed Adel Global Research, November 10, 2022 InfoBrics Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** During his first visit to Moscow since the military operation in Ukraine began, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that his country will continue buying cheap oil from Russia....

Europe May See Forced De-Industrialization As Result Of Energy Crisis

By Irina Slav Global Research, November 07, 2022 Oilprice.com 3 November 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram at @globalresearch_crg. **** European industries including ferroalloys, fertilizer plants and specialty chemicals are shutting down as a result of the ongoing energy crisis. Certain industries may not come back, even if the energy crisis eases. An increasingly tight regulatory...

The Next OPEC-Like Cartel Could be in Battery Metals

By Tsvetana Paraskova Global Research, November 03, 2022 OilPrice.com 1 November 2022 click here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The world’s largest nickel miner, Indonesia, is considering the idea of forming a cartel to manage the supply of nickel and some other key battery metals,...

Hoot of the Day: Russian Oil Gets to US Via Sanction Loophole

I describe the roundtrip process in which Russian oil refined in Italy makes its way to to the US. It's a real hoot. By Mish Global Research, November 03, 2022 Mish Talk 1 November 2022 The Wall Street Journal has an interesting video that describes How Russian Crude Avoids Sanctions and Ends Up in the US. With an...

A Crippling Shortage of Diesel Fuel Threatens to Devastate Western Economies in 2023

By Michael Snyder Global Research, November 01, 2022 The Economic Collapse Blog 23 October 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** In my entire lifetime, global supplies of diesel fuel have never been tighter than they are right now.  And that is really bad news, because...

Russia says UK blew up Nord Stream gas pipelines

This picture taken on November 8, 2011 shows the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline terminal in Lubmin, northeastern Germany. (File photo by AFP) Russia has accused the British navy personnel of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines transferring Russian gas to Europe. Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday that “British specialists” blew up the...

Towards Economic Destabilization: Why Germany’s Pursuit of Peace in Ukraine Is Paralyzed

Berlin’s dependence on Russian gas and its deference to US policy puts it in a difficult spot, particularly with voters. By Prof. Anatol Lieven Global Research, October 28, 2022 Responsible Statecraft 25 October 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** There are growing fears that the...

The Rockefeller Way: The Family’s Covert ‘Climate Change’ Pla

Executive Summary By The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute Global Research, October 19, 2022 The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute 1 December 2016 First published in December 2016, this article is of relevance to an understanding of the ongoing debate on Climate Change as well the Green New Deal,  largely controlled by the financial establishment. The Rockefellers also play...

Lebanon and Israel Reach Gas Deal, But Will It Hold? Interview with Abbas Zalzali

By Abbas Zalzali and Steven Sahiounie Global Research, October 14, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Lebanon and Israel have reached a deal concerning their maritime border dispute in the gas-rich Mediterranean Sea. Israel’s current leader, Yarir Lapid, wants to get the Knesset’s approval before Israel’s elections on November...

Is the US Shutting Down Power to Europe?

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. By Dr. Joseph Mercola Global Research, October 13, 2022 Mercola *** September 26, 2022, massive “leaks” were detected in two Russian pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, which deliver natural gas from Russia to Europe underneath the Baltic...

Europe’s Dark Winter Woes Worsen: Ukraine Stops Exporting Electricity to Europe

By Mac Slavo Global Research, October 12, 2022 SHTFplan.com 11 October 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Ukraine has announced that it will have to halt electricity exports to Europe. Russian missile strikes are said to be responsible for the forced suspension of power exports,...

Destroying Europe? Is Washington Behind the OPEC Decision to Cut Petrol Output? Sabotaging the E.U. Economy

PressTV Interview with Peter Koenig By Peter Koenig and Press TV Global Research, October 11, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Tensions are heating up between the United States and Saudi Arabia after Riyadh-led OPEC and allied oil producing countries announced a big output cut.  US...

High Energy Costs Wreak Havoc on British Economy as Companies Close at Rapid Rate

By Ahmed Adel Global Research, October 10, 2022 InfoBrics Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** High energy costs continue to wreak havoc in Europe, with Britain being no exception to the crisis. British companies are becoming bankrupt at a rapid rate, one not seen since the...

Russia Not Ruling Out Repair of Nordstream Gas Pipelines

By Julianne Geiger Global Research, October 10, 2022 OilPrice.com 7 October 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Russia is not ruling out the possibility of repairing the Nordstream gas pipelines, the Russian Embassy in Denmark said in a statement on its website on Friday. The Russian embassy...

The Gas Pipeline War: On the Day Nord Stream was Sabotaged, the “Alternative Pipeline” was Opened

By Manlio Dinucci Global Research, October 10, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** When this international press episode had already been recorded, the following news appeared in the New York Times: “US intelligence agencies believe that parts of the Ukrainian government authorized the car...

The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families

By Dean Henderson Global Research, October 09, 2022 By Dean Henderson Global Research, October 09, 2022 Of relevance to the current crisis, this carefully researched article was first published by Global Research on June 1, 2011. (Part one of a four-part series) The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own...

“Pipeline Terror”: Nord Stream 2 Offers Germany a Date with Destiny

By Pepe Escobar Global Research, October 07, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The twists and turns of the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) saga have yielded yet another stunning game-changer. It started with Gazprom revealing that the Line B string of NS2 is intact;...

OPEC+ Decision to Cut Oil Counteracts Europe’s Idea of Price Cap on Russian Energy

By Ahmed Adel Global Research, October 07, 2022 InfoBrics Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. The European Commission is hoping to impose a cap on gas prices as the current energy crisis will inevitably deepen over the winter. However, European...

US, UK Behind Nord Stream Sabotage? Military Expert

By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Global Research, October 04, 2022 InfoBrics Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Western media have tried to suggest that the Nord Stream pipeline incident was the result of a Russian sabotage operation, but this narrative does not seem to convince...

Blinken Calls Sabotage Attacks on Nord Stream Pipelines a “Tremendous Opportunity”

By Zero Hedge Global Research, October 03, 2022 Zero Hedge Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Ever since the recent unprecedented sabotage attacks on the Russia to Europe Nord Stream pipelines, the central question has continued to remain who did it and correspondingly cui bono? Just when speculation...

Biden’s Nordstream Destruction Prediction, Draped in Nazi Blood and Soil

Cognitively impaired president promised an end to Nordstream one way or another while standing before a Nazi flag. By Kurt Nimmo Global Research, October 03, 2022 Kurt Nimmo on Geopolitics 2 October 202 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Thanks to a reader, I was tipped...

Attack on Nord Stream Kills Prospects for Dialogue in Ukraine

By M. K. Bhadrakumar Global Research, October 02, 2022 Indian Punchline 28 September 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The three leaks that were discovered on Monday at the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines connecting Russia with Germany — one after another within...

What a Coincidence! Poland Inaugurates New Gas Pipeline Amid Nord Stream Leaks

By Larry Johnson Global Research, September 30, 2022 A Son of the New American Revolution 27 September 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** On the very day the world learns about the sabotage of Russia’s Nordstream 1 and Nordstream 2, guess what else happened? Well,...

“EU Harakiri”on Behalf of Washington. The Nord Stream Destruction, Is the EC Planning to Destroy the European Union?

Italy, Hungary and EU Clash By Peter Koenig Global Research, September 30, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** You may want to take note of this recent quote by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:  ”The armed conflict in Ukraine will continue until 2030, as a...

Fracking: The Scientific Evidence of Adverse Health Effects That Governments Aren’t Telling You About

By Paul Anthony Taylor Global Research, September 30, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, is a technique for obtaining oil and gas from shale rock. Sometimes referred to as ‘unconventional oil and gas development’, the process involves drilling...

Who Profits from Pipeline Terror? “A NATO on NATO Attack”

Secret talks between Russia and Germany to resolve their Nord Stream 1 and 2 issues had to be averted at any cost By Pepe Escobar Global Research, September 30, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The War of Economic Corridors has entered incandescent, uncharted...

Germany and EU Have Been Handed Over a Declaration of War

By Pepe Escobar Global Research, September 29, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The sabotage of the Nord Stream (NS) and Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipelines in the Baltic Sea has ominously propelled ‘Disaster Capitalism’ to a whole new, toxic level. This episode of Hybrid...

NATO-US Prime Suspects in Nordstream Gas Leaks

Russian-hating Polish PM pays tribute to culprit. By Kurt Nimmo Global Research, September 28, 2022 Kurt Nimmo on Geopolitics Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Increasingly, it is relatively easy to put two and two together and figure out who is behind certain cui bono...

Germany’s Energy Apocalypse. Uncontrolled Outages. Evolving Social Crisis. Mass Poverty on the Horizon?

By eugyppius Global Research, September 27, 2022 eugyppius 26 September 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Germany has nationalised the gas importer Uniper, to save it from insolvency in the face of the Gazprom gas stoppage. Robert Habeck’s earlier scheme to save Uniper and other...

Legislative “Side Deal” of the Inflation Reduction Act in Favour of Big Oil: Most Significant Environmental Rollback in Decades

By Center For Biological Diversity Global Research, September 26, 2022 Center for Biological Diversity 21 September 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** After weeks of keeping the public and virtually all members of Congress in the dark, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin today released the details of...

Kiev’s Foiled Attack Against a Russia-Turkey Pipeline

By Andrew Korybko Global Research, September 24, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** It’s a matter of the highest urgency that the Turkish government and the society that it represents realize that their civilization-state’s objective national interests are now deemed by their “allies” as...

Many Reasons Why Price Cap on Russian Oil Exports Cannot Work

The United States and its allies are trying to impose new restrictions on the Russian economy, but like attempts so far, this one too looks fated to fail By Prof. Shirin Akhter and Prof. C. Saratchand Global Research, September 20, 2022 Peoples Dispatch 16 September 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research...

Germany Seizes Russian Oil Firm Rosneft’s Refineries

Rosneft’s German subsidiaries are placed under trusteeship ‘to counter the threat to the security of energy supply’. By Al-Jazeera Global Research, September 19, 2022 Al Jazeera 16 September 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Berlin has taken control of the German operations of Russian oil firm Rosneft...

Switzerland Mulls 3-year Imprisonment for People Who Heat Homes Above 66°F Amid Energy Crisis

A proposed regulation in Switzerland is meant to save natural gas. The penalties for heating a gas-supplied building are severe and can even result in imprisonment. By Andreas Wailzer Global Research, September 14, 2022 LifeSiteNews 9 September 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** A proposed regulation in...

‘Without energy, no economy can run’ – German Companies Warn of Disaster as Electricity and Gas Tap Are ‘Turned Off’

“Every day we receive emergency calls from companies that are about to stop production,” said the president of the Central Association of German Crafts By John Cody Global Research, September 09, 2022 Remix News 8 September 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** In addition, energy...

Europe Is Buying All the Russian Oil It Can Before Banning It

By Irina Slav Global Research, September 08, 2022 OilPrice.com 7 September 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Three months from now, an EU-wide embargo on Russian crude oil imports will kick in, shutting off almost all shipments of the commodity from Russia to Europe. But...

Nord Stream I Disruption: Europe’s Panicking Ahead of the Coming Winter

By Andrew Korybko Global Research ,September 07, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The absolute last thing that Poland wants right now is for everyone to remember how actively its leadership lobbied for exactly this outcome that’s since brought so much hardship to hundreds...

The Theft of Your Wealth and Freedom Is Accelerating

By Dr. Joseph Mercola Global Research, September 07, 2022 Mercola Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Smart meters measure and record electricity usage at least every hour, if not more, and provide the data to the utility company and consumer at least once a day...

EU Complicit in US Plan to Throw Europe Into Chaos

By Manlio Dinucci Global Research, September 05, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, not only announced the suspension of visas for Russian tourists, dealing another blow to the Italian and European tourism sector.  At a meeting of...

Energy Crisis Worsening in Finland

Government declares "war economy" due to consequences of unnecessary anti-Russian sanctions. By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Global Research, September 05, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The side effects of anti-Russian sanctions are becoming increasingly unbearable for Western countries. Finland has activated maximum alert...

Hungary and China. Mutually Beneficial Cooperation. Undermines the Globalist Agenda

By Konrad Rękas Global Research, September 04, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The American colonies have not stopped criticising the Hungarians for their rational approach to the war in Ukraine and yet another reason for an anti-Magyar hate campaign appears.  As a predictable...

“The War is Worth Waging”: Afghanistan’s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas

The War on Afghanistan is a Profit driven "Resource War". By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, September 02, 2022 Global Research 16 June 2010 This article was first published in October 2010. Author’s Note and Update US-NATO forces invaded Afghanistan more than 20 years ago on October 7, 2001. It’s has been a continuous war marked by US...

How Shell and BP Financed Britain’s Cold War Propaganda Machine

By John McEvoy Global Research, September 01, 2022 Declassified UK 31 August 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Formerly top secret files show how the two oil corporations bankrolled UK covert propaganda operations during the 1950s and 60s. The goal was to secure British access...

Macron’s Attempt to Exploit Algerian Gas Unlikely to Succeed

Analysts believe Algeria is not able to replace Russian gas. By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Global Research, August 31, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Amid the search for diversification of energy sources, France seems ready to resume some of its colonial ties with...

Sir Starmer and the Gas Giants

Is the UK Labour party the party of labour - or the party of the oil industrial complex? A short history. By Gareth Dale Global Research, August 29, 2022 The Ecologist 20 August 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Shell has paid no tax whatsoever...

European Union: Controlled Demolition, Energy and Food Crisis. Economic Suicide

By Raúl Ilargi Meijer Global Research, August 27, 2022 The Automatic Earth 24 August 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** As I read through the multitude of daily news articles about Russia, Ukraine, NATO and EU, it’s getting ever harder to escape the idea that...

US Pressures India to Imitate Europe’s “Self-sabotaging Energy Policy”

By Ahmed Adel Global Research, August 26, 2022 InfoBrics All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share...

Legal Agreement Requires U.S. to Re-Examine Harms to Whales From Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling

By Center For Biological Diversity Global Research, August 25, 2022 Center for Biological Diversity 24 August 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The Center for Biological Diversity, Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service reached an agreement today that requires the agencies to re-examine the...

Why the Gulf States’ SCO Membership Is a Big Deal

By M. K. Bhadrakumar Global Research, August 08, 2022 Indian Punchline 7 August 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Washington has backtracked from the dissimulation by the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that Washington had intelligence suggesting Iran was preparing to provide Russia with “several hundred” drones to...

Iran’s Oil Revenues Soar by 580% as Crude Prices Rally

By Tsvetana Paraskova Global Research, July 28, 2022 OilPrice.com 26 July 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Iran’s revenues from exports of oil and condensate surged by 580% during the first four months of the current Iranian year that begins on March 21, Iranian Minister...

Tehran Summit: Strategic Advancement of the Russia-Iran Alliance

By Abdel Bari Atwan Global Research, July 26, 2022 The Cradle 23 July 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** If we were to put the Turkish threats to invade Syria and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aggressive maneuvers aside, and focus on the most important aspect of...

Following Joe Biden’s Failed Middle East Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia is Now Re-Exporting Russian Oil to the EU

By Drago Bosnic Global Research, July 26, 2022 InfoBrics Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Ever since United States President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, he’s been trying to bring Saudi Arabia back to the political West’s flock. The attempts to do so have escalated...

Economic warfare against Russia won’t help

By John Green July 21, 2022: Information Clearing House - A DEFEAT, or at least weakening, of Russia is viewed by US military and big business circles as a necessary step in the attempt to isolate and encircle China. The US is using Ukraine as its proxy, as it can’t just invade Russia as it has done in...

The Passing of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos (1979-2017). From a Wartime President to Leading Energy Producer

The Southern African state fought to end colonialism and settler colonialism in the region while later becoming the continent’s largest petroleum producer By Abayomi Azikiwe Global Research, July 14, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** One of the most important heads-of-state in the struggle...

Soaring Energy Exports Send Russia’s Account Surplus to Record High

By Julianne Geiger Global Research, July 13, 2022 OilPrice.com 11 July 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Russia’s account surplus reached a new record for the second quarter, according to data released by the central bank cited by Bloomberg. The surplus, now more than $70...

Beware the Prophets of Doom – Organic Food, Fertilisers and Fossil Fuels

By Colin Todhunter Global Research, July 13, 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** “As oil and gas prices rise so does the price of artificial chemical fertilisers – the lynch-pin of industrial agriculture’s claims to be ‘efficient’. In the UK, the price of nitrogen...

Is Iraq’s Notorious ‘Oil for Food Program’ to be Repeated in Libya?

By Dr. Mustafa Fetouri Global Research, July 11, 2022 Middle East Monitor 7 July 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The United States Ambassador to Tripoli, Richard Norland, who is also his country’s Envoy to Libya, has been openly pushing forward a plan to deny the Libyan State...

Saudis Unwilling to Upset Putin as Biden Begs for More Crude

By Tsvetana Paraskova Global Research, July 05, 2022 OilPrice.com 3 July 2022 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The world’s largest crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, continues to keep close ties with Russia while the top oil consumer, the United States, pleads with major producers—including the...

Oil Likely to Soar Above $200 per Barrel if the G7 Manages to “Cap the Price” of Russian Crude Oil

By Julianne Geiger Global Research, June 30, 2022 OilPrice.com 29 June 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Oil prices are likely to soar past $200 per barrel if G7 manages to cap the price of Russian crude oil, according to chief commodities analyst at Swedish bank SEB...

Propaganda Fantasy: Imposing a Price Cap on Russia’s Oil

By Drago Bosnic Global Research, June 29, 2022 InfoBrics Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Last Monday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated the United States and other NATO/EU countries are continuing talks to “restrict Russia’s energy revenues” by “imposing a price cap” on the country’s oil. “We are...

Summer Preview: Rolling Blackouts, Higher Gas Prices, Natural Gas Rationing in Europe and a Historic Diesel Crisis

By Michael Snyder Global Research, June 26, 2022 The Economic Collapse Blog 23 June 2022 All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to...

Greece Court Rules Against US Theft of Iranian Oil, Cargo Likely to be Returned

In retaliation for the illegal seizure of its oil cargo last month, Iran confiscated two Greek-flagged ships in its territorial waters By The Cradle Global Research, June 10, 2022 The Cradle 9 June 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** On 8 June, a judge overturned the original...

EU and UK Cooperate on Insurance Ban for Russian Oil Cargoes

May 31, 2022. There has been a significant development. By The Maritime Executive Global Research, June 02, 2022 The Maritime Executive 31 May 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The European Council agreed yesterday to ban seaborne imports of Russian oil, forcing Russia to look further afield...

IEA: Current Energy Crisis Is “Much Bigger” Than 1970s Oil Crunch

By Charles Kennedy Global Research, June 01, 2022 OilPrice.com 31 May 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The world faces a “much bigger” energy crisis than the one of the 1970s, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, told German daily Der Spiegel in an interview...

The EU Needs More Than $1 Trillion for Plan to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas

By Rystad Energy Global Research, May 31, 2022 OilPrice.com 25 May 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** The European Union’s REPowerEU seeks to reduce the European Union’s dependency on Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the transition away from carbon-intensive energy sources. The European Commission’s cost estimate, however,...

US Accused of Stealing Syrian Oil as Sanctions Waiver Aims to Divide Country

By Steve Sweeney Global Research, May 17, 2022 Morning Star 16 May 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Washington has been accused of continuing its theft of Syrian oil as some 70 tankers were reported to have left the country via the illegal al-Waleed crossing into neighbouring Iraq....

Sweden and Finland Set to Join NATO

By Countercurrents.org Global Research, May 17, 2022 Countercurrents 16 May 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Geopolitical Update: Historic Shifts In Europe’s Balance Of Power As NATO Expands North With Sweden And Finland Joining The Military Alliance   Sweden’s ruling party dropped the country’s historic military nonalignment...

Can Europe Survive Without Russian Coal and Oil? Here’s What It Means for Skyrocketing Prices…

By Chris MacIntosh Global Research, May 15, 2022 International Man Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Wait, you mean dirty stinky polluting coal? That coal? Which brings me to…. EU to Block Russian Coal So the EU, already in the middle of the worst energy crisis since...

The Crisis in Ukraine Is Not About Ukraine. It’s About Germany

By Mike Whitney Global Research, May 14, 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram at @globalresearch_crg. First posted on Global Research on February 13, 2022, prior to the Russian invasion *** “The primordial interest of the United States, over which for centuries we have fought wars– the First, the Second and Cold Wars– has been the relationship...

Ukraine’s Partial Gas Cut to Europe Could Force Activation of Nord Stream 2

Kiev attempts to blackmail Europe by partially halting gas flow from Russia. By Paul Antonopoulos Global Research, May 12, 2022 InfoBrics Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Ukraine’s decision to partially disable the flow of gas earmarked for Europe will be short-lived as it will not only...

Hungary Announces Veto on Oil Embargo

By Free West Media Global Research, May 12, 2022 Free West Media 10 May 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Hungary has announced that it will veto the EU’s planned embargo on Russian oil imports. The country will not vote for the sanctions package as it will...

The Real Reason Behind the EU’s Drive to Embargo Russian Oil

By Tom Luongo Global Research, May 11, 2022 CovertAction Magazine Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** This week the European Union is expected to announce a complete import ban on Russian oil. Hungary, in its first real act of defiance, is threatening to veto this; Germany, after...

Top German Gas Buyer Concedes to Russian Payment Scheme

By Irina Slav Global Research, May 11, 2022 OilPrice.com 10 May 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** One of Germany’s largest natural gas importers, VNG, has opened an account with Gazprombank for payments for Russian gas under Moscow’s new terms. Per a Reuters report, VNG has said...

OPEC Won’t Boost Oil Production to Help the West Contain Rising Energy Prices – Report

© AP Photo / Amr Nabil The OPEC countries, in particular Saudi Arabia, are not interested in increasing oil production since in that case, crude prices will fall. On the other hand, high prices may provoke a global recession in the long-term, leading to a drop in energy demand and low revenues for oil producers...

Ecuador’s Ecological Disaster: Donziger. A Tale for Our Times

By Craig Murray Global Research, May 06, 2022 Craig Murray 28 April 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Texaco operations in Ecuador from 1962 to 1994 dumped 70 billion litres of “wastewater”, heavily contaminated with oil and other chemicals, into the Amazon rainforest, plus over 650,000 barrels of crude oil. They...

Fracked Gas Bomb Trains Are Moving Through South Florida

New Fortress Energy has been quietly transporting dangerous fracked gas in South Florida for years, escaping public oversight — until now. By Michelle Allen and Phoebe Galt Global Research, May 03, 2022 Food & Water Watch 20 April 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** A dense coastal landscape, Broward...

EU and UK to Meet Russia’s Demand to Pay for Gas in Rubles

A scheme proposed by the European Commission will allow EU companies to pay for Russian gas in rubles without violating EU sanctions. By Telesur Global Research, April 26, 2022 teleSUR English 22 April 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** On April 1, a decree signed by Russian President...

To Fight Russia, Europe’s Regimes Risk Impoverishment and Recession for Europe

By Ryan McMaken Global Research, April 24, 2022 Mises Wire 19 April 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** European politicians are eager to be seen as “doing something” to oppose the Russian regime following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Most European regimes have wisely concluded—Polish and Baltic recklessness notwithstanding—that provoking...

US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Warns EU About Banning Russian Oil

By Julianne Geiger Global Research, April 22, 2022 Oil Price A full EU ban on Russian crude oil and gas imports could have unintended economic consequences for the United States and its Western allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters in Washington on Thursday. The Treasury Secretary added that such a ban could do more...

NATO Sanctions and the Coming Global Diesel Fuel Disaster

By F. William Engdahl Global Research, April 12, 2022 To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Amid the ongoing global inflation crisis, NATO heads of state and mainstream media repeat a mantra that high energy prices are a direct...

Why Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer went to Russia

According to observers in the Russian capital, Karl Nehammer did not come to Russia to become a peacemaker. The Austrian chancellor was not at all concerned about Ukraine, not about the Russian military operation in that country. Karl Nehammer was thinking about his country. The fact is that Austria is 80% dependent on Russian gas supplies. But...

American LNG Is Not the Answer to European Gas Crisis

By Andy Rowell Global Research, April 10, 2022 Oil Change International 7 April 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** David Callahan is an oil and gas man through and through. With thirty years’ experience in the energy industry, Callahan is currently president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC). One...

Suddenly, Peak Oil and Gas! The Cataclysmic Result of Sanctions against Russia

Putting heating, electricity and food in peril! Guests David Hughes and James Howard Kunstler By Michael Welch and David Hughes Global Research, April 09, 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. *** “Earlier this month I announced the United States would ban all imports of Russian energy to make it clear the American people would not be...

Britain Unable to Pay for Russian Gas Deliveries

By Free West Media Global Research, April 04, 2022 Free West Media 3 April 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Britain is the only country to have imposed sanctions on Russia’s Gazprombank, through which payments for Russian natural gas are made. It is thus unable to pay for...

Trudeau’s 2030 Climate Plan looks for Solutions in All the Wrong Places

The Liberals are still operating like we have decades, not years, to solve the climate crisis By Burgess Langshaw-Power Global Research, March 31, 2022 Canadian Dimension 30 March 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** On March 29, the Government of Canada released its new emissions reduction plan. The...

Beijing-Riyadh Oil Sales Cooperation And the “De-dollarization Process”

By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Global Research, March 16, 2022 InfoBrics Visit and follow us on Instagram at @globalresearch_crg and Twitter at @crglobalization. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** Amidst the unstable relations between Saudi Arabia and the US, which since last year have oscillated between a total boycott and a moderate cooperation,...

Goodbye, Petrodollar? Riyadh Reportedly Weighs Accepting Chinese Yuan for Oil Purchases

© AP Photo / Vincent Yu Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that talks in Vienna to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which limits Iran’s uranium production in exchange for lowering US economic sanctions, “have entered the homestretch.” Saudi Arabia strongly opposes the deal. In part of a continuing trend...

Huge gas price hikes will hurt poor Americans – ex-Pentagon spokesman

A former US security official said the sacrifice of Americans pales in comparison to that of Ukrainians High gas prices at stations on the corner of Beach Boulevard and Lampson Avenue in Stanton, CA, March 7, 2022. © Getty Images / Jeff Gritchen Dave Lapan, a former spokesperson for the US Department of Defense as...

Banning Russian oil imports would grind Germany to a halt, minister warns

Germany depends on Russian energy, and will not follow US and UK in banning imports, top diplomat says Oil tanks stand on the Rhine-Herne Canal in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 2, 2022 © Getty Images / Federico Gambarini German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday that her country would “not be able to move” without Russian oil...

The Truth About Electric Cars and Lithium Batteries

They are far more environmentally damaging than normal cars. By Andrew Orlowski Global Research, March 04, 2022 Spiked 3 March 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram at @globalresearch_crg and Twitter at @crglobalization. *** A cargo ship called the Felicity Ace, carrying 4,000 luxury cars collectively worth around $438million, caught fire last month. Thankfully, the crew members were...

Who Gains from a War in Europe? U.S. Targets Supply of Russian Gas to Europe

By Manuel Raposo Global Research, March 02, 2022 International Action Center 24 February 2022 Visit and follow us on Instagram at @globalresearch_crg and Twitter at @crglobalization. Today, the dangers of military escalation are beyond description. What is now happening in Ukraine has serious geopolitical implications. It could lead us into a World War III scenario. It is important that...

US Trying to Boycott Energy Cooperation Between Moscow and Europe

By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Global Research, October 14, 2021InfoBrics The current energy situation in Europe is really disturbing. The exponential rise in the price of gas directly threatens the functioning of basic sectors of European society. Amidst a scenario of growing demand for energy supply with low economic and environmental impact, European countries are looking...

The Green Agenda and the Plan to Collapse the Industrial World Economy

How this "Energy Crisis" Is Different from All Others By F. William Engdahl Global Research, October 12, 2021 The price of energy from all sources conventional is exploding globally. Far from accidental, it is a well-orchestrated plan to collapse the industrial world economy that has already been weakened dramatically by almost two years of ridiculous covid...

Organised Crime Goes Nuclear

Fraud, counterfeiting, bribery, corruption, sabotage, theft, and other criminal activities are rife in global nuclear industry. By Jim Green Global Research, October 06, 2021Ecologist 4 October 2021 “As prime minister of Japan at the time of the [Fukushima] disaster, I now believe that the time has come for Japan and the world to end its reliance on...

“Big Money” and the “Water Barons”: A New Water Source That Could Make Drought a Thing of the Past

Oceans of water are beneath our feet, and new technologies are extracting it economically without ecological damage. By Ellen Brown Global Research, October 03, 2021 Lack of fresh water is now a global crisis. Water shortages mean food shortages, with hunger creating death tolls substantially exceeding those of the current Covid-19 crisis. According to the United Nations, some...

Afghanistan: Where’s the Cash?

By Eric Margolis Global Research, September 28, 2021EricMargolis.com 27 September 2021 Afghanistan’s US-run government was the world’s largest producer and exporter of opium, morphine, and the end-product, heroin. As it did after first seizing power in the mid-1990’s, Taliban, the Islamic anti-drug and anti-communist movement, is shutting down the Afghan drug trade. Billions worth of heroin, opium...

Gazprom Neft Switches to Yuan Payments in China

By Tsvetana Paraskova Global Research, September 07, 2021OilPrice.com 6 September 2021 All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. *** Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, is starting...