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Is The Big Oil Cartel Losing Its Influence?
A week of the US/Israeli war against Iran continues on unabated, and the Iran military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has infused more turmoil into an already dangerous situation. In a typical day, 20 million barrels of oil passes through the Strait, but nothing seems typical anymore in our … [continued]
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Demand Shifting in Hawaiʻi: The Other Half of the Energy Transition
The series examining Oʻahu’s energy transition has followed a consistent structure. It began by defining the island’s fully electrified energy system and stripping away energy uses that do not serve the civilian economy. Aviation fuel for flights leaving Hawaiʻi, maritime bunkering for ships crossing the Pacific, and military energy consumption … [continued]
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Donald Trump: America’s Greatest EV Salesman
10–15 years ago, a common joke you’d see in online forums and Facebook groups was that Barack Obama was America’s Greatest Gun Salesman. With the prospect of strict gun control laws (that never had a snowball’s chance in hell of passing or surviving court challenges in the United States), many … [continued]
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Climate Change is Worsening Water Crisis for Canada’s largest First Nations population
As the Six Nations of the Grand River face water scarcity due to corporate extraction and limited land ownership, a new study shows how climate change will compound the issue.
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House Passes Bills That Would Worsen Energy Affordability & Reliability
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans passed a pair of bills this week that would undercut energy affordability and decrease energy reliability. Passed yesterday, H.R. 4626, the Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act, would make it easier to weaken or revoke federal appliance efficiency standards and harder to update them, locking families … [continued]
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