Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism (tags)
The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988).
US corporations in the wings for post-war Ukraine (tags)
The IMF granted large loans to the invaded country and enforces the so-called neoliberal "Washington Consensus"[1]. In a major privatization campaign, the Ukrainian government is selling off state assets. U.S. corporations such as ExxonMobil, Chevron & Halliburton participate.
Nord Stream as a reason for war (tags)
Only the blowing up of the Nord Stream pipelines ultimately cleared the way for the EU, and Germany in particular, to become long-term buyers of U.S. natural gas surpluses and to keep the price at a profitable level for U.S. fracked gas producers, even in the long term.
As is well known, in war the truth is the first casualty, and so it is in the Ukraine war. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, politics and the mainstream in the press, radio and TV have been conducting an unprecedented game of confusion, combined with disinformation and agitation.
Misjudgments and Biden's foreign policy (tags)
Russia is to blame for our gas shortage, rising prices and high inflation. That's what the newspapers say, that's what you hear on the news and that's what presenters claim. Of course, this is not true. But the constant repetition shapes the public consciousness.
Who can afford capitalism anymore? and Why are prices rising? (tags)
When the state now debates the need to create relief packages for employees, pensioners, unemployment benefit recipients, trainees and families, this is official confirmation that the result of wage labor is also poverty. The majority of citizens find themselves in a dual role...
The attacks on Nord Stream and the elephant in the room (tags)
In an interview with Berliner Zeitung, U.S. economist Jeffrey Sachs said that destroying Nord Stream would be contrary to Russia's interests; the country would lose "income, financial assets & bargaining power." The U.S., would "benefit strategically and financially."
Peace and Provocation: Is Zelensky intent on WW3? (tags)
A quiet voice inside you could be saying: "Thou shalt not kill!" So you take the rifle and break it over your knees. Then you have them all against you, the press, the priests, public opinion. Then you're a contrarian, a fantasist, a pacifist. But you said 'no' to say 'yes' to yourself."
Putin escalates: How should we react now? (tags)
The U.S. government wants to make the country independent of China. In no other area are the efforts to "decouple" (decoupling) as clear and unambiguous as in high technologies, especially in the (alleged) future fields of battery technology and high-performance chips. Matthias Becker
Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary (tags)
We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies. There is a danger that persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then severe economic depression
The price explosion of wheat (tags)
Many people in this country develop the willingness to explicitly freeze for an ideal. Whether for freedom of whatever kind or for the climate. Already now one could marvel at signs on "peace demos", on which was written: "Better freeze, than gas from Putin!"
The war in Ukraine and the consequences for the world economy (tags)
The Corona pandemic already shows that a rethink of trade policy is needed and that the neoliberal form of globalization is not fit for the future. Large-scale investments in renewable energies and a fair design of trade agreements would be advances that benefit everyone.
The Virtues of a 28-hour Week: Work less, pollute less (tags)
The number of workers is growing faster than the amount of work available. We live in a society where work is poorly distributed. Three days off for every four days worked could be liberating. The goal would be increased well-being, gaining time and losing a kind of consumption not really synonymous with pleasure.
Gasmasks For The Guerilla! (tags)
Support the armed resistance in Kandil against the gas attacks of the Turkish army!
DIARY OF A CON MAN . 50 (tags)
anne frank never wrote her diary
Systematic Lies and Disinformation From Above (tags)
"In Oct 1962, John F. Kennedy, a level-headed president, sat in the White House and spoke with the Soviet leader Khrushchev through a secret "back channel" behind the backs of his generals and secret services and prevented Cuba's bombing and invasion.
People in Uproar in West Virginia-US Public lands Hearings 2017 (tags)
Hearins are being held in populated parts of West Virginia as well as Virginia about acess to and ownership and profits from "public lands" There is an intense amount of natural gas fracking
The Missile Attack Ordered by Trump is a Serious Crime (tags)
Assad's regime defends itself against an international alliance that seeks his overthrow in violation of international law. Whoever wants to see Assad overthrown should answer the question whether we would rather see the Nusra Front in power.
Venezuela's 3 Cent A Gallon Gas & Hugo Chavez' Death (tags)
It was Venezuela's 3 cent a gallon gas which attracted the destabilization of that country by the CIA
Porter Ranch methane leak doesn't bode well for climate (tags)
Porter Ranch methane leak poses serious risk for climate. New infrared footage exposes the extent of the leak.
Israel
Obama Could Stop Israeli State Terror with One Phone Call He Won't Make (tags)
Israel
ISIS Using Chemical Weapons Against Kurds (tags)
ISIS
Hindus seek withdrawal of “ampm” posters linking cheeseburger with “Holy Cow” (tags)
This is about the gas station convenience store, AM-PM Mini Market which is at most local Arco stations.
Caution Re Outdoor Grills, Fireworks And Other Holiday Events (tags)
Propane explosions, charcoal fires, food poisoning, sparkler burns are some of the hazards of the July 4 holiday
Ukraine: Rogue State Deadbeat (tags)
Ukraine
John Kerry: War Criminal, Profiteering from Stolen Palestinian Natural Gas (tags)
Kerry
TTIP: Trifling Economic Advantages at the Cost of Democracy and the Public Interest (tags)
TTIP represents a crisis for democracy and the constitutional state. Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO describes the TTIP as “secret tribunals” where only “foreign investors” can sue. Frank Bsirske of the German Verdi service union said the TTIP is a “black box” transferring sovereignty.
Greece Defies Washington: To Join Russia's Turkish Stream Pipeline Project (tags)
oil and gas politics
Palestinians Suffer Horrifically Ahead of Israeli Elections (tags)
Israel
New Geo;olitical/Financial Bombshells (tags)
geopolitics
Global Shale Gas and the Anti-Fracking Movement (tags)
Water Contamination. The evidence strongly suggests that fracking poses serious dangers to workers, communities, and the natural environment with particularly severe impacts in terms of water contamination and access. Fracking just one well can use between 2 million to 5.6 million gallons of freshwater
Putin Prioritizes Strong Sino/Russian Ties (tags)
Putin
Sino/Russian Alliance Challenges West (tags)
China/Russia
Wind power is cheaper than coal, 70pp (tags)
A leaked report shows wind is the cheapest energy source in Europe, beating the presumably dirt-cheap coal and gas by a mile. Conventional wisdom holds that clean energy is more expensive than its fossil-fueled counterparts. competition.
Please Print Up and Pass Out This Flyer in Los Angeles, Thank You! (tags)
Please, I need volunteers to print this flyer and pass it out at Venice Beach, I need you to help me ask Leonardo DiCaprio to save the Environment of the little State of Vermont.
Strengthening Sino-Russian Ties (tags)
business and finance
The industrial countries practice a lifestyle of non-sustainability and consume the resources of the earth too quickly. This is true for energy, raw materials and metals. Still the knowledge of oil's finiteness cannot be evaded. We should use this time to develop alternative energy infrastructures.
sanctions
Free Trade Agreement: Special Rights for Corporations (tags)
The TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) gives corporations the right to sue sovereign states for lost profits and endangers public sector jobs and social and environmental protections
The Shortwave Report 06/20/14 Listen Globally! (tags)
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, The Voice Of Russia, Radio Havana Cuba, Spanish National Radio, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.
Historic Sino/Russian Trade Deal Signed (tags)
trade
New York Times War on Truth (tags)
media
"Proof of chemical attack": Same old lies ahead of the presidential election in Syria (tags)
In a desperate attempt to sabotage the upcoming presidential election in Syria, the mass media constantly reiterate the same old lies about “chemical weapon attacks”. They must be held to account for their major role in the three-year long NATO-led genocidal war on Syria.
Ukrainians Denied Democracy (tags)
Ukraine
Crimean Reunification Day (tags)
Israel
Anti-Russian Propaganda Rages (tags)
media
analysis of current unrest in the Ukraine
The clathrate gun has been fired (tags)
The U.S. has to put itself on a war footing, recall its entire military forces and set them to work on the massive change over to renewable energy that the country needs to undertake, if it wishes to survive the fast approaching catastrophe. The enemy now is Mother Nature who has infinite power at her disposal and intends to take no prisoners in this very short, absolutely brutal, 30 to 40 year war she has begun. I cannot emphasise more, how serious humanity’s predicament is and what we should try to do to prevent our certain final destruction and extinction in the next 30 to 40 years if we continue down the present path we are following .
New Millennium Resource Wars (tags)
oil
Syria Gas Attack: Assad Wrongfully Blamed (tags)
Syria
Media Scoundrels Wrongfully Blame Assad for Gas Attack (tags)
Syria
anti-war
Beating Up on Iran and Syria (tags)
anti-war
On Typhoon Bhopa and the Doha Conference (tags)
Typhoon Bhopa (Philippine name Pablo) have resulted to a total number of 647 casualties, with another 1,842 people injured, and 780 missing.
genocide
Climate Change Policy Gap Between USA and Europe Grows, as Norway Sets New Carbon Tax (tags)
Ignored in the Presidential debates -- climate change policies in the USA and Europe are diverting - wildly. Norway just set a new national carbon tax, while the US House of Representatives recently voted to ban CO2 regulations. Like we live on different planets.
Going Viral: Moors' Law for Oil says $7 a gallon gasoline in '17 (tags)
Moore's Law for transistor count is ending, but now there's Moors' Law for oil and it says gasoline -- US national average -- will be $7 in 2017 as oil reaches $120 a barrel. The law is named for Kent Moors, a professor Duquesne U. Specifically, the price of oil and the number of cars in China, which drives it, double every 5 years. These murderous prices change everything in society.
Bahrain's War on Freedom (tags)
Bahrain
FRACKIN' in Baldwin Hills to Earthquake US ? huh? (tags)
The news is coming out in LA too..FRACKING...the drilling into 'shale' with chemical polluted water [wasting water by more than bucketfulls, by more than waterfallfulls] is happening in our own back yard, but where ? not far from our LAX airport - in Baldwin Hills. Scientific evidence is IN - fracking [sounds similar to f--king of the evil not pleasant kind] is correlated to EARTHQUAKES and our San Andreas is complaining loudly that he wants to burst out again, not only to warn us, but destroy parts of us too.
Protesting for Justice in Bahrain (tags)
Bahrain
The CDM in Africa Cannot Deliver the Money (tags)
At a time the carbon markets face a profound crisis, this report provides critical policy analysis and case documentation about the role of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Africa. Instead of providing an appropriate flow of climate finance for projects related to greenhouse gas mitigation, the CDM has benefited large corporations (both South and North) and the governments they influence and often control. South Africa is a case in point, as both a victim and villain in relation to catastrophic climate change.
Inland Empire General Strike! (tags)
Inland Empire General Strike!
Occupy Riverside, in cooperation with our friends and allies, is working to make May 1 a day of community empowerment in which individuals disengage from the institutions and practices that oppress us, and engage in activities that foster community and humanity.
We are starting with 5 days of "Spring training" to gear up for the big day!
Bahrain: A Case Study in Despotism (tags)
police state
BTL:Speculation and Exports Cause Latest Gas price Spike (tags)
Interview with Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program, conducted by Scott Harris
BTL: Sierra Club Secretly Took $26 million from Natural Gas Industry for Campaign Against (tags)
Interview with Bruce Hamilton, deputy executive director of the Sierra Club, conducted by Scott Harris
Waging Covert War on Iran (tags)
anti-war
Banking Warfare, Gas Explosion San Bruno, FDIC bank examiner Injected causes brain Stroke (tags)
The gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno in 2010 was likely deliberately set to explode and killed many. I smelled the gas on Interstate 280 and did not report it because I have been tortured and caused to have a brain stroke due to forced injections by federal and state officials.
Lawless Israeli Oppression in Palestine (tags)
Palestine
America's Illegal Chemical Weapons Stockpile (tags)
chemical weapons
Criminalizing OWS Protesters (tags)
class war
Occupy Southern California Gas (tags)
The poor and disabled are dying in the cold in Southern California because Wall Street tycoon Michael Allman is using his position as head of Southern California Gas to cut service to the disabled, requiring payment of oppressive fees and penalties to restore power. Only cash up front is acceptable and this leaves the poor and disabled waiting to die.
Oklahoma Earthquakes; The Wages of Fracking (tags)
A recent report published in Britan indicates a possible correlation between hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and an earthquake swarm in Oklahoma last January '11. Fracking involves injection of fluids into shale cracks with the intent to cause fractures and release trapped deposits of natural gas.
Hazardous Hydrofracking in America (tags)
environment
Independent media accounts of police attack on Occupy Oakland (tags)
Yesterday police raided the Occupy Oakland encampment. One protester, an Iraq War veteran was hit in the face with a tear gas canister. Legal observers and media were kept away from the raid.
BTL:Energy Industry Political Allies Resist Legislative and Grassroots Efforts to End Natu (tags)
Interview with Emily Wurth, water program director of Food & Water Watch, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Explosion Shuts TransCanada's Natural Gas 'Bison' Pipeline in Wyoming (tags)
The Bison Pipeline, transporting natural gas from Wyoming's Powder River Basin to North Dakota and the Midwest, has exploded 20 miles west of Gillette, Wyoming. The Bison Pipeline began operation in Jan, 2010 with capacity for 407 million cubic feet per day. This time everyone was lucky as nobody was close enough to be killed or injured. The explosion left a crater and a sent a piece of 40 foot long pipe section flying 70 feet away from the pipeline's original position, indicating that IF anyone was nearby they would not be so lucky!
Habitat Fragmentation and Natural Gas Instability Applied to Ruby Pipeline Project (tags)
This report details the risks presented to the endemic species of the sagebrush ecosystems of northeastern Nevada by El Paso Energy Corporation?s Ruby Pipeline proposed to stretch from Opal, Wyoming to Malin, Oregon.
Prevent Pickens' Plan to Frack America (tags)
With mounting evidence that fracking for natural gas is poisoning our air and water, and a national movement against fracking that continues to grow, why is Congress poised to commit us to an energy policy that will encourage even more fracking? Take action to protect our water from the dangers of fracking!
U.S. House of Representatives: Stupid? Crooks? or Stupid Crooks? (tags)
Some of our representatives are just plain dumb as box of shale. They may even believe that American oil can be sold at Mom and Pop's Gas-It-Up.
Police Brutality in Honduras (tags)
oppression
BTL:Environmental Activist who Derailed Public Land Sale to Oil and Gas Developers Faces 1 (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES - A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
imperialism
Middle East Protests Continue (tags)
liberating struggles
ARCO GAS Selling Crack Pipes in Watts (tags)
This was mailed to info@la.indymedia.org. It's worth reposting, so here it is. An ARCO gas station is caught selling crack pipes near Samuel Gompers Middle School.
Daily Israeli Crimes Against Humanity (tags)
daily lawlessness
BTL:Groups Decry Israeli Use of Tear Gas that Killed Palestinian Woman During West Bank Pr (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES - A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
America's Gulf: New Report Says It's Dying (tags)
willful malfeasance at fault
America's Gulf Disaster: Accidental or Deliberate? (tags)
criminal malfeasance involved
BTL:W. Va. Activists Campaign for Better Regulation of Natural Gas Wells Drilled by Contro (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES - A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
Banning Methane Mining - A Review of Gasland (tags)
An incisive critique of the movie Gasland.
BTL:"Fracking" -- a Natural Gas Drilling Method -- Poses Threat to Environment and Human H (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES - A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
Banning Methane Mining A Review of the movie, Gasland (tags)
A very revealing examination about how corporate environmental organizations (NRDC) facilitate polluting industry and dupe an 'artist' into promoting them and the corrupt politicians they cover for. Although there was a New York City premiere of the movie about a month ago, the film continues to tour and premiere in cities across the country and is a likely candidate for a Best Documentary Oscar. Here's where an earlier incarnation was published: http://www.counterpunch.org/jereski09172010.html The full article below includes significant rewrites (and key hyperlinks that were omitted in the earlier publication).
EPA Hydro-Fracking Hearing Begins In Binghamton, NY (tags)
9/13/10 - Binghamton, NY - EPA hearings discuss safety issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" when related to pollution of groundwater. Fracking is the newest source for some natural gas pipelines like the one in San Bruno that recently exploded. Many older pipelines have serious safety concerns yet many more new pipelines are built each year due to expanded fracking of shale deposits without any clear oversight from federal regulators at PHMSA.
San Bruno - Natural Gas Pipeline Safety is a Myth! (tags)
San Bruno, CA - Following another deadly natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion, it becomes clear that there are few safety standards and the promises of safety made by natural gas pipeline operator corporations like PG&E, El Paso and others are nothing less than blatant deceptions of the public trust. Federal regulators at PHMSA are beholden to corporate interests, NOT to public safety.
Here We Go Again: Another Rig Explosion (tags)
only a total offshore drilling ban can work
9th Circuit Court Enables Ruby Pipeline Construction (tags)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the emergency request by Center for Biological Diversity to temporarily halt construction on the 670 mile Ruby Pipeline being constructed by El Paso corporation through four western states. Some of the Ruby Pipeline's future customers include BP, in a rush to regain their losses from the Gulf Oil Spill. This could be some of the reasons for skipping critical components of the public review process and purchasing verbal consent from two prominent environmental organizations, WWP and ONDA.
El Paso Corp. Bribes Environmentalists for Ruby Pipeline (tags)
In order to appear more environmentally friendly, proponents of the 680 mile long Ruby Pipeline Project have reached a conservation agreement with two prominant environmental groups (WWP & ONDA) in exchange for the environmental groups dropping any opposition to the proposed pipeline route through pristine sagebrush wilderness, mating ground for endangered sage grouses.
Leak Hampers BP Effort to Shut Off Well and Halt Spill (tags)
ABOARD THE RESOLUTE, 50 miles off Louisiana — BP stopped collecting oil from its runaway well on Wednesday afternoon, laying the groundwork for a critical test that could halt the rush of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since the disaster began three months ago. The test involves closing valves on a new tight-fitting cap to increase pressure in the well, so that BP can assess the rest of the well’s condition.
Mustang Conspiracy; BLM Rush to Move Horses (tags)
Recent coverage by Las Vegas reporter George Knapp details the sudden rush by the BLM to forcibly remove large numbers of Nevada's wild mustangs could be to clear the way for the Ruby Pipeline as proposed by El Paso Corporation.
Was the Obama Administration involved in the Planning of the Israeli Attack (tags)
"The Israeli Navy Commando had prior knowledge of who was on the Turkish ship including where passengers were residing in terms of cabin layout. According to Swedish author Henning Mankell, who was on board the Marmara , "the Israeli forces attacked sleeping civilians."
US Inspector General Report: Falsified Oil Rig Inspections and Other Improprieties (tags)
worsening Gulf crime scene
Stranded in Northern California (tags)
Women are too often at the mercy of the men in there lives.
Puerto Rico: Beatings at the Sheraton (tags)
On the evening of May 20, the notorious Shock Force of the Puerto Rican Police brutally attacked a demonstration of hundreds of students and workers protesting against Governor Luis Fortuño. The assault took place in the luxurious Sheraton Hotel, where the privatizing, anti-worker governor was presiding over a fancy fundraising dinner. As our reporter recounts, the police brutally beat demonstrators with riot clubs and pepper-sprayed everyone with tear gas and pepper gas. This was the response of the government to the workers strike two days ago in support of the student strike at the University of Puerto Rico, which has lasted almost a month. It is urgently necessary to translate the worker-student unity that was on display on May 18 into powerful strike actions that shut down key sectors of the economy of the U.S.' Caribbean island economy. We publish here the on-the-spot report from our correspondent who witnessed and participated in the protest.
Puerto Rico: Macanazo en el Sheraton (tags)
En la tarde del jueves 20 de mayo, la tristemente célebre Fuerza de Choque de la Policía de Puerto Rico atacó brutalmente una manifestación de cientos de estudiantes y obreros en contra del gobernador Luis Fortuño. La arremetida tuvo lugar en el lujoso Hotel Sheraton, donde el gobernador privatizador y antiobrero presidió una suntuosa cena para recaudar fondos para su partido. Como relata nuestro reportero, los policías macaneaban brutalmente a los manifestantes mientras rociaban a todos con gas lacrimógeno y gas pimienta. Esta fue la respuesta del gobierno al paro obrero del 18 de mayo en apoyo de la huelga estudiantil en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, que ya lleva casi un mes de duración. Urge que la unidad entre estudiantes y trabajadores que se exhibió el martes se traduzca en paros contundentes que paralicen sectores claves de la economía de la colonia norteamericana en el Caribe. Publicamos aquí el informe de nuestro corresponsal que presenció y participó en la protesta.
Washington-Industry Complicity Behind the Gulf Disaster (tags)
Blame Washington-industry complicity
Congressional Climate Bills: Stealth Schemes to Raise Energy Prices and Enrich Wall Street (tags)
climate bills are solely for profit
PTSD, infertility and other consequences of war (tags)
When used as directed, the depleted uranium bullets, shells and bombs become a lethal uranium gas or aerosol. The poison uranium oxide gas aerosols last for billions of years and never stop indiscriminately maiming and killing, which is a war crime in itself.
Nazi Covenant - "With Hell are We at Agreement! (tags)
Samaria's Nazi Health Care; Killing You with Kindness - "Woe to Samaria!", for Samaria gets rich treating intentionally induced illnesses! (Amos 6:1)
GOOD MORNING, AMERICA! BUUUUMMMM (tags)
Explosion in Kleen Energy Systems.
The Fateful Geological Prize Called Haiti (tags)
"A US military occupation of Haiti under the guise of earthquake disaster ‘relief’ would give Washington and private business interests tied to it a geopolitical prize of the first order. Prior to the January 12 quake, the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince was the fifth largest US embassy in the world, comparable to its embassies in such geopolitically strategic places as Berlin and Beijing.[17] With huge new oil finds off Cuba being exploited by Russian companies, with clear indications that Haiti contains similar vast untapped oil as well as gold, copper, uranium and iridium, with Hugo Chavez’ Venezuela as a neighbor to the south of Haiti, a return of Aristide or any popular leader committed to developing the resources for the people of Haiti, -- the poorest nation in the Americas -- would constitute a devastating blow to the world’s sole Superpower. The fact that in the aftermath of the earthquake, UN Haiti Special Envoy Bill Clinton joined forces with Aristide foe George W. Bush to create something called the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund ought to give everyone pause. According to Marguerite Laurent ('Ezili Dantò') of the Haitian Lawyers’ Leadership Network, under the guise of emergency relief work, the US, France and Canada are engaged in a balkanization of the island for future mineral control. She reports rumors that Canada wants the North of Haiti where Canadian mining interests are already present. The US wants Port-au-Prince and the island of La Gonaive just offshore – an area identified in Aristide’s development book as having vast oil resources, and which is bitterly contested by France. She further states that China, with UN veto power over the de facto UN-occupied country, may have something to say against such a US-France-Canada carve up of the vast wealth of the nation."
Haiti earthquake may have exposed gas and oil (tags)
From Miami Herald
More food for Obama's wars: troops, oil, natural gas, pipelines, and $$$. . . (tags)
Why more food for Obama's wars? Heroin. Oil. Natural gas. Pipelines and transport corridors more oil and natural gas, and, no doubt, heroin. More U.S. dollars, borrowed from the Chinese, to secure more oil and gas and perpetuate the military industrial complex, which needs lots of dollars, and oil and gas, to keep fighting, and manufacturing, for war.
Good and Bad Choices for Energy Policy and the Environmental Movement 2009-2010 (tags)
Two energy/environment phenomena are being widely discussed currently. These are global warming, and its mitigation, and the nuclear resurgence – the worldwide push to supply power with nuclear power plants. Careful study of these issues leads to the following conclusions: 1. Global warming is real and is causing harm. 2. Global warming is mostly due to heat production by human industry since the 1800s, from nuclear power and fossil fuels, better termed hydrocarbons, – coal, oil, natural gas. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2 play a minor role even though they are widely claimed the cause. 3. Both nuclear and hydrocarbon-based power must be eliminated to solve the global warming problem. 4. Nuclear power advocates have commandeered the global warming/greenhouse gas formula to promote nuclear power, based upon two errors: exaggerating the role of CO2 on the one hand and incorrectly claiming that nuclear power plants do not produce CO2 on the other hand. 5. Nuclear power can not be separated from nuclear weapons, which are essential to the consistent drive for American military dominationof the world. This is the reason for nuclear power. Nuclear power does not make sense as a safe, efficient, or economical way to provide energy. 6. Solar and solar-derived (wind, wave) sources of power do not add heat to the environment and can be used to supply virtually unlimited electrical energy without causing global warming. If done properly they will open up new vistas of human freedom and cultural development. They also produce much less CO2 than either nukes or hydrocarbons.
Honduran Coup Regime Mocks UN Security Council with Embassy Attacks (tags)
"These evidences and the eye-witness testimonies, including that of the doctor and the priest, demonstrate convincingly that while the Honduran coup regime issues emphatic denials of such attacks on the sovereign embassy of Brazil, it is clearly engaging in them nonetheless. The UN Security Council should not need any high tech apparatus of its own to be able to see and hear what is really going on at ground level, and respond accordingly to the coup regime's mockery of it."
The One-Sided War on the Streets of Honduras (tags)
“We will continue the struggle for democracy,” said Zelaya, as the crowd voiced their desire for a new constitution. “This time I won’t be caught napping,” joked Zelaya, referring to the episode on June 28, when the military accosted him in his pajamas. Later, when the lights were cut, there were fears the authorities might storm the gates at any moment, and side arms were handed out to security guards. The lights soon returned courtesy of the compound’s generator (and gas supplied by La Resistencia). The expected attack didn’t come until dawn, when police launched tear gas shells into the courtyard, and forcibly occupied neighboring buildings."
Federal Government Closes down Liberty Dollar (tags)
Many believe that the Liberty Dollar is a much sounder currency than the U.S. Government's paper dollar
BBZ Resource Management screws people with fraudlent gas vouchers (tags)
Troy Warren moves from Search Big Daddy to BBZ Resource Management and is using that company to screw people selling fraudlent gas vouchers
This oil is mine; God gave this oil to me. . . (tags)
"God is not a real estate agent," Palestinian scholar Edward Said's responded to Zionists' claim to scriptural proof, from the Old Testament, that God had given Palestine to them. Were Edward Said still among us, he might now respond, "God is not a commodities broker," because Zion Oil and Natural Gas now claims scriptural proof, Genesis 12:1-3, and 49:25, and Deuteronomy 33:24 that God gave the oil and natural gas in the land of milk and honey to them as well.
Big Oil too big for Arnold's "shared sacrifice" (tags)
Who is the Governor willing to include in what he calls "shared sacrifice"? Children who will go without health care, young pregnant women who will not receive counseling, working moms, students depending on state sponsored college scholarships, and people with disabilities, Alzheimer's, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for "shared sacrifice" in California State budget cuts. But who is he willing to sacrifice? Children who will go without health care, young pregnant women who will not receive counseling, working moms, students depending on state sponsored college scholarships, and people with disabilities, Alzheimer's, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS. And who is to too big to sacrifice? Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Conoco-Pillips, and BP. The Governor and California Republicans adamantly insist that the oil and natural gas companies will pay no severance tax for the privilege of extracting oil and natural gas that belongs to Californians, even as the State goes $25 million deeper into high interest debt every day.
Cynthia McKinney, the Israeli Navy, and $4 billion worth of natural gas off Gaza (tags)
Upon her release and return from Israel, Cynthia McKinney spoke to WBAIX-New York, from New York's JFK Airport, where she reported that the Israeli Navy had towed the "Spirit of Humanity," not directly to Port Ashdod, but, on a circuitous route, bypassing the Gaza Coast. This, she said, suggested that the Israeli Navy is engaged in activity that they do not want observed in the off the Gaza Strip, known to be the site of billions of dollars worth of natural gas reserves.
BTL:Greenpeace and Other Environmental Groups Oppose Waxman-Markey Climate Bill (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gavin Newsom to the right of Sarah Palin? (tags)
Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin increased the severance tax on oil and natural gas in the State of Alaska to 25% in 2007. California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and California Republicans, however, stand steadfast against an oil and natural gas severance tax, even as California teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. And, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who would be governor, and president, remains silent.
California needs a Sarah Palin Empowerment Act (tags)
The State of Alaska, famously said to favor the oil and gas industries, drives the world's hardest bargain with its oil and gas companies; they charge a 25% tax at the wellhead. California charges 0%.
School closures loom, as California donates its oil and gas to the cash rich oil industry (tags)
California is the only state in the U.S. that donates its oil and natural gas reserves to the private oil and gas industry, untaxed. Were it a nation, it would be the only nation in the world to do so. And it has continued to, even as schools close and the State of California threatens to close its doors.
Letter to California leaders concerning Public Transit (tags)
Emphasizing California's lack of progress and implementation of public transportation, and how it is one of the rudimentary causes of the state's financial failures.
NV; Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Near Fault (tags)
The proposed natural gas pipeline from Wyoming through Utah and Nevada to end at the CA/OR border town Malin and would pass very near a site of a recent 6.0 earthquake, in addition to many other ecologically sensitive or seismically active sites..
Bolivia's New Constitution: Progressive Change or Business As Usual (tags)
Bolivians vote.
1/12 Palestine Watch:War and Natural Gas-Israeli Invasion & Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields (tags)
Here's another critical information the reason behind Israeli invasion of Gaza, has been motivated by the Gaza's offshore oilfield. Major oil companies like: BP and CCC are involved....
Gas Tax Revenue just another legislative 'slush fund'
Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields (tags)
Not only is Israel the US cop for US oil profits in the Middle East, but Gaza has lots of offshore gas fields, the explanation for this takeover by US/Israel of Gaza. The name of the game is always money.
GW Bush X-mas Present to Oil Corporations; Public BLM Land in Utah (tags)
Utah - 12/19 In a last ditch effort to appease the oil corporations, the outgoing GW Bush regime is auctioning off public BLM land to the highest bidder. Environmentalists, hunters, and other outdoor recreationists and lovers of wilderness are all protesting this sale of public land to corporate bidders.
Thursday (12/18): reports from Greece (tags)
Nothing is over, thousands took the streets again!
Saturday reports from Greece (tags)
It's been one week today, since the murder of the 16year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by the two cops in Athens and the protests are still going!
Anti-war veterans deploy 4,171 toy soldiers at gas station (tags)
Anti-war veterans deploy 4,171 toy soldiers at gas station In a daring guerrilla raid earlier this fall, members of the Los Angeles chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) infiltrated a local gas station to deploy a battalion of 4171 toy soldiers, together with a sign reading, "Price of Gas: 4171 U.S. Soldiers."
Ten to twenty years is far too long to wait for a solution that was needed decades ago. Common sense approaches will prepare us for an oil-independent future. Immediate steps can be taken to alleviate the impact of rising gas prices.
The Bush Administration's Secret Biowarfare Agenda (tags)
Part of the Bush administration's permanent war agenda.
The population has to get used to gas prices three times higher than four years ago. Rising energy- and food prices and the real estate crisis accelerate pauperization tendencies in the US.
Driving 55 MPH: An Experiment on S. California Fwys (tags)
GAS FACT: Slowing from 75 to 55 mph boosts gas mileage 33 percent in both sedans & large SUVs. On Sunday, July 6, 2008, I set my cruise control to 55 mph, turned on my Flip video camera, & entered the south-bound 101 Freeway at the base of the Conejo Gade in Camarillo, California. I filmed for over one hour, traveling toward Orange County. My quest? To see if fellow motorists were saving gas & cash by driving 55 mph. And my findings? Watch the following video.....................................
"Oil Crisis Changes Globalization" (tags)
In the poorest hundred countries, the high oil price is intensifying hunger and poverty. "These people stand at the edge of a possible disaster," Jeremy Rifkin says. The high prices for oil, gasoline and gas change the rules of globalization.
GAS CRISIS! Interviews w/Gas Station Patrons, Orange, CA USA (tags)
Saturday, June 7, 2008. With my Flip video camera and my Nikon d80 in tow, I interviewed patrons at 10 gas stations in Orange, California. It wasn't until the last gas station that I was approached by an employee...sent by his angry boss because I was filming on private property. I hope you find the comments made by each interviewee food for thought.................... Thank you.................................... Respectfully, mom4education (df) Orange, California USA
On Independence Day, Israeli Arabs Reminded of Their Place (tags)
The media might have caught this violent act of repression on camera - if they hadn't been supressing the other side of the story.
PAIN AT THE PUMP; CURED BY SPA MASSAGE (tags)
Famed Stevenswood Spa Resort on the ever-eco-centric Mendocino Coast has an offer that's hard to pass-up.
America, Fight Back: Nationalize the Oil Industry! (tags)
Surging oil prices are sinking the U.S. economy, while Big Oil is raking in obscene profits. For example, ExxonMobil recorded profits in 2007 of $40.6 billion. Its CEO’s pay averaged out to $13,700 an hour. Today, gas is selling at $3.50 a gallon with no end in sight. Truckers are paying more for their diesel fuel and as a result food prices are rising. Globally, nationalization of the oil industry is the trend. It’s time for the U.S. to join that club.
If we all act togeather (tags)
Keep it going
Bern does not need US permission (tags)
Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey says her country does not need Washington's permission to advance its strategic interests.
Peak Oil - True or False (tags)
Both sides of the peak oil argument.
Peak Oil: The Global War for Oil (tags)
Despite optimistic estimates, the market seems to accept peal oil since the rich oil companies are not investing in new refineries. The 150-year American expansion explains the military option. Speculation caused the tenfold increase of a barrel of oil from $10 (1998) to $100 (2008).
No LNG Pipeline to CA in Our Name! (tags)
Residents of CA are welcome to comment on the proposed LNG tanker terminal in Coos Bay linking to the CA pipeline. This is a "not on our name" issue as the residents of Coos Bay, OR will bear the brunt of the risks from having a potentially explosive LNG terminal in their neighborhood, though all the natural gas will be exported into CA. Not to mention the international human rights violations and potential instability coming from extracting natural gas from countries like Bolivia, Algeria, etc..
The Price of Oil Breaks the $100 Mark (tags)
There is no chance that the average price per barrel will fall under $70 up to 2015. This was not inevitable Since the first oil price shocks in the 1970s, many measures were possible to throttle the consumption of oil and energy. In Europe, the oil consumption has fallen 30-40 percent since the 1970s.
Tar Sands Processing requires massive inputs of water, energy, land, labour (tags)
For each barrel of oil produced from the tar sands, between two and 4.5 barrels of water is needed. The waste sand and water contain naphtha and paraffin, which are used in the extraction process, and oil leftovers like benzene, naphthenic acid and polyaromatic hydrocarbon, among others. Chemicals found in the tailing ponds are known to cause liver problems and brain hemorrhaging in mammals, and deformities and death in birds.
Scientists on Svalbard eye underground CO2 storage (tags)
The university on Svalbard is preparing to test out a possible underground storage facility for carbon dioxide in Longyearbyen, in hopes of making the area "CO2-neutral."
Africa: The Next Defense Market Opportunity? (tags)
Low value. Corrupt. Aid-driven. Despite the odd exception like Algeria, and South Africa's indigenous defense industry, most people think of these terms when they think of the African defense market. Analyst firm Forecast International sees a different picture, however: "tomorrow's growth market for the global defense industry."
"Stop Your Engines Day"! (tags)
Leaving your automobile at home,just one day in a month is enough amazingly,in North America,to save hundreds of millions of gallons of gasoline from being used and this will have a number of positive effects,from dropping gas prices owing to having created a surplus plus a little bit cleaner air!
Blow Off the Arctic Ice Melting....Let's Drill for More Oil (tags)
The Arctic ice is melting at an accelerating pace, with this year already showing record retreat. There is still a month or so left of summer heating, but the record minimum ice melt has already been reached. "It is therefore almost certain that the previous 2005 record will be annihilated by the final 2007 annual minima closer to the end of this summer."(1)
Ready or not, here it comes
Attacks on Mexico pipelines show extensive knowledge of energy infrastructure (tags)
WASHINGTON | Saboteurs who blew up natural gas pipelines that shut down one of Mexico’s main industrial regions this month also crippled a crude oil pipeline, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The operation indicated extensive knowledge of Mexico’s energy infrastructure, the officials said.
Struggle in Oaxaca at the begining of the Guelaguetza (tags)
Struggle in Oaxaca at the begining of the Guelaguetza . Monday July 16th 2007
Coal-gas: Another Fiasco in the Making? (tags)
I am sending you this because there is talk of a 2B dollar coal-gas plant in Oswego Co. NY, and there is no mention of what the byproducts are or what they are going to do with them. Here is what I had to say on these issues in the order that I published them:
Chavez strikes deal with Goebbels Murdoch (tags)
Goebbels to run Venezuela's media.
The Hate Equation:Targeting Migrant Children in LA (tags)
The May 1 police riot in Mac Arthur Park sent a deliberate political message and was part of a larger pattern of attacks targeting Brown children and families.
NO GAS DAY on May 15th! (tags)
Spread the word! Stick it to the Oil-agarchy on May 15th. No more blood for oil.
Police Terror in the Park (tags)
The police shoot and tear gas families celebrating immigrants and May Day
Police Assault on Today's Immigrant Rights Demonstration (tags)
Police made a completely unprovoked attack on demonstrators at the tail end of today's immigrant rights demonstration in MacArthur Park (Video and still images).
Tear Gas & Chronic Health Problems - Physicians For Social Repsonsibility (tags)
Tear gas contains chemicals that cause birth defects, infertility, brain damamge, and cancer. Infants and children are particularly sensitive to these chemical hazards. Here's much more info from our friends at Physicians For Social Responsibility - LA ("Tear Gas Clouds and Chronic Health Problems")
Police Riot on Peaceful Protest (tags)
Police shoot tear gas and rubber bullets into Immigrants Rights March
Its "Leave you Gas Guzzlin/Polluting Car Home Day!" (tags)
A single day's abstinence of gasoline usage in the U.S. would conserve hundreds of millions of gallons of gas from being consumed (and spewed as poisonous exhaust into our breathable atmosphere!) and would also vastly increase stockpiles of gasoline so that prices,and related taxes and fuel related inflations would have to come down!
Update about the student protests in Athens and Thessaloniki (tags)
Latest report about the brutal and provocative actions of the police in Athens and Thessaloniki. Please translate & circulate
This is the time for a revolution, not for half-hearted actions, said retiring French presi-dent Jacques Chirac..Despite higher prices, energy still has an aura of inexhaustibility. Renewable energy has an 18% share in worldwide electricity production.
Carbon dioxide rate is at highest level for 650,000 years (tags)
[Here's another article from Europe that won't get any print in the US.]
Minutemen: Push comes to shove (tags)
Both sides escalate protest by screaming profanities This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Sunday, January 21, 2007. By TITUS GEE Valley Press Staff Writer
Venezuela 2006: Continued repression of popular protest (tags)
* El Libertario, the voice of the Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas of Venezuela, analyzes the how and the why of the increasing state repression against the growing social discontent that belies the pseudo-revolutionary discourse of the Chavez regime.
Photos - Tens of thousands of troops deployed ahead of Bangladesh polls (tags)
Bangladeshi police beat leaders and activists of the 14-party opposition alliance during clashes in Dhaka
The Nature of The Jevons Paradox (tags)
The Jevons Paradox is a multiple intersection of several issue threads including economics, peak oil, global warming, social movements, and the philosophy of science
13th Day in Oaxaca - A Report (tags)
Today was a Mega March for APPO and the people of the state of Oaxaca. Just days ago the state governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO) stated that the problems in Oaxaca had been solved, and that there was no further violence or conflict. Well, he can't say that anymore.
Day 8 in Oaxaca - A Report (tags)
Once again, here I am as a witness of events in Oaxaca. The real struggle, the real risks, the real revolution is with the people of Oaxaca.
Activists Call Out Auto Industry’s Empty Promises at LA Auto Show (tags)
*Watch this video of RAN and Global Exchange activists asking GM CEO Rick Wagoner to sign a pledge to make his company the most fuel efficient by 2010.
Dispatch from Oaxaca via X (tags)
November 25, 2006 Greetings friends, Today was a Mega March for APPO and the people of the state of Oaxaca. Just days ago the state governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO) stated that the problems in Oaxaca had been solved, and that there was no further violence or conflict. Well, he can't say that anymore.
Oaxaca’s popular movement suffers yet another brutal day (tags)
A peaceful protest in Oaxaca was repressed by the federal police stationed in the center of the city. By nightfall, a few people were reported killed, hundreds arrested and hurt and many disappeared.
The Gas Chamber - a Pepper Spray Horror Movie (tags)
The Gas Chamber is the LAPD pet name for what was done to Benjamin Barker on the Venice Boardwalk February 2005.
The solution to the problem cannot be curfews and terar gas.. Profit and power are set above social peace. Who is really responsible when the villa surrounded by barbed wire is charred one morning?
OAXACA: A MASSIVE ATTACK BY GOVERnMENT FORCES FAILS TO CRUSH APPO'S POPULAR RISING. (tags)
Today, after the Federal Preventative Police (PFP) declared that it wouldn't go inside the University in Oaxaca, it mounted an overwhelming force to attack the People's Popular Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) and its voice to the people, Radio Universidad. Through an amazing popular resistance, organized people repelled this offensive and maintained Radio Universidad in its control.
Patronizing Citgo Gas Stations (tags)
". . . I was cautious because I knew that Citgo stations in Southern California are often affiliated with 7-11, which recently terminated the affiliation due to Hugo Chavez’s 'controversial' remarks about George Bush, Jr. at the UN. " /". . . Citgo sells motor oil in competition with brands like Pennzoil."
BTL:Many in US Believe Decline in Gas Prices is Product of... (tags)
..Pre-Election Manipulation~Interview with Greg Palast, BBC-TV investigative journalist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Black Cross Health Collective's "What to do if exposed to Chemical Weapons" (tags)
author: Lupin
The Corrib Gas Controversy: State Collaboration with Shell Exposed (tags)
The following article is a position paper on the Irish Government's attempt to placate growing opposition by the appointment of a so-called “independent mediator” to defuse the crisis over the outright handover of Irish energy resources to multinational corporations. It also includes an update on the present crisis at Corrib.
Irish Government rules out use of nuclear power (tags)
By Seán McCárthaigh of the Irish Examiner
GAS DOWN OIL UP AND CIA SPACE TOURIST (tags)
YOU ALWAYS GET TOMMORROWS NEWS TODAY FROM THE AMERICAN bLASHEMER and so the indymedia of Houston editorial collective had to disappear my post called OIL PRICES ARE NOT DOWN the other day when they were down. But now spot prices are up, (why included here) gas is down, (why included here) and Russia unknowingly launches possible CIA space tourist. The FBI and HOUSTON CHRONICLE have blamed all this on William Jefferson.
Letters from Lebanon: The Proximity of Death (tags)
Israeli airstrikes, humanitarian aid cut off, and the proximity of death in Lebanon
Are you a perfect driver for the Myers Motors’ All-Electric NmG (No More Gas)? YES…if you:
Confident U.S. generals commit war crimes (tags)
A force multiplier is a technological method to multiply the aggressiveness and lethality of an armed force.
Can I buy my son a gas mask? (tags)
US troops have no protection from America’s poisonous uranium gas in Iraq by Bob Nichols Project Censored Award Winner
Maybe gas boycotts don't work because they are sexist. Join the cause that will make a difference, but it needs your help. The solution is simple, but it's not easy..
Why Are Gas Prices So High? (tags)
A Primer on Oil: Past, Present, Future of Oil and Gas in the United States
Journalism 101: LA Times parrots for ExxonMobil/CIA in regards to Bolivia (tags)
The LA Times maintains it's edge as corporate cheerleader.
Below is some information to you posted on Minutemen Actions.
BTL:Soaring Gas Prices, Oil Company Record Profits Incite Calls for... (tags)
...Windfall Profits Tax ~ Interview with Tyson Slocum, co-director of the Public Citizen's Energy Program, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Screwed at the Pump by THE DICK (Cheney) (tags)
HEY, CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.realnigganews.com presentsGas Cheat codes (tags)
RAPE OF THE ARCTIC: Why the Fossil Fuel Barons NEED Global Warming (tags)
As arctic ice melts, vast untapped reserves of oil, natural gas and coal are becoming easily accessible. Open water in the arctic also means cheap and easy Atlantic-Pacific transport of said oil, gas, and coal. There's billions to be made by the greedy in an ice-free arctic and an environmentally devastating "gold rush" has already begun....
Uranium bombing in Iraq contaminates Europe (tags)
The average radioactive dose, according to official government index based calculations, was about 23 million radioactive particles for the average adult male in Britain and Europe.
GASOLINE PRICE HIKING BOYCOTT (tags)
Again gasoline prices are soaring out of control and the petroleum giants are back on track to make record profits. Washington will not act so Californians need to protect their interest by boycotting the petroleum industry.
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 1/6/06 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! (tags)
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, China, and Russia.
Bush administration finalizes military attack on Iran (tags)
Bush administration finalizes military attack on Iran
On top of an oil well and no petrol??
US Military, President Out of Control (tags)
- Nuremberg Tribunal, 1950 What Does "Mildly Radioactive" Mean, Anyway?
Flexcar: Public Car Sharing in Los Angeles (tags)
Flexcar is a car sharing program that started in Seattle, Wa., but it is quickly spreading across America. You can now share hybrid cars with strangers in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego and more!
Join the Citgo BUY-cott! (tags)
Since gas prices have finally been rolled back(a little at least-and just in time for the Christmas buying season-amazing, isn't it?)let's put our petrol dollars to good use-buy Citgo gas and help fuel Democracy!
Consumer Shock at the Pump (tags)
Life was disrupted when the world faced the first oil price crisis in the winter of 1973. People in the southern US are experiencing this today.. Around a quarter of US production was lost through the hurricane.
Breaking the grip of Big Oil (tags)
The day after President Bush advised Americans to deal with skyrocketing gas prices by avoiding unnecessary driving, he flew to New Orleans for a photo-op, burning up about 11,437 gallons of jet fuel, worth over $24,000. Apparently, it all depends on what you consider “necessary.”
4-Oil & Gasoline Co. "Gougers": Class Action Lawsuits by SUV Owners & Victims! (tags)
4-Oil & Gasoline Co. "Gougers": Class Action Lawsuits by SUV Owners & Victims!
Oil Price-Fixing (Gasp)? Of Course There's Oil Price-Fixing! (tags)
Tidy concepts like competition and free markets don’t apply in this industry, where the executives of each company know everything about the “competition” without even asking, and where the government is happy to let them suck the profits out of the public’s pockets like crude from a gusher.
Clusterf... Nation Chronicle (tags)
Take a good look at America around you now, because when we emerge from the winter of 2005 - 6, we're going to be another country. The reality-oblivious nation of mall hounds, bargain shoppers, happy motorists, Nascar fans, Red State war hawks, and born-again Krispy Kremers is headed into a werewolf-like transformation that will reveal to all the tragic monster we have become.
BTL:Consumer Group Claims Oil Companies' Disaster Profiteering Necessitates... (tags)
...Price Controls ~ Interview with Tyson Slocum, of Public Citizen's Energy Program, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Communications with Hurricane-battered Cuba Now Restored (tags)
"Dennis The Menace", the worst hurricane to hit the island of Cuba since the 1940s, has departed leaving ten dead and lots of reconstruction work which has now begun. Find links to more reports and how to access the Cuban media to keep up with developments in Cuba
Communications with Cuba restored after Hurricane Dennis (tags)
Dennis the Mennace, the worst hurricane to hit Cuba in over fifty years, has now passed the island. Communcations with the island are now restored and reports are coming in of the damages and the recovery efforts.
Permaculture and Peak Oil (tags)
Peak Oil and Permaculture explains the dynamics of the impending peak in global oil production and the implications for Australian society. Declining energy availability will spell the end of global economic growth and the consumerist culture it supports.
Buying gasoline help Venezuela (tags)
You can buy gasoline and help Venezuela
NOEXOTICWARFAREZONE -- A Resolution for Your City Council (tags)
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Climate Change! We Must Intervene! (tags)
Can we take climate change activism beyond uptopian demands into the realm of meaningful strategy? The climate change battle is largely being fought-and currently lost!-in the media.
The True Value of a Timor Sea Gas Resource (tags)
Crude oil prices have climbed since 2002, and so government revenue from a Sunrise gas project is about four times higher than figures used by oil companies.
The Solution to the Gasoline Crisis and Other Problems (tags)
An article which discusses the current gasoline crisis and proposes a solution within the context of what is politically possible in California. Incorporates quotes and statistics provided by the California Energy Commission and the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.
Don't Blame OPEC; Higher Gas Prices Are Almost Entirely Bush's Fault (tags)
What is making oil so expensive is not energy policy or even SUV’s, dangerous as those are for the environment. It’s Bush’s massive deficits and his willful destruction of the US dollar that has gas selling at $2.30 a gallon and rising.
Mickel tells jury he shot officer (tags)
Good old Andy is in the news again. Looks like the trial is on and old Andy-boy is gonna get the chair. I wonder whatt nessie, Sheepdog, and the indymedia leftists have to say about this? Old Andy is the posterchild for leftist thought. So much for that...
The Nazi (Neocon) party (tags)
Anyone who has studied the history of the Nazis would be hard pressed to differentiate between a Nazi and a Neoconservative.
Chemtrails a Warfare Spray? (tags)
Chemtrails heated up by electromagnetics create a gas plasma that can be used for remote viewing (spying) and virtual reality mind control.
Ford Ranger EV Drivers Resist Repossession (tags)
“My all-electric Ford Ranger hauls more weight that my three-quarter ton Chevy with a 350 internal combustion engine,” says California rancher and Ranger EV driver Dave Raboy.
Oil Addicts to march in Doo Dah Parade Nov 21 (tags)
LA Post Carbon will be entering the Doo Dah parade in Pasadena with an entry called "Got Oil?" The entry will include out-of-gassers pushing their car and carrying empty gas cans and the Earth being followed by a doctors with a thermometer and stretcher.
The Day to Forget the November 2nd Election Forever is November 3rd.
Wendy Campbell: The Secret Relationship Between Israel and Oil: What the US Media Hides (tags)
The US media has been covering for Israel for decades...
Antiwar Protests Rock South Korea (tags)
More than 10,000 Korean antiwar protesters marched on the US embassy in Seoul Aug. 15, 2004, demanding an end to the US occupation of Iraq. They also called for the total withdrawal of all South Korean troops from Iraq as well as the resignation of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun for having placed them there. The South Korean President has vowed to send up to 3,000 more troops to join the 600 already in Iraq. The South Korean government has placed a total news blackout on the story of sending additional troops to Iraq, citing a law to protect military secrets as justification. The government warned it would punish any media outlet that violated the ban.
Oil policies running on empty (tags)
"People here seem to have an inexplicably difficult time coming to terms with the idea that they don't have infinite access to a finite resource. Well, now it's wake-up time. Again."
Petitions on Justice in the Timor Sea (tags)
You are invited to sign two petitions aimed at securing East Timorese rights to oil and gas. In Sep the Melb NGO Group petition will be presented to Australian Prime Minister John Howard and the Timor Sea Justice Campaign (Sydney) petition will be tabled in Parliament.
Liberty Bound's Christine Rose shares her experience with police brutality at a protest.
"After reading stacks of documents from the investigations and talking to energy experts, I found more smoking guns in California's energy crisis than in a Clint Eastwood movie, and none of them have Ken Lay's prints on them." -- Kathryn Jones, 2001
Illumination Without Batteries: Of Gas, Glow Sticks And War (tags)
This essay is a reflexive commentary on the current war in Iraq and the US military's abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
The curious lack of curiosity about WMD (tags)
Sarin Nerve Agent Bomb Explodes in Iraq (tags)
And so it goes that a roadside bomb has exploded in Iraq. It was a 155-millimeter artillery round containing the deadly nerve gas. Hmmmm -- looks like a WMD and looks like it was found in Iraq by the bad guys who used it against our military. I suppose Sheepdog will claim it was planted by the CIA.
Pass the Petroleum (Jelly)! (tags)
Talk about crude prices... We could use a little lubricant ourselves right now.
Bush erred on mustard gas (tags)
His own White House is even correcting him now, how embarrassing, but he doesn't seem to notice.
Stop Mitsubishi from making our air worse (tags)
Say No to LNG in Long Beach Harbor: Support Clean Energy Now!
Activists Hit Hummers in Arkansas (tags)
In recent months, Hummers and other SUVs have become frequent targets of the group?s activities because of their extremely poor fuel efficiency. Additionally, the environmental advocacy group, Sierra Club says Hummers produce at least twice the amount of pollutants as most smaller vehicles and get half the gas mileage.
"ECCE HOMO" GEORGE GROSZ -1924 KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND DO YOUR DUTY!
Given the events of this past week in Miami- Nov 20-03, it is evident Jeb, that you are running with the wrong crowd. Men dressed in helmets, bullet proof vests, with stun guns-pepper spray-clubs-tear gas, is not my idea of the people I wish to associate with.
Energy Bill Stuffed with Fossil Fuel Industry Subsidies -- Warming Continues (tags)
Despite not being afforded the benefit of a public hearing, the massive $31.1 billion energy bill being debated in the U.S. Senate today has garnered massive public opposition, and with good reason. Call your senators today. Tell them which way you recommend they vote.
Are the Isrealis willing to start WW III ? (tags)
Please help to spread this information far and wide, it is the present reality and it has vast implications.
Bolivia: The Uprising of Miners and Peasants (tags)
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Americas Watch: 10/19 Urgent Actions on Colombia, Mexico and USA (tags)
Americas Watch: Urgent Actions on Colombia, Mexico and USA An occasional news series from PeaceNoWar.net Web: http://www.PeaceNoWar.net October 19, 2003 What happened in Bolivia truly shows the power of people's movement, the struggles against American empire and U.S.-supported semi-colonial puppet regime. However, let's don't forget there's still have many struggles lie ahead on Mexico, Colombia and of course, in the United States. Lee Siu Hin PeaceNoWar.net
Indigenous People's Day (tags)
How do European immigrants with any consciousness address the genocidal acts committed against the Indigenous Peoples of this land called North America?
Is all the evidence we have against Saddam being a tyrant and a "Hitler" is the alleged gassing of the Kurds? Did we fall for another lie?
Palast Links Arnold to Enron (tags)
Enron memos obtained by Greg Palast links Schwarzenegger and Enron scheme to derail lawsuit by Bustamante for $9 billion filched from California electricity and gas customers.
Why aren't buses free? They benefit auto drivers most, they should pay for them.
Wiesenthal Center: Germany Sold Poison Gas Iraq (tags)
The following report, commissioned by the Los Angeles, California based Simon Wiesenthal Center, was completed by Paris, France based Middle East Defense News. It clearly shows how Germany, particularly under Chancellor Helmut Kohl supplied Iraq with its poison gas, knowing full well that Iraq's aim was to use the gas on Israel.
Alaska's fragile ecology is imperiled by 'Rugged' ego (tags)
The military and the oil and gas industry account for most of Alaska's population growth, and are both notoriously conservative and transient. These immigrants believe they are rugged individualists, and they are dead wrong
Natural gas prices aren't going to get better any time soon , and could seriously effect the stability of the US economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told the Senate on Wednesday. And to nobody's surprise, Republicans have been on the move to slash natural gas prices by rolling back environmental restrictions.
Corporate Subliminal Collusion: How the Bilderberg Pulls the Strings (tags)
In our ostensibly civilized society we forget that corporations are not moral or ethical entities. If you think I'm too critical, consider the following. Back in the early days of the blue-collar labor movement workers were actually dying on the job. Preventable explosions and mine collapses occurred regularly. 20, 40, even 80 and more miners at a time lost their lives.
AS THE ECONOMY CRUMBLES - June 16, 2003 (tags)
Summarizing the crappy economic news of the week.
Bhopal disaster victims struggle for justice (tags)
PITTSBURGH – Unlike a natural disaster like the recent earthquake in Algeria, some man-made disasters, “industrial accidents,” leave dishes on the shelves, homes intact, windows secure and factories in place.
A History of Secret Human Experimentation by U.S. Gov. (tags)
Hi, I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you.
What, No Smoking Gun? The Media and the Specter of WMD (tags)
Extra, extra: Evidence is emerging that the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq may never provide a compelling justification for the war.
A History Of US Secret Human Experimentation (tags)
The phrase "we're from the Government we're here to help you" generally earns a nose wrinkle of mirthful derision. There is really little funny about the governments misdeeds in violating the rights of it's citizens by using them as unwitting "experimental animals".
Colombian police fire tear gas on anti-war protesters who burn tires, U.S. flag (tags)
BOGOTA, Colombia - Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas into a crowd of more than 1,500 demonstrators Thursday who tried to march on the U.S. Embassy in Colombia to protest the war in Iraq (news - web sites). No serious injuries were reported.
MONDAY 7PM WELCOME KPFK's JERRY QUICKLEY HOME! (tags)
DEPORTED FROM BAGHDAD: UNEMBEDDED PACIFICA RADIO REPORTER RETURNS HOME TO LA ON MONDAY AT 7 PM at the Long Beach Airport THE B-BOY IN BAGHDAD: Jerry dodged bombs to bring us the truth.
Think you're paying too much for gas? You may be right...
Athens, The anarchist bloc and the riots on March 21 anti-war demo (tags)
Athens, The anarchist bloc and the riots on March 21 anti-war demo
Art photo and article. The LA Times online story about the protest is totally inaccurate! I describe my experience.
Brief Protective Gear List (tags)
This list of gear describes the tools which can help protect you and enable you to make your voice heard in the coming days. The list describes some basic tools which will protect you against tear gas/pepper spray, as well as a bit of first aid gear.
Activists' Guide to Tear Gas, Pepper Spray, and Treatments! (tags)
The Black Cross Health Collective wrote this excellent guide to chemial weapons used in "crowd control". This info will help you take care of yourself and other activists. This info rocks - the healers who put it together draw on their experience at Seattle and all the big North American demos since then They (and their friends) even field tested remedies for pepper spray! First Aid for Radicals and Activists Fight the power, do no harm
Activists' Guide To First Aid/Protective Gear (against tear gas and pepper spray) (tags)
Activists' Guide To Preparation/First Aid/Protective Gear from the Black Cross Health Collective. This info rocks - the healers who put it together draw on their experience at Seattle and all the big North American demos since then They (and their friends) even field tested remedies for pepper spray! First Aid for Radicals and Activists Fight the power, do no harm http://www.blackcrosscollective.org/beprepared.html
Riverside protesters show up in force against war (tags)
Over 50 people protest against the war in Iraq in Riverside, amidst death threats, jeers and a lot of honks in support.
Activists' Guide to Tear Gas, Pepper Spray, and Treatments! (tags)
The Black Cross Health Collective wrote this excellent guide to chemial weapons used in "crowd control". This info will help you take care of yourself and other activists. This info rocks - the healers who put it together draw on their experience at Seattle and all the big North American demos since then They (and their friends) even field tested remedies for pepper spray!
Basic First Aid and Chemical Weapons Info For Protesters (tags)
The Black Cross Health Collective in Portland, Oregon has produced a manual for demonstrators and activists on basic first aid and treatment techniques for tear gas and pepper spray. The manual also has great tips on what to bring/wear/do to maximize your ability to withstand pepper spray and/or tear gas.
Let's hit them where it hurts - their pocketbooks. Non-violent protests that don't require thousands to take the streets are going to be more effective with this president. Go a weekend without buying things.
Venezuela: The Delta Platform: Sovereignty for sale? (tags)
(El Libertario, # 31, February 2003)
US Prepares To Use Toxic Chemical Gas In Iraq (tags)
It is interesting just to observe the blatant hypocrisy that the Bush Junta has repeatedly used as one of it's excuses/justifications for murdering people in Iraq the use of and possession of Chemical Agents. Yet, when push comes to shove they have no compunction in using them themselves. What a bunch of hypocritical fiends.
Boycott EXXON and MOBIL (tags)
Join the resistance!!!! We are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Do you want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.
Regarding all of these anti-war protestors. They do not have a clue what is coming.
Regarding all of these anti-war protestors. They do not have a clue what is coming.
duct tape isgas permeable (tags)
you will not be safe
Israeli poison gas attacks (tags)
According to Article 147, to "willfully caus[e civilians] great suffering or serious injury to body or health" is a "grave breach" of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the most serious type of war crime. There appears to be prima facie evidence that "great suffering" and "serious injury to body and health" were "willfully" inflicted on Palestinian civilians during the gas attacks conducted by the Israeli Defense Forces.(62)
Santa Monica Protest Results In Closure of Chevron and Shell Stations Two (tags)
Community Demonstration Highlights Iraq War/Oil Connection
Peace Demonstrators in US & UK Take Message to the Pumps: No War for Oil! (tags)
National Release: Peace Demonstrators in US & UK Take Message to the Pumps: NO WAR FOR OIL Day of Action at Over 100 Gas Stations Calls for Peace, Security, and Environmental Protection via Reduction of Dependence on Oil
LA Peace Activists Take Message to the Pumps: NO WAR FOR OIL (tags)
A Peace Activists Take Message to the Pumps: NO WAR FOR OIL Day of Action at Gas Station Among Peace Demonstrations Across US
que vive bolivia! mass protests all over country (tags)
Bolivian Dialogue: What Is The Goverment Offering?
The Israeli poison gas attacks (tags)
After a few minutes, the gas started to smell. "Like mint," several people said. One resident later recalled that, "the smell was good. You want to breathe more. You feel good when you inhale it." A girl reported that "its taste was like sugar. The smell was sweet."(4)
The Price of Oil?...War (tags)
Investigative journalist Ritt Goldstein and CounterPunch explode the myths behind the looming Iraq War.
dow chemical sues penniless bhopal survivors (tags)
how dare they demonstrate against us - what do they think this is , a democracy?
Rumsfeld offered help to Saddam (tags)
The Reagan administration and its special Middle East envoy, Donald Rumsfeld, did little to stop Iraq developing weapons of mass destruction in the 1980s, even though they knew Saddam Hussein was using chemical weapons "almost daily" against Iran.
Saddam test poison gas on 5,000 Youths (tags)
More than 5,000 young men and women were used for experiments in gas and biological warfare agents whose ingredients were originally supplied by the United States.
checknya's savage war comes home to moscow (tags)
by eric margolis
ACTIVISTS SHUT DOWN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK EXXONMOBIL GAS STATIONS (tags)
Greenpeace Delivers Message: “Don’t Buy ExxonMobil”
ACTIVISTS SHUT DOWN LOS ANGELES AND NEW WORK EXXONMOBIL GAS STATIONS (tags)
Greenpeace Delivers Message: “Don’t Buy ExxonMobil”
Greenpeace shuts down Exxon at Beverly and La Cienega (tags)
Greenpeace shuts down an Exxon gas station
How did Iraq get its weapons? We sold them (tags)
THE US and Britain sold Saddam Hussein the technology and materials Iraq needed to develop nuclear, chemical and biological wea pons of mass destruction.
Beware of "DIRECT ACTION/PROTESTER DEFENSE" info (tags)
Unfortunately, much of the info in the "Protester Defense" post to Portland Indymedia is erroneous; some of the information is dangerous. [Tear gas canisters DO cause severe thermal burns! Also, any direct action eye protection must be shatter proof (aginst projectiles like rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, batons, etc.)] For accurate info, see the Portland Black Cross Medical Collective web site: www.blackcrosscollective.org
i think there was a bus crash or explosion. kinda hard to tell from here (Canada) please help!
SOLIDARITY WITH UPRISING IN MEXICO, info, where to get translations (tags)
Information about, where to get translations about, uprising in Mexico by farmers who are protesting the building of an airport on their land. GLOBAL SOLIDARITY!
Donovan Jackson-Chavis Justice Committee on Sat 7/13 (tags)
The Donovan Jackson-Chavis Justice Committee will hold a meeting and rally Saturday, July 13, 2002 at 5:00 pm at Faith United Methodist Church | 1713 W. 108th Street near Western in Los Angeles This meeting will dispel rumors, educate the public to the truth of the matter, and build support for Donovan Jackson-Chavis, a victim of police brutality.
Oil Executives Lobbied on Drilling (tags)
Shortly after Vice President Cheney launched a task force on energy policy last year, he met with two top executives from the oil and gas industry. The men from Shell Oil Co. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. pressed the new administration to stick to a long-standing plan to open a huge tract in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas exploration.
Oil & Gas Drilling in the Los Padres National Forest (tags)
The National Forest Service is being pressured to explore the possibility of oil and gas drilling in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County
Institute for Public Accuracy: Behind the Enron Collapse (tags)
IPA provides comments by Doug Heller, Consumer advocate with the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights; Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research; Tyson Slocum, Research director of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program.
Who's under that disguise? Nobody Knows.
Who's under that disguise? Nobody knows. (tags)
Is that you, Al Gore?
Venezuela. Chile 1973 revisited? (tags)
US propaganda, lies, and signs of foreign intervervention against Hugo Chavez' leftist independent government are stark reminders of US foreign policy's dark past, present and short-lived future.
NERVOUS FRENCH DON GASMASKS (tags)
New fashion trend sweeps Paris.
UPDATE: UNOCAL still pushing Afghanistan pipelines (tags)
So much for the PR
US role in WTC attacks - Investigation called for (tags)
Evidence is mounting that the Bush administration may have deliberately provoked a terrorist attack on the U.S. as a means of justifying its plans to replace the Taliban in Afghanistan with a puppet government friendly to gas and oil development in the region.
Governors Get Free SUVs, Gas Money (tags)
Governors attending the National Governors Association meeting in Rhode Island this weekend will drive gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles provided free of charge by General Motors Corp.
First Tear Gas, Now Bullets (tags)
Protesters share a sense that police will be violent no matter what they do: A woman hit directly by a tear gas canister in Quebec City. photo: Jake Price
What Can you do when you have been Tear Gassed? (tags)
This is a wonderful instruction book that is part two of the other image called Tear Gas 4 Kids. To find that image, do a search on the LA IMC site and type in tear gas. you'll surely come up with the other article.
These are images from a South African Magazine that used to instruct children of color how to protect themselves from Tear Gas. Since this information can now be made useful by activists who'd like to learn how to protect themselves from Tear Gas.... This one is Called Tear Gas 4 Kids
Shut the LA City Council Down (tags)
Thge corruption of the LA City Council will be on flagrant display Tuesday. Come on down and see how they are throeing your money away in corporate welfare while destroying coastal wetlands.
Shut the LA City Council Down (tags)
Thge corruption of the LA City Council will be on flagrant display Tuesday. Come on down and see how they are throeing your money away in corporate welfare while destroying coastal wetlands.
Quebec: 85 confirmed arrests, 50 unconfirmed (tags)
Article: Quebec: 85 confirmed arrests, 50 unconfirmed
Cops Shut Down Medical Center At Gunpoint (tags)
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Significance and Timing of North American Natural Gas Peak (tags)
Why is the North American gas peak important? Richard Duncan has explained how it could mark the beginning of the end of Industrial Civilization in the latest version of his Olduvai Theory at http://oilcrisis.com/duncan/olduvai2000.htm. See also http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dieoff/message/10 for a recent, partial update of this theory. Why is the timing of the gas peak important? Us humans like to plan ahead…to some extent anyway.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) signals green light for Alaska Refuge drilling! (tags)
CHARLES SCHUMER: "... You know, the question here is exploration of oil. That’s a big position for the secretary of interior. We’re going to need more oil and natural gas in America."
Drawing by a young Palestinian Girl living in the Israeli occupied West Bank.
gas mask anyone ?
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Re: Protection from CHEMICAL/POLICE WEAPONS (tags)