Just over half of states in the U.S. are struggling with slowing economic activity, which could be a signal of a looming recession, according to new research from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
Risk Of Recession In U.S. Increasing, Finds Fed Research
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Washington Has Trouble Refilling The SPR After 220 Million Barrel Draw
Washington Has Trouble Refilling The SPR After 220 Million Barrel Draw
After drawing over 221 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in 2022, Washington is having a tough time refilling it in the New Year, with the Department of Energy (DoE) rejecting the first offers on the grounds that they failed to benefit taxpayers.
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Additionally, the Wall Street Journal speculates that the DoE may not have enough funding to refill the SPR completely. According to WSJ, the DoE has $.48 billion in purchasing power. At the desired $70 per barrel, that would give it enough funding to refill the SPR to 440 million barrels.
Avoiding a climate lockdown 🧐💭
As the world faces three major threats, namely the COVID-19 induced public health and economic crises as well as the ongoing climate emergency, the business world is in a position to make real positive change.
Avoiding a climate lockdown (original)
H/T: Kim Iversen—The Next Agenda
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A green economic renewal after the COVID-19 crisis (PDF)
WEF: Paris Is Planning To Become A ’15-minute City’
15-minute city:
A 15-minute city is a residential urban concept in which most daily necessities can be accomplished by either walking or cycling from residents’ homes. The concept (see also the New Urbanism of the 1980s) is present, among many, in D’Acci’s Isobenefit Urbanism since 2013 (“The Isobenefit Urbanism approach aims to create cities in which each dweller can do her/his usual main daily activities by walking or at maximum biking”) was popularized by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and inspired by French-Colombian scientist Carlos Moreno who in 2016 coined the term. 15-minute cities are built from a series of 5-minute neighborhoods, also known as complete communities or walkable neighborhoods. The concept has been described as a “return to a local way of life”.
Oil Prices Jump After Russia Says It May Cut Production
After two weeks of silence in detailing how it would react to the G7 oil price cap, overnight the Kremlin raised the stakes for the west when state-run Tass news service quoted Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying that Russia may reduce output by 500,000 to 700,000 barrels a day in response to the cap.
Oil Prices Jump After Russia Says It May Cut Production
PM Meloni Urges Italians to Turn off Lights in Solidarity With Ukraine
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday called on Italians to switch off gas and electricity for an hour a day in solidarity with Ukraine, which has been under Russian attack for 10 months.
PM Meloni Urges Italians to Turn off Lights in Solidarity With Ukraine
The American Colony Called Germany
Dec 12, 2022 – The end of World War II resulted in a stand off with the Soviet Union. The practical solution was to rebuild and rearm West Germany to deter a Soviet invasion, but keep that nation under American rule. After World War II, Germany remained occupied by a million foreign troops during the Cold war. After that ended in 1990, the Russians returned home and the Warsaw Pact alliance disbanded.
There was no threat to the west and NATO troops returned home, except the Americans, who insisted on keeping several large bases in Germany. Billions of dollars were spent on new military facilities to include a massive spy center at a newly expanded Wiesbaden base. You do not have to look very hard to find historical information revealing that the CIA has been spying inside Germany for more than seventy years to bribe and blackmail political leaders and journalists.
In 2022, the United States destroyed the Nordstream pipelines and thus the German economy. This was the third time in a century the United States destroyed Germany. The innovative and productive German industry was shut down in 1919, 1945, and 2022. Germany is not a true democratic state, but a colony of the United States.
The American Colony Called Germany via Tales of the American Empire
LOCKED AND LOADED: The most terrifying weapons of the future – including mega-bomb that could destroy Earth +
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YouTube: We tested the US Military’s secret space weapon
The US doesn’t believe that these weapons are weapons of mass destruction—which would violate the Outer Space Treaty!?!
No Evidence that Russia is Behind Nord Stream Sabotage Attack
I omitted the word “conclusive” that was included in the Washington Post headline. Why? Because it’s weasel wording included to cast doubt. You see if there is no “conclusive” evidence than you have to consider their may be circumstantial evidence. Which is a red herring. – The red herring fallacy specifically involves using that irrelevant claim to redirect the discussion and avoid discussion/debate about the original topic.
No Evidence that Russia is Behind Nord Stream Sabotage Attack
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India taps oil, natural gas, coking coal in Russian Arctic region
Russia is not only eyeing China as part of its outreach for the resource-rich Arctic region but is also engaging India on the Arctic route to increase bilateral trade and investments in oil, natural gas and coking coal sectors, ET has learnt.
India taps oil, natural gas, coking coal in Russian Arctic region
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Russian Missile/Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Power Grid – Ukraine’s Top Brass Admits Resource Shortage
Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for December 17, 2022:
– Russian missiles and drones deliver massive damage to Ukrainian electrical infrastructure;
– The extensive damage reported by Russian strikes contradicts Kiev’s claims of intercepting “most” Russian missiles and drones;
– Pentagon plans training program for 500 Ukrainian forces per month falling far short of necessary numbers just to replace lost Ukrainian manpower;
– Ukrainian General Zaluzhny admits a growing logistical crisis and shortcomings regarding Western systems transferred to Ukrainian forces;
– Zaluzhny complains about HIMARS’ limited range;
– Zaluzhny demands arms deliveries on a scale the US and NATO are incapable of;
References:
An interview with General Valery Zaluzhny, head of Ukraine’s armed forces
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Russian Missile/Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Power Grid – Ukraine’s Top Brass Admits Resource Shortage (Odysee) via The New Atlas
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