Tag: Energy

The birth of the baby twins: Russia’s strategic swing drives NATOstan nuts

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The birth of the baby twins: Russia’s strategic swing drives NATOstan nuts

By Pepe Escobar, 02-22-2022

(Written this morning in Istanbul, BEFORE Putin buried the Minsk agreements. Everything else – and beyond – stands.)

History will register that the birth of the baby twins – Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics – only a few hours before 2/22/22, was simultaneous to the birth of the real, 21st century multipolar world.

China discovers 100-million-tonne oil, gas reserves in Tarim Basin

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

China’s largest oil refiner Sinopec has discovered a new oil and gas area with approximately 100 million tonnes of reserves in the Tarim Basin of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.

China discovers 100-million-tonne oil, gas reserves in Tarim Basin

But the US is so concerned about the oil…er I mean Uygurs!? Really!! 🙄

*Xinjiang*

China offers to help rebuild Tonga after volcanic eruption

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The tsunami triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga rarely seen in 30 years has neither caused deaths or injuries of Chinese nationals nor brought disastrous effects to China’s coast so far, but its impacts on the whole Pacific region are being closely watched by China as people worry whether the natural disaster would catastrophically inundate the low-lying Tongan islands and affect the global climate.

China offers to help rebuild Tonga after volcanic eruption

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Tonga Cut Off From World After Volcanic Eruption, Global Leaders Pledge Aid

Meanwhile, countries around the world are pledging to help the country rebuild. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted condolences to the country online. Although the U.S. has promised to aid Tonga, there has been no word on what that aid will entail.