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18.04.26 - 11:48
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USA lockern weiter Sanktionen gegen russisches Öl (DW)
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Moskau darf jubeln: Die Einnahmen, aus denen der Kreml seinen Krieg gegen die Ukraine finanziert, sprudeln weiter. In Washington fürchten Donald Trumps Republikaner den Unmut über steigende Preise für Öl und Benzin....
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18.04.26 - 11:42
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Who′d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot (The Guardian)
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The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they areDonald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition in its tracks. But when you back a volatile narcissist, unable to concentrate for more than a few minutes at a time, you shouldn't expect to control the outcome.It's not that the fossils are suffering yet. As prices have soared since Trump and Netanyahu attacked Iran, oil executives have been selling shares at gobsmacking prices: the CEO of Chevron, for example, has cashed $104m so far this year. Vladimir Putin has also received a massive boost to his Ukraine invasion budget. As promised, Trump has gutted clean energy rules and programmes, green alternatives and environmental science. A fortnight ago, he stated, with the usual quantum of evidence (zero): “The environmentalists, I mean, they are ...
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