Sunday, September 6, 2026

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Hormuz, Mandeb, Black Sea: Wars and diesel chokepoints spike world inflation

Will working families be hurt by higher food and fuel costs this year because of Trump’s attack on Iran?

Hormuz: China oil demand tapped out, heavy truck EVs rise

Because petroleum and fossil gas are now so unstable as energy sources, wise governments are plotting to escape their use in favor of reliable, clean, local energy sources such as solar, wind, water and battery for electricity generation and batteries for electric vehicles.

Iran will sign a deal on Friday as the winner, but...

Will historians judge Donald Trump as the man who destroyed America?

Iran, the presidency-killer: Is Trump being carterized?

Trump may be imprisoned in his own Rose Garden, helpless before a new round of Iranian hostage-taking, as a Blue Tsunami swells to take down large numbers of Republican House and Senate candidates.

How Iran won the Iran War

It is a pyrrhic victory in many ways, since Iran has new enemies among its neighbors and it has lost industrial capacity. But it is a victory of sorts.

Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian...

This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.

Global battle royale at COP30 between fossil fuel producers and green...

The battle royale between the two may prevent COP30, hosted by Brazil, from issuing any joint communiqué or “cover letter.”

Trump pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely...

How likely is it that these investments will rise by hundreds of billions of dollars in 4 years?

America may have invaded Iraq for its oil, but solar power...

The vogue for solar is sweeping other areas of Iraq, too, such as Kurdistan, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is also increasingly committed to solar.

Scientists prove extensive Viking silver trade with Abbasid Empire from British...

The team can now date the influx of silver coinage into Viking realms from the Muslim empires of the Middle East much earlier than had previously been thought.

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A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
Vehicle tailpipe emissions, the kind of pollution the disputed waivers regulate. Photo: DeFacto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers

The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.
Madison Square Garden in New York. Photo: Rich Mitchell from New York, NY / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader

Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
A cannabis plant. Photo: Cannabis Training University / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.