Saturday, June 13, 2026

Tag: oil attrition

Energy Wars of Attrition

In the end, the oil attrition wars may lead us not into a future of North American triumphalism, nor even to a more modest Saudi version of the same, but into a strange new world in which an unlimited capacity to produce oil meets an increasingly crippled capitalist system without the capacity to absorb it.

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Israel linked to majority of global civilian deaths from explosive weapons in 2025

A new international monitoring report found that more than 22,600 civilians were killed by explosive weapons last year, with Israeli armed forces accounting for 56 percent of recorded fatalities worldwide.

Decades of research link pesticide use around homes, farms to childhood cancer

A new comprehensive meta-analysis published last month in the International Journal of Cancer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln analyzed findings from 88 epidemiological studies spanning more than 40 years.

Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians

Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.

The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.

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