They not only won’t cancel; they’ve handed the entire event over to the fascists.
Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth are sitting at CBS’ table.
FCC’s Brendan Carr has actually been invited, while he’s trying to take away press freedoms.
I will be writing an overview of us oil and gas exports soon.
"The unprecedented foreign pull on US supplies could start to pinch the homegrown energy landscape as domestic fuelmakers increasingly find themselves competing with overseas refiners for barrels."
Not enough oil for everyone.
'S Korea braces for an end to modern life as we know it
State employees hit with driving ban as households limit electricity use to battle energy crisis… Residents are asked to charge mobile phones & electric cars only during the day & to shorten daily showers.'
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
New Weather West post out this evening: "Unusually active April weather pattern to continue this week, and possibly beyond, as subtropical northeastern Pacific waters reach record warmth."
Iranian officials warned that its oil exports cannot be restricted while “expecting free security for others,” through the Strait of Hormuz.
This is the most important thing you will read today – and probably the whole year, honestly.
We cannot let the AMOC collapse. For one thing it will make Iceland uninhabitable, and I would really like my children and grandchildren not to become refugees. But the effects will be almost everywhere.
Why do they like biofuels? Because it keeps the "we must burn things" crew in business.
It's great for refineries which are owned by the oil industry.
They love their tax subsidized biofuels for burning.
In the era of EVs, it's one more way to keep the US in the past.
It's 2026. The question isn't which thing can we burn to produce electricity that is slightly less worse than the other things we burn.
Building new infrastructure to burn things in 2026 is peak stupidity and greed.
Luckily solar, wind and storage are cheaper.
The Israeli army struck civilians in the Lebanese city of Mayfadoun.
And then, the Israelis double-tapped the medics who arrived onto the scene.
And then, they triple-tapped the next wave of medics.
And then, they did it one more time for good measure.
I'm glad they're on this, but how many religious symbols have been destroyed in the bombing, and more importantly, how many people have lost their homes, and their livelihoods, and been maimed and killed?
If you read one thing today ...
An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/big-oil-br...
Many people in coastal communities in + near the Strait rely on the fish + shellfish the mangroves, reefs, seagrass meadows in the region to survive.
Oil + war, + wars for oil: devastating to people, devastating to wildlife.
www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s...
5/5
'A view of the vibrant coral reef at one of Musandam Peninsula's popular diving sites in Khasab, Oman, in August 2025. The reeds provide shelter and food for a wide range of marine species.' (Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
“Crude oil, or even refined oil, is a very complex mixture of thousands of chemicals." These chemicals can be absorbed by fish through their gills or directly into the tissues of corals.
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Prof Martin Grossell describes the impact oil slicks can have on sea creatures:
“Many of the compounds found in crude oil will target heart function and respiration". Animals' immunity can be lowered, their nervous systems disrupted so navigating, hunting or escaping predators is more difficult.
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Check out my latest column for @financialtimes.com:
The S&P 500 keeps rising...the market appears to be adopting an Earnings Before Iran, Tariffs and Dubious Announcements (EBITDA) approach: as.ft.com/r/d23a0e69-d...
ISRAEL has contd it's DEMOLITION OF LEBANESE VILLAGES (note not self-defence or Hezbollah) & is refusing to stop stating that the smallprint of the ceasefire deal basically allows them to do whatever they want (& call it self-defence, as usu).
So: Iranian gunboats have fired on 2 vessels in Hormuz.
