With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Friday, March 31, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Turkey approves Finland’s NATO application, clearing the last hurdle. Sweden is still waiting
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Three barges, one carrying toxic methanol, pinned against Ohio River dam
Russia arrests WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges
Residents Are Being Evacuated After a Train Carrying Ethanol Derailed in Minnesota.
EU Looks at Investing Frozen Russian State Assets to Raise Cash for Ukraine
China completes first yuan-settled LNG trade
Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions
More than 5,000 pages of documents from a Moscow-based contractor offer unusual glimpses into planning and training for security services, including the notorious hacking group Sandworm
Trump Indicted
Following its 20-23 March meeting, WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) revised the roadmap for prioritizing the use of COVID-19 vaccines, to reflect the impact of Omicron and high population-level immunity due to infection and vaccination.
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