🇪🇺 🇷🇺 How hydrogen will take over Europe's energy market and what Russia should do about it | Rybar

🔶️ Hydrogen is being promoted worldwide as an alternative to fossil fuels.

🔶️ Through the efforts of TNC lobbyists, "green" political parties and eco-activists, public opinion is being shaped to achieve zero emissions. In economic terms, this will allow, above all, the US, UK and their allies to impose their energy consumption standards and technologies to enforce those standards on the world.

🔶️ A new global financial and energy structure is emerging, and regional conflicts around the world, including the SMO in Ukraine, have created additional favorable conditions for achieving long-standing goals.

https://rybar.ru/nekompetentnye-politiki-i-zelenaya-povestka-kak-instrument-kolonizaczii-evropy/

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🇦🇷 💵 Argentina will no longer join BRICS

🔶️ Nov 30 (Reuters) - Argentina's incoming Foreign Minister Diana Mondino says the country will not join the BRICS grouping of developing nations in a post on social media X on Thursday.

🔶️ Argentina was among six countries invited to become new members of the BRICS at a summit held in South Africa in August, part of the grouping's push to reshuffle a Western-dominated world order it sees as outdated.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentinas-incoming-foreign-minister-says-country-will-not-join-brics-bloc-2023-11-30/

https://archive.ph/vURo3

🇻🇪 🇬🇾Escalating Tensions: Military Buildup on Venezuela-Guyana Border Sparks Concerns

As the longstanding dispute over the Essequibo area intensifies between Venezuela and Guyana, Brazil takes strategic measures to reinforce troops near the northern border. The contested territory, a source of contention for over a century between Caracas and Georgetown, is now at the center of escalating geopolitical tensions.

Caracas is set to conduct a consultative referendum on December 3, asserting the Bolivarian Republic's rights to the disputed territory west of the Essequibo River. The area in question spans 159,500 square kilometers, constituting the largest part of Guyana and housing a population of 283,000, with a total neighboring population of approximately one million.

Despite a 1983 convention signed by Caracas and Georgetown to peacefully resolve the territorial dispute, external influences, particularly U.S. intervention, have complicated matters. The discovery of a substantial oil source by ExxonMobil in 2015 further exacerbated tensions. Seven additional companies, including China National Offshore Oil Corporation, QatarEnergy, and TotalEnergies, recently received licenses for offshore development, contributing to the complex geopolitical landscape.

Unconfirmed reports allege that the entire government of Guyana is under the influence of ExxonMobil, raising concerns about the impartiality of the territorial dispute. This development has heightened tensions, especially for Caracas, given its sensitivity to the exploitation of oil-rich disputed territories.

Complicating the situation is the broader context of warming relations between Caracas and Washington. Recent U.S. policy shifts, including the lifting of restrictions on Venezuelan raw material exports and a shift in rhetoric towards Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, signal a potential period of reconciliation.

However, the emerging military conflict in Guyana threatens to disrupt this delicate phase of diplomatic engagement. Reports suggest that skirmishes along the Venezuela-Guyana border are already underway, adding urgency to the situation.

While the possibility of U.S. military intervention looms, the challenges associated with intervening in Venezuela, a sizable and resilient nation, give Washington pause. The potential for a protracted conflict and increased reputational risks for the U.S. Democratic Party further complicate any decision to engage militarily in the region. The evolving situation underscores the delicate balance between territorial disputes, geopolitical interests, and the broader implications for regional stability.

#Venezuela #Guyana #Essequibo
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🚢 🌍 🇾🇪 The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the largest shipping line in the world, has decided not to transport goods through the Suez Canal due to threats from Yemen.

🔶️ In the long run, this problem increases the costs of the Israeli regime’s partner companies to a great extent and increases the economic pressure on Israel. A problem that seems to continue at least until the end of the Gaza war. 🇮🇱

https://english.iswnews.com/32195/the-worlds-first-major-shipping-line-stopped-shipping-in-the-red-sea/

First Quantum suspends 7,000 contract workers at Panama mine

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/first-quantum-suspends-7000-contract-workers-panama-mine-2023-11-30/

🇵🇦🇨🇦 Panama trade minister resigns after mining contract backlash

Panama's Trade Minister Federico Alfaro announced his resignation on Thursday days after the country's top court ruled a contract between the government and Canadian miner First Quantum was unconstitutional.

The trade ministry led negotiations on a contract between the government and First Quantum to operate a key copper mine, which opponents have deemed as too generous to the miner.

In a resignation letter addressed to the president and shared on social media, Alfaro mentioned the contract, which generated months of protest throughout Panama, as well as the court ruling.

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📢 🇫🇮 🇨🇳 "Everything indicates" a Chinese ship damaged the Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland said.

https://www.politico.eu/article/balticconnector-damage-likely-to-be-intentional-finnish-minister-says-china-estonia/

🇻🇪🇺🇸Exports of Venezuelan crude oil to the US increased 308% between January and September
https://acortar.link/WJBOqQ

🇨🇳 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 The Critical Minerals to China, EU, and U.S. National Security

🔶️ Over the last decade, minerals like nickel, copper, and lithium have been on these lists and deemed essential for clean technologies like EV batteries and solar and wind power.

🔶️ China produces 60% of all rare earth elements used as components in high-technology devices, including smartphones and computers. The country also has a 13% share of the lithium production market. In addition, it refines around 35% of the world’s nickel, 58% of lithium, and 70% of cobalt.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-critical-minerals-to-china-eu-and-u-s-national-security/

☢️ 🇺🇸 🌍 Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy
02 December 2023

🔶️ Recognizing the key role of nuclear energy in achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions / carbon neutrality by or around mid-century and in keeping a 1.5°C limit on temperature rise within reach and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7;

🔶️ Recognizing the importance of the applications of nuclear science and technology that contribute to monitoring climate change and tackling its impacts, and emphasizing the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this regard;

🔶️ Recognizing that nuclear energy is already the second-largest source of clean dispatchable baseload power, with benefits for energy security;

🔶️ Recognizing that analyses from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and World Nuclear Association show that global installed nuclear energy capacity must triple by 2050 in order to reach global net-zero emissions by the same year;

🔶️ Recognizing that analysis from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows nuclear energy approximately tripling its global installed electrical capacity from 2020 to 2050 in the average 1.5°C scenario;

🔶️ Recognizing that analysis from the International Energy Agency shows nuclear power more than doubling from 2020 to 2050 in global net-zero emissions by 2050 scenarios and shows that decreasing nuclear power would make reaching net zero more difficult and costly;

🔶️ Recognizing that new nuclear technologies could occupy a small land footprint and can be sited where needed, partner well with renewable energy sources, and have additional flexibilities that support decarbonization beyond the power sector, including hard-to-abate industrial sectors;

🔶️ Recognizing the IAEA’s activities in supporting its Member States, upon request, to include nuclear power in their national energy planning in a sustainable way that adheres to the highest standards of safety, security, and safeguards and its “Atoms4NetZero” initiative as an opportunity for stakeholders to exchange expertise;

🔶️ Recognizing the importance of financing for the additional nuclear power capacity needed to keep a 1.5°C limit on temperature rise within reach;

🔶️ Recognizing the need for high-level political engagement to spur further action on nuclear power;

https://www.energy.gov/articles/cop28-countries-launch-declaration-triple-nuclear-energy-capacity-2050-recognizing-key

🇻🇪🇬🇾 The ICJ rules in favor of Guyana and orders Venezuela to avoid taking actions that change the current situation in Essequibo:

"Until a final decision on the controversy is adopted, Venezuela will refrain from taking any measure that modifies the situation of the territory under the administration of Guyana."

Thus, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recognizes that Guyana administers and controls the Essequibo territory.

The ICJ further noted that there is a real and imminent risk of irreparable harm to Guyana, and therefore took two provisional measures:

1) Venezuela must refrain from carrying out actions that modify the current situation of the disputed territory.

2) Both parties must avoid actions that aggravate or extend the dispute.