The U.S. Army has awarded a $698,948,760 firm-fixed-price contract to the American defense manufacturer Raytheon for the procurement of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to be delivered to the Republic of China Armed Forces (Taiwan), with an estimated

5 million oil & gas wells mapped across the US. Smoothly aggregated heatmap when zoomed out, fading to individual wells when zoomed in. High-precision energy industry insights, modern geospatial infrastructure.

Oh that’s right, other countries have had high speed rail for 50+ years!

Saudi Crown Prince Is Held Responsible for Khashoggi Killing in U.S. Report

Meanwhile, in Chinese propaganda . . . #China @StateDept

The situation with Russia's disastrous 1905 war with Japan - the catalyst of the Czar Nicholas II's downfall - was very similar to what we see today with Ukraine. The Czar wanted Korea, cited the same bag of nonsense demands on Korea that they have today on Ukraine. After

Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn

There was a hugely important announcement today at COP30: South Korea joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance, and in doing so, announced it will not build any new coal plants and will shut down 40 existing plants by 2040. As the country with the 7th largest coal fleet, this is a

Renewables grow faster than any other major energy source across all #WEO25 scenarios, led by solar And nuclear’s comeback is underway, with global capacity set to rise by at least a third by 2035 Natural gas' role in power systems is also set to grow ➡️ https://t.co/HtK451v9Ry

The amazing Potholer54 posted a new video earlier. He explains why fossil fuel lobby groups love to say " we will just adapt" but they then ignore that adapting comes with huge, often involuntary, costs e.g. losing your house so adapt to a tent.

I can accept a bullish LNG demand growth scenario unless the driving force is baseload power generation. Coal & renewables makes the wide-scale use of imported LNG simply unrealistic. In the right circumstances, maybe it competes with batteries at relatively lower volumes. #ongt

Benjamin Netanyahu can't attend United Nations sessions !! The new Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani, has promised to get him arrested if he sets foot in the City.

Alberta sat on information about this tuberculosis outbreak for two weeks. A highly contagious infectious disease, and they waited TWO WEEKS before they told anyone. That's negligence. #ABPoli #ABHealth https://t.co/hce9ilrE6m

There is huge momentum to develop a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels. Agreeing to create this roadmap would make COP30 a major success for the world and the leadership of President Lula. But Saudi Arabia is demanding that it be vetoed. The rest of the world must

The scope of dirty money (terrorists, criminals, sex predators) moving through crypto exchanges is dizzying. And as this article describes, Binance - the company at the the heart of Trump's crypto corruption - continues to be one of the worst offenders. https://t.co/Moap1G0iDE

Today in Winnipeg, we commemorated the life of Louis Riel.    140 years after his execution, his fight for an inclusive Canada continues to shape our country today. We honour Riel’s legacy in our work to advance Métis priorities and build a better future — together.

BREAKING: Green Party Leader Elizabeth has confirmed that, due to the assurances she received from the prime minister regarding Canada's climate targets during QP today, she WILL support the budget. The Liberals only need one more "yes" vote to avoid an election.

This is the news you get when the oligarchy controls the news

This is in the Constitution for a reason:

Palestinians routinely tortured to death "At least 98 Palestinians have died in custody since October 2023, Israeli data shows. Real toll likely substantially higher as hundreds of detainees from Gaza are missing, says NGO Physicians for Human Rights" https://t.co/zJemh6KNvW