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Tony Blair has been forced by Downing Street to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after furious Labour politicians warned he had given a boost to Tory and Reform sceptics on the eve of the local elections.Climate experts also accused the former prime minister of granting political cover to fossil fuel interests and weakening momentum behind the UK’s legally binding target to reach net zero emissions by 2050.Senior No 10 officials called the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change [TBI] after he claimed the plans were “doomed to fail”, to urge it to address the…

One important and intriguing article titled “Trump’s Next Deal Should Be With Kim Jong Un,” written by Bilahari Kausikan, appeared in Foreign Policy on Feb. 26, 2025. It was great to see the article address such a timely and critical issue: U.S. President Donald Trump’s possible deal with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un. I must make it clear at the outset that I agree with the article’s main point in principle: the U.S. government’s North Korea policy has failed, and it is time for something new.  However, I disagree with the author’s rationale. While well-intentioned, the article suffers from…

Several global automakers, including Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis, have joined Michigan-based General Motors and Volvo in suspending their respective annual financial guidance reports for investors amid growing tariff uncertainty. The announcements on Wednesday came even as US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to soften the blow of the auto tariffs that he had imposed earlier this month. “While we further assess the impact of the tariff policies on our North American operations, we look forward to our continued collaboration with the US administration to strengthen a competitive American auto industry and stimulate exports,” Stellantis board chairman John…

Every Apple Watch is an extension of your iPhone that delivers notifications, makes calls, sends messages, and shows you a variety of information depending on the widgets you choose. Each model, however, comes with (or without) various features, and their price tags reflect it. The best Apple Watch for you will fit your needs, whether it’s health monitoring tools or an always-on display.We’ve been wearing the Apple Watch Series 10 since its launch in September 2024, and it’s our top pick as the best Apple Watch for most people in 2025. In addition to several new features, it sports a…

EnerMech has secured a significant contract from LLOG Exploration Co. for pre-commissioning services at the Salamanca Platform in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico.  This contract includes hydrotesting and nitrogen dewatering of three 8” infield flowlines, one 16” oil export pipeline and one 10” gas export pipeline.  The award follows a previous contract in for topside pre-commissioning services which EnerMech secured in 2024. The Salamanca Floating Production Unit (FPU) will operate at a depth of approximately 6,400 feet of water with production from the Leon and Castille fields. With an initial production capacity of 60,000 bopd and 40…

Blair’s climate crisis views ‘absolutely aligned’ with government policy, Starmer saysSammy Wilson (DUP) says Starmer’s net zero policy “is not only bad, it is mad”. Even Tony Blair says so, he says.Starmer says Blair said there should be more carbon capture. The government agrees. He called for more use of AI. That is happening too, he says. And Blair said domestic targets were needed too, he says. What Tony Blair said is we should have more carbon capture, we’ve invested in carbon capture. That’s many jobs across different parts of the country. He said that AI [artificial intelligence] should be…

The United States and Ukraine are set to finalize a landmark critical minerals agreement as early as Thursday, in a move that could reshape the geopolitical landscape of critical raw materials, but questions remain as to exactly how each party will benefit, and what Russia’s response will be. Early on Wednesday, an Ukrainian government source told Reuters that Ukraine was ready to sign a mineral resources deal with the U.S., and that Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko was en route to Washington for that express purpose.Later on Wednesday, The Associated Press cited senior Ukrainian officials as confirming these reports,…

(Bloomberg) — China’s purchases of U.S. liquefied natural gas plunged to zero in March after a sharp decline in the previous two months, as the trade war between the two biggest economies alters shipping routes. Overall delivery of U.S. LNG shipments in the first quarter of 2025 fell by 70%, according to Chinese official custom data released on Sunday. The hiatus is the longest since the last trade war triggered during U.S. President Trump’s first tenure, when China didn’t receive cargoes for about 400 days. The geopolitical conflict is once again decoupling the world’s largest LNG buyer and seller. An…

(Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. was ordered to return nearly 1 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to Petroleos de Venezuela SA in a blow to the oil major, which was working to secure crude before wrapping up operations in the country when a U.S. sanctions deadline hits in May. Venezuela’s state producer Petroleos de Venezuela, known as PDVSA ordered Chevron to return the ships Carina Voyager and Dubai Attraction, currently off the country’s coast, to port and discharge their load, according to people with knowledge of the situation. “Chevron has returned crude oil shipments to PDVSA given the impossibility…