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<i><font size="+1"><b>April 8, 2020</b></font></i><br>
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[Oil fails]<br>
<b>U.S. to become net petroleum importer again amid oil meltdown</b><br>
The new forecast from the Energy Department's independent
statistical arm comes as oil prices hover in mid-$20s per barrel.<br>
The United States is likely to become a net importer of crude oil
and petroleum products later this year, undercutting President
Donald Trump's touting of the U.S. as achieving "energy dominance"
under his administration.<br>
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The new forecast from the Energy Department's independent
statistical arm comes as oil prices hover in mid-$20s per barrel,
about one-third the price at the beginning of the year. The economic
slump from the coronavirus pandemic that has choked off fuel demand
and a flood of oil from Saudi Arabia and Russia have driven prices
down, which Trump said last week has "ravaged" the U.S. energy
sector...<br>
more at -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/us-becomes-net-petroleum-importer-amid-oil-meltdown-172661">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/us-becomes-net-petroleum-importer-amid-oil-meltdown-172661</a><br>
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[opinion in text and audio]<br>
<b>Armageddon in the Oil Patch</b><br>
<blockquote>Don't take my word for it. "We are on the verge of a
major collapse [of the oil industry]" says former energy secretary
Rick Perry. "The oil patch is falling apart," says the mad-hatter
investment guru Jim Cramer. When it's finally getting through to
intellectual giants and perpetual cheerleaders such as Perry and
Cramer, something is definitely going on. <br>
<br>
The immediate crisis has been triggered by the massive worldwide
decline in demand for oil from the economies crippled by the
coronavirus. The decline -- or "demand shock" as it's being
called, is on the order of 20 million barrels a day. Led by Russia
and OPEC, major oil exporters have been slashing their prices to
try to hang on to a piece of the shrinking market. Whether
intentionally or not, they are now selling oil at prices that are
below the cost of production for US oil frackers... <br>
</blockquote>
more at -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dailyimpact.net/2020/04/07/armageddon-in-the-oil-patch/">http://www.dailyimpact.net/2020/04/07/armageddon-in-the-oil-patch/</a><br>
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[Drilled podcast]<br>
<b>There Will Be Fraud: New Research Shows Fossil Fuels Are Not As
Essential As The Industry Would Like You to Believe</b><br>
Drilled is one of the few narrative podcasts about climate change.
In 2018 when journalist Amy Westervelt was covering multiple climate
lawsuits, she had the idea to put the story of climate change, and
climate denial, into a true-crime framework. Season 1 (November
2018) focused on the climate research conducted by oil companies and
when and how they shifted from studying the problem to denying it.
Season 2 (April 2019) followed a community of crab fishermen as they
became the first industry to sue Big Oil. Season 3 (January 2020)
chronicles the 100-year history of fossil fuel P.R. campaigns and
ties them to the propaganda we still see today. At least four more
seasons are planned for 2020 and 2021. What began as a limited-run
8-part series has become the most-listened to podcast on climate
change and, as of January 21, 2020, a multi-platform climate
accountability reporting project that keeps industry honest on
climate via investigative reporting across web, newsletters, and
podcasts. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!<br>
The HEATED podcast is a 6 episode, limited-run series that shows how
COVID-19 and the climate crisis cannot be separated. In a series of
up-to-the-minute interviews with Bill McKibben, Mary Heglar, Anthony
Rogers-Wright, Kate Aronoff and others, HEATED's Emily Atkin
connects the dots on how two of the most pressing issues of our time
are really one and the same.<br>
There Will Be Fraud: New Research Shows Fossil Fuels Are Not As
Essential As The Industry Would Like You to Believe<br>
23 min<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.drillednews.com/podcasts">https://www.drillednews.com/podcasts</a>
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[meanwhile wildfires]<br>
<b>Wildfires rage across Maine on Monday</b><br>
Whipped by high winds and dry conditions, brush fires break out in
more than a dozen locations, including Biddeford, Casco, Limerick
and Camden...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pressherald.com/2020/04/06/wildfires-rage-across-maine-on-monday/">https://www.pressherald.com/2020/04/06/wildfires-rage-across-maine-on-monday/</a><br>
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[vital, thoughtful video interview]<br>
<b>Interview with climatepsychologist Rosemary Randall about corona
times, climate action and the heart of carbon conversations</b><br>
KlimaatGesprekken<br>
This interview was done on April 6th 2020, when there had been about
three weeks of 'social distancing' or societal lockdown in both the
UK and the Netherlands and most other European countries.<br>
<br>
The interview was done by Manu Busschots of KlimaatGesprekken
(klimaatgesprekken.nl) and more information on Rosemary Randall and
carbon conversations can be found here: rorandall.org/ and here
carbonconversations.co.uk/<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://vimeo.com/404622271">https://vimeo.com/404622271</a><br>
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<p>[Naomi Klein interview]<br>
<b>Mehdi Hasan and Naomi Klein on Coronavirus Capitalism</b><br>
Streamed live 3 hours ago<br>
The Intercept<br>
The Intercept's Mehdi Hasan speaks with Senior Correspondent Naomi
Klein about coronavirus capitalism and the selective use of
emergency measures to offload risks onto workers and families,
while the people who are relatively more secure get
no-strings-attached bailouts.<br>
Coronavirus Capitalism -- and How to Beat It:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/niwNTI9Nqd8">https://youtu.be/niwNTI9Nqd8</a> by Naomi Klein<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-TZlu6MdE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-TZlu6MdE</a></p>
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[Video meeting]<br>
<b>How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism</b><br>
Streamed live on Mar 26, 2020<br>
Haymarket Books<br>
March 26, 2020<br>
Sponsored by Haymarket Books, The Leap, Debt Collective, and
Democratic Socialists of America<br>
<br>
The current crisis is laying bare the extreme injustices and
inequalities of our economic and social system.<br>
<br>
We are in a battle of visions for how we're going to respond to this
crisis. We will either be catapulted backward to an even more brutal
winner-takes-all system -- or this will be a wake-up call.<br>
Ideas that were dismissed as too radical just a week ago are
starting to seem like the only reasonable path to get out of this
crisis and prevent future ones.<br>
We need to use every tool that we have that allows us to hear each
other's voices, to read each other's words, to see each other's
faces, even if it's just on screens, to stay organized and stay
connected. We have to create spaces where we're able to deliberate
and strategize about what it means to protect our neighbors, our
rights, and our planet.<br>
We have to have the confidence to say this is the moment when we
change everything.<br>
<br>
Naomi Klein<br>
@NaomiAKlein<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://naomiklein.org/">https://naomiklein.org/</a><br>
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Astra Taylor<br>
@astradisastra<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.whatisdemocracy.info/">https://www.whatisdemocracy.info/</a><br>
<br>
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor<br>
@KeeangaYamahtta<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.keeangataylor.com/">http://www.keeangataylor.com/</a><br>
<br>
Lia Rose<br>
@liarosemusic<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.liarose.com/">https://www.liarose.com/</a><br>
<br>
Haymarket Books<br>
@hayamarketbooks<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/">https://www.haymarketbooks.org/</a><br>
See the video - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/5lxwLHRKaB0?t=572">https://youtu.be/5lxwLHRKaB0?t=572</a><br>
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[Digging back into the internet news archive]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming -
April 8, 2003 </b></font><br>
In the New York Times, climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer
declares:<br>
<blockquote> "The threat of global warming, first raised in 1896,
has outlived many foreign policy crises. Our failure to deal with
it is starting to bear a bitter harvest not only in rising seas
and intensified rainstorms, but also in disruption of
long-standing alliances, and interference with other foreign
policy objectives. It is well past time for U.S. leaders to put
the climate problem at the center of America's domestic and
international agendas."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/08/opinion/08iht-edoppen_ed3_.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/08/opinion/08iht-edoppen_ed3_.html</a><br>
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