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Source: Global European Anticipation Bulletin, pour le LEAP Septembre 2017. Qatar, Corée du Nord, Mer baltique, risques de 3ème guerre mondiale… les rodomontades militaires dont nous...

US-backed SDF is trying to seize vital resources that are crucial to the Syria’s survival By Mike Whitney  For more than six years, Syrians have made...

by Tyler Durden Did the doomsday clock on the petrodollar (and implicitly US hegemony) just tick one more minute closer to midnight? Source: The Burning Platform Apparently...

Oil exporters such as Russia and Iran will soon be able to bypass the US dollar — and convert their yuan into gold It begins....

Jeremy Scahill August 12 2017 Despite the public battles between the New York Times and President Donald Trump, the two seem to be on a similar page...

By Alastair Crooke BEIRUT — A profound transformation of the global monetary system is underway. It is being driven by a perfect storm: the need...

Most people consider fracking a climate change issue. They are able to make the connection between a potent greenhouse gas like methane and its impact on warming the planet. But methane emission leaks at well sites are only one of the many concerns of the fracking boom. The toxic process also uses more than 700 chemicals, many linked to breast cancer.

By Bill Van Auken Five years after a US-NATO war shattered Libya, Washington is preparing to send troops into the oil-rich North African nation for...

by Michael Meyer The idea that oil wealth can be a curse is an old one – and it should need no explaining. Every few...