Prof. Bob Howarth

The chairman of the Board of Peace bombed the Gandhi hospital. Process that.

Oil Prices Jump 10% After Iran Attack, Pointing to Economic Risks

One group that stands to benefit from higher oil prices are oil companies, especially the ones in the parts of the world not limited by the Straight of Hormuz.

Natural gas utilities will pass these wholesale price spikes straight through to ratepayers by raising retail prices. Before the late Obama years the US exported almost no natural gas, so domestic prices were insulated from global markets

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

Not to mention .... his Kremlin handlers are incredibly happy with the price spike while they are condemning the war.

Global giant Tata Steel is using a heat battery to curb emissions Tata Steel and startup Kraftblock say they’ve successfully deployed a thermal-energy storage system that harnesses waste heat at the Jamshedpur steel mill…

This major steelmaker is using a novel heat battery at its plant in India to curb emissions from its dirty, energy-intensive operations.

The dynamic described here - many huge computer warehouses detecting the same grid voltage excursion and simultaneously tripping to backup power - is the same basic effect that led to the Iberian power outage last year, just on the demand side rather than supply. Should stagger their trip thresholds

Americans are about to get a sharp reminder of what it means for US natural gas prices to be tied to global markets via the LNG exports that Obama green-lit and Trump & Biden expanded.

Feds asked New Mexico to halt Jeffrey Epstein Zorro Ranch sex trafficking probe, records show Former AG says feds halted New Mexico’s Epstein inquiry without sharing promised evidence as state reopens Zorro Ranch investigation.

Former New Mexico Attorney General Balderas details how the FBI forcefully shut down New Mexico's criminal probe into what was up at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe Co. The feds insisted that they were running their own criminal probe and that NM's involvement would not be tolerated. It was a lie.

Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) to Face the Nation:

“I don't have any obligation to fund a Department of Homeland Security that is violating the law every day, just like I don't have any obligation to support this war that is illegal as well.”

"These are the wages of his narcissism....Trump is an old man, increasingly unloved by his own people....He wants a golden legacy—ballrooms, an arc de triomphe, anything that 'no one has ever seen before'—for a 'golden age.'"

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Text: The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead. President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.” Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

AOC: "The American people are being dragged into a war they do not want. Just this week, US was negotiating with Iran and Trump chose to walk away from peace and chose war instead. Our Constitution is clear: Congress declares war. Every MOC must join in rejecting this war."

Meme: Picture of Pres. Bush 1 . crashed the economy . started a war in the middle east .Picture of Pres. Bush 2 crashed the economy . started a war in the middle east Picture of Donald Trump . crashed the economy . started a war in the middle east

There are some truths we hold to be self-evident.

Spot on, @bobkopp.net.

“…saving American climate science—and American science in general—requires that the community discard the myth of political neutrality, engage in a concerted defense of liberal democracy, and stand in solidarity with this administration’s other targets.”

Four weeks would be substantially longer than my base case and pose enormous risks of more serious damage to regional oil assets.

A month of seriously throttled Hormuz traffic would be A LOT of barrels, and a month of bombing could push Tehran to go after GCC production facilities

The Daily Show reminded us in the montage below how Netanyahu has LIED about the "imminent" threat of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons since 1995. Netanyahu has for years wanted US to bomb Iran. Netanyahu simply found in Trump a moron willing to sacrifice Americans for his cause:

Iran strikes were launched without approval from Congress, deeply dividing lawmakers Top lawmakers were notified about the operation shortly before it was launched, but the White House did not seek authorization from Congress to carry out the strikes.

The spin from MAGA on Iran, just like it was with Venezuela, is that these are “bad guys.” But the issues are much simpler: (1) we have no plan, no congressional authorization, only the feeding of a madman’s lust for chaos and destruction. (1/3)

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Kaine on Fox: "The president can act to defend US against imminent attack without congressional approval. But if you're going to initiate war, you need Congress. The president not only did not come to Congress, he acted without even notification to the vast majority of us. This is an illegal war."

These guys were selling t-shirts until they needed a war to cover up the intentional damage they did to the economy and the president's involvement in a pedophilia scandal.

More states look to virtual power plants to fight rising electric… A dozen state legislatures are pushing measures to launch or expand programs that rely on customers’ thermostats, batteries, and EVs to relieve the grid.

Utility bills are rising faster than new power construction can keep up. Enter virtual power plants, which are winning favor across state legislatures.

'Ukrainians made it through,' Zelensky says on toughest winter of Russia's invasion President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during the final week of winter, Russia launched over 1,720 attack drones, nearly 1,300 guided aerial bombs, and more than 100 missiles of various types against ...

⚡️ 'Ukrainians made it through,' Zelensky says on toughest winter of Russia's invasion.

The winter of 2025-2026 has been described as Ukraine's toughest yet, as heavy Russian strikes on the energy system, combined with severe frosts, have pushed the country to the brink of a humanitarian crisis.

Exclusive | A New Threat to Power Grids: Data Centers Unplugging at Once Dozens of data centers abruptly dropped off the power grid in two recent instances in Virginia, forcing operators to take emergency action.

Data centers have destabilized the electric grid in Virginia.
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N.Y. Climate Action councilmember: High utility costs caused by U.S. gas exports Dr. Robert Howarth joins Capital Tonight.

Our NY climate law is NOT the main cause of inflation in energy prices: US exports of LNG play a far larger role. Read this and more in Susan Arbetter's write up of the Spectrum TV interview she recently did with me.
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New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000

NEW! From the same clueless Republicans who brought you doubling premiums: $31,000 deductibles.

Only an out of touch billionaire would think that counts as affordable.

For G-d’s sake @schumer.senate.gov Trump and his bloodthirsty hooligans started an illegal war with Iran, killed little girls and put American troops in harm’s way-possibly to deflect from his involvement with Epstein

This moment demands ACTION and CONDEMNATION

Not a tepid letter of concern

Opinion | War With Iran Is a Mistake We don’t know how likely it is that the attacks will be successful, nor what costs or risks they bring.

“We Americans have begun another Middle Eastern war based on dubious intelligence claims, and as in 2003 I fear we haven’t thought through the substantial risks and uncertain gains,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

The military industrial complex is cheering today.