#blackouts

· 3mo ago

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“When you compare that to the hundreds of millions of people who are struggling with rolling #blackouts, with #electricity curbs, #rationing, waiting in line for #food queues, or the disruption to #fertilizers & the potential impact that that has on food #prices, we don’t think that it’s a justifiable price for the rest of the world to be paying,” Galey added. #BigOil #WarProfiteering #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Trump #economy #inflation #affordability #oil #energy

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Tim Mak @timkmak@journa.host

· 3mo ago

Good #morning to readers. #Oil #prices are at $88.10 per #barrel (+20.9% compared to pre-war). Naz works into the night filling #orders for colorful #Kurdish #gowns. But after power #blackouts mean her tailors' #sewing machines are going silent and she can't promise a #delivery date.

Attacks on Iran’s power grid challenge Kurdish designer

iranwar.news

Attacks on Iran’s power grid challenge Kurdish designer

Eight consecutive nights of U.S. strikes have now damaged energy infrastructure, causing rolling power outages in parts of Iran. One Kurdish designer refuses to let war drain the color from her work.

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Tim Mak @timkmak@journa.host

· 3mo ago

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Read about the harsh reality of everyday survival during #Сuban #blackouts and why Adrian chose to build his home in #Ukraine, refusing to leave even after the full-scale #invasion at the link!

Why Cuban immigrant prefers wartime Kyiv to Havana

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Why Cuban immigrant prefers wartime Kyiv to Havana

Cuba, amid a plunging humanitarian crisis, went dark for the second time in a week following Trump’s oil blockade. Adrian feels better in wartime Ukraine than returning to poverty in Cuba.

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 @Peter_Link@expressional.social

· 3mo ago

Video - How Cubans Are Surviving Endless #Blackouts https://peertube.world/w/bQRSHMmPe4wDEUhAhR7BWJ Duration - 1:58 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] As Cuba’s fuel crisis deepens under the U.S. oil blockade, elderly Cubans are being forced to: cook with charcoal and sit in the dark as they wait for the lights to return. #OilForCuba #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo #politics #USpol

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How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts

As Cuba’s fuel crisis deepens under the U.S. oil blockade, elderly Cubans are being forced to: cook with charcoal and sit in the dark as they wait for the lights to return. #cuba #blackout #sanctio...

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