by leon | Feb 18, 2017 | Blogs
Adani, the Indian company that for years has championed construction of the proposed Carmichael project in Australia, a multi-billion-dollar undertaking that would purport to supply coal to India, is in trouble. According to its 3QFY2017 quarterly results to December...
by leon | Feb 11, 2017 | Blogs
This week Australia saw Coalition ministers and MPs cradling a lump of coal brought to Question Time on Thursday by the Treasurer Scott Morrison who accused Labor of “coal-phobia” The Coalition has spent the last few months promoting “clean coal” and modern coal plant...
by leon | Feb 4, 2017 | Blogs
And so in the latest news, a Bush-appointed Federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary nationwide restraining order stopping President Trump’s executive order banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. h The ruling,...
by leon | Jan 27, 2017 | Blogs
Donald Trump always said the US taxpayer was not going to pay for the wall separating Mexico from the US. He always said Mexico was not going to pay for it. And Mexico has refused. Trump wants it so bad? He can pay for it. So what’s Trump’s solution? A 20 per cent...
by leon | Jan 21, 2017 | Blogs
Take a look at this map. It shows areas in Europe with strong nationalist tendencies. Some have active separatist movements, others are demanding increased autonomy but not independence In many of these regions, secessionist movements may be favored by a minority of...
by leon | Jan 20, 2017 | Blogs
“Make America great again” may be a catchy slogan but after Trump takes the oath of office today, they’ll become more than words. The reality is it’s going to be a lot harder and messier. And it might take more years to achieve than the four that Trump now has. First,...