War is reshaping our world. Will we harness that urgency for climate action or succumb to a final, deadly oil and gas boom?  “All these nostalgia-based movements and figures share a longing for something else, something which may seem unrelated but is not. A nostalgia for a time when fossil…

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Extensive Ukraine News and Opinion: Very Thorough and Useful! Reflections on the Peace Council’s position; Resources for more information; Places to donate. Read on PeaceCouncil.net (PDF)

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the owners of the Buffalo Bills are negotiating a deal for a new $1.35 billion open-air stadium to replace Highmark Stadium in suburban Orchard Park. How much money New York state will kick in is an object of intense speculation…. Last week, the New York Post reported taxpayers…

Here’s an article from an unusual source for us: The Craftsmanship Initiative is dedicated to reclaiming craftsmanship’s principles of excellence, beauty, and durability as a pathway to a more sustainable world.  “Two small-town Cold War facilities—one in Maine, another in South Carolina—each attempted to chart a peacetime future. One became a hub…

“Conservative estimates put U.S. direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20 percent currently allocated to coal and 80 percent to natural gas and crude oil” From the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) Read the Report

“For decades, world leaders and Big Oil CEOs were happy to turn a blind eye to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic impulses and fantasies of empire building. They were all fossil-fuel junkies, hooked on the easy money of oil and gas, and Putin had plenty of it….Predictably, Republicans and their corrupt…

“Whatever we do in the days ahead to support our European allies — and we should do everything we can — we must also move swiftly to end the world’s addiction to fossil fuels.” Read Article on The Hill