Lawrence O’Donnell speaks of the experience of being evacuated from LA’s fire area, and not knowing the status of his house.
Below, terrifying video from a homeowner trapped by flames, reassuring his anxious dog. No word on if the filmer survived.
Below more footage from Fox Weather:
Continue reading ““This Might Be the Night My House Burns Down””Meteorologist Mathew Cappucci on California Fires.
Air quality now the worst in Western Hemisphere, over the most populous metro in the country.
Includes some of the most terrifying video I have ever seen.
The movie succeeded in making one feel as if hearing the songs for the first time, and uncovering the window in each song to Dylan’s internal journey.
Above, the film faithfully reproduces the song that is on a lot of greatest ever lists. Moreover the electricity of Dylan’s wildly controversial performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival builds convincingly.
The film effectively reminds us of the most frightening moment of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the parallels to today feel stark. The movie is uncannily current, and in that, hopeful.
Below, Timothy Chalamet’s duet with Monica Barbero on “It Ain’t Me Babe” is unforgettably woven into the film’s story.
Fox report.
Below, Actor Steve Gutenberg’s account.
Not a James Woods fan, but this is pretty riveting.
“Know your neighbors. Have a Plan.”
Isn’t this supposed to be the wet season in California?
General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor (F) on Friday reported robust U.S. auto sales and electric-vehicle sales for the final quarter of 2024. GM more than doubled EV sales for the full year, while Tesla (TSLA) suffered a sales decline. GM stock edged higher on Friday, while Ford stock popped and Tesla jumped.
Toyota Motor (TM) posted declining U.S. new vehicle sales, but marked an EV sales milestone, including hybrid vehicles. Hyundai (HYMTF), which trades over the counter, and Honda Motor(HMC) saw robust hybrid and EV sales, spearheading their overall sales growth.
General Motors Growing Share as Tesla declines
On Friday, GM reported Q4 sales jumped 21%. Its full-year 2024 sales rose 4% to 2.7 million vehicles, in line with Cox analyst views.
The No. 1 U.S. automaker retained the sales crown in 2024, as expected.
GM’s EV sales jumped 50% in Q4 to 43,982 units, and vaulted 125% in 2024 to more than 114,000 units, the sales release showed.
The EV tally suggests that GM was the distant No. 2 U.S. EV seller behind Tesla in 2024, in terms of fully battery electric vehicles. But as Tesla sales declined in 2024, GM said it nearly doubled its U.S. EV market share over the course of 2024, reaching around 12% in Q4 from 6.5% in Q1, after launching several new Cadillac and Chevrolet electric models, such as the Equinox EV.
Tesla’s U.S. sales fell 6% in 2024 to around 633,000 electric vehicles, Cox analysts estimated. Tesla itself does not break down its EV sales by country or region. Its U.S. market share dipped by a fraction in 2024 to reach 4%, according to Cox estimates.
Continue reading “Musk’s Fascism Hurts Tesla, While Other EV Sales Soaring”President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.
Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea from future oil and natural gas leasing.
“My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs,” Biden said in a statement Monday.
“As the climate crisis continues to threaten communities across the country and we are transitioning to a clean energy economy, now is the time to protect these coasts for our children and grandchildren,” he said.
Biden’s orders would not affect large swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, where most U.S. offshore drilling occurs, but it would protect coastlines along California, Florida and other states from future drilling.
Continue reading “Biden Locks Offshore Oil Leases”
“The Peace Candidate” enacting Putin’s agenda.
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan. 20 and as a delegation of aides and advisers that includes Donald Trump Jr. is in Greenland, Trump left open the use of the American military to secure both territories. Trump’s intention marks a rejection of decades of U.S. policy that has prioritized self-determination over territorial expansion.
“I’m not going to commit to that,” Trump said, when asked if he would rule out the use of the military. “It might be that you’ll have to do something. The Panama Canal is vital to our country.” He added, “We need Greenland for national security purposes.”
As Fossil fuel fascists take over in the United States, there are clear signs that what may seem to be irresistible power may not always be what it seems.
Case in point, Russia’s strategy of Gas as a weapon has not worked out to their advantage.
Importantly, the Energy transition in Europe has been launched into overdrive, and a clear message has been sent to the world’s developing economies – reliance on imported fuels carries the risk of blackmail. Plan accordingly.
Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a halt on New Year’s Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow’s dominance over Europe’s energy markets.
The gas had kept flowing despite nearly three years of war, but Russia’s gas firm Gazprom said it had stopped at 0500 GMT after Ukraine refused to renew a transit agreement.
The widely expected stoppage will not impact prices for consumers in the European Union – unlike in 2022, when falling supplies from Russia sent prices to record highs, worsened a cost-of-living crisis and hit the bloc’s competitiveness.
The last remaining EU buyers of Russian gas via Ukraine, such as Slovakia and Austria, have arranged alternative supply, while Hungary will keep receiving Russian gas via the TurkStream pipeline under the Black Sea.
But Transdniestria, a breakaway pro-Russian region of Ukraine’s neighbour Moldova also reliant on the transit flows, cut off heating and hot water supplies to households early on Wednesday. Local energy company Tirasteploenergo urged residents to dress warmly, hang blankets or thick curtains over windows and balcony doors, and use electric heaters.
Continue reading “Russia’s Failed Energy War has Lessons for Fossil Fools Everywhere”