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Republicans Wrongly Blame Biden for Rising Gas Prices – The New York Times

The primary reason for rising gas prices over the past year is the coronavirus pandemic and its disruptions to global supply and demand.

“Covid changed the game, not President Biden,” said Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, which tracks gasoline prices. “U.S. oil production fell in the last eight months of President Trump’s tenure. Is that his fault? No.”

“The pandemic brought us to our knees,” Mr. De Haan added.

In the early months of 2020, when the virus took hold, demand for oil dried up and prices plummeted, with the benchmark price for crude oil in the United States falling to negative $37.63 that April. In response, producers in the United States and around the world began decreasing output.

As pandemic restrictions loosened worldwide and economies recovered, demand outpaced supply. That was “mostly attributable” to the decision by OPEC Plus, an alliance of oil-producing countries that controls about half the world’s supply, to limit increases in production, according to the U.S. Energy Information AdministrationDomestic production also remains below prepandemic levels, as capital spending declined and investors remained reluctant to provide financing to the oil industry.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has only compounded the issues.

“When you throw a war on top of this, this is possibly the worst escalation you can have of this,” said Abhiram Rajendran, the head of oil market research at Energy Intelligence, an energy information company. “You’re literally pouring gasoline on general inflationary pressure.”

These factors are largely out of Mr. Biden’s control, experts agreed, though they said he had not exactly sent positive signals to the oil and gas industry and its investors by vowing to reduce emissions and fossil fuel reliance.

Mr. De Haan said the Biden administration was “clearly less friendly” to the industry, which may have indirectly affected investor attitudes. But overall, he said, that stance has played a “very, very small role pushing gas prices up.”

Foreign Affairs Ministry urges Jamaican citizens to leave Russia — Petchary’s Blog

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is strongly recommending that Jamaicans located in Russia leave that country, as the situation is becoming increasingly difficult as a consequence of various sanctions imposed in response to its military actions in Ukraine. Message on a monument in Russia. (Photo: Deutsche Welle) Please do share this information […]

Foreign Affairs Ministry urges Jamaican citizens to leave Russia — Petchary’s Blog

Russia ‘demilitarizes’ Ukraine by bombing a children’s and maternity hospital and wounding pregnant women

Russia bombed a children’s hospital and maternity hospital in Mariupol on 9 March, causing horrific devastation and wounding at least 17 patients, including pregnant women.  This new war crime comes after days in which Russian airstrikes have been pummelling the port city, causing a major humanitarian disaster.  Source: Russia ‘demilitarizes’ Ukraine by bombing a children’s and maternity hospital and wounding pregnant women

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Te encontré en las letras que trazo, en las palabras que escribo, en las anotaciones, en los relatos, en las historias y en los poemas que compongo. Te descubrí hasta en la puntuación y en los acentos de mi prosa, en mis locuras y en mis razones, resguardada en expresiones que delatan, también, mis sentimientos e ideas, mis detalles y motivos. Te vi, a hurtadillas, en mis apuntes, entre papeles y tinta, en páginas interminables -electrónicas y de papel-, con tu aliento mágico que sopla con el aire y que recibo con la lluvia en burbujas de inspiraciones. Te miré en mis letras, abrazada de las palabras, y entendí, en consecuencia, que siempre estarás conmigo, simplemente porque una musa jamás abandona a su escritor ni un artista renuncia a quien le inspira sentimientos y razones, al escribir y al…

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