Joe Kent Says Demand for Zero Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Is a ‘Poison Pill’ That Killed Pakistan Talks

Iran's Floating Oil Stockpile Jumps 65% As U.S. Naval Blockade Bites By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The volumes of Iranian oil stored at tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz have jumped in recent weeks as Iran considers ways to circumvent the U.S. blockade in the Gulf of Oman aimed at choking Iranian oil exports. The number of tankers laden with crude but sitting in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz has jumped since the U.S. initiated in the middle of April a naval blockade to prevent Iranian...

"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project Compass Datacenters is abandoning a massive data center project in Northern Virginia after what Bloomberg described as "intense pushback from local residents." The retreat comes as local opposition to data center buildouts accelerates nationwide, with residents increasingly furious over surging power demand, soaring electricity bills, land-use battles, and transmission lines cutting through neighborhoods and farmland. We were the first to describe the epicenter of the data center buildout revolt in the Mid-Atlantic area, all the way back in the summer of...