Hochul Joins Mamdani In New York's "Eat The Rich" Movement

Exxon Wins Big As Supreme Court Revives Cuba Seizure Case The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Exxon Mobil can move forward with its lawsuit against Cuban state-owned oil companies over assets seized after Fidel Castro came to power, reopening a dispute tied to Cuba’s 1960 nationalizations, according to CNN. The 6-3 decision comes as President Donald Trump has taken a more aggressive stance toward Havana. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority, with the Court’s liberal justices dissenting. CNN writes that the ruling is part of a broader wave of legal and political...

Aluminum Giant Alcoa To Sell Dormant Smelter To Bitcoin-Miner NYDIG: Report Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, US aluminium giant Alcoa is reportedly nearing a deal to offload its long-idle Massena East smelter in upstate New York to Bitcoin mining firm New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). The company is in advanced discussions and expects the transaction to close “in the middle part of this year,” CEO Bill Oplinger told Bloomberg on Friday. The site, located along the St. Lawrence River, has been inactive since 2014 after Alcoa shut it down amid rising energy...

Europe's Rooftop Solar Orders Triple As Gas Prices Surge Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Rooftop solar installations in Europe have surged since the Middle East war triggered a new oil and gas supply crisis and hiked power prices. Demand from households and businesses willing to install rooftop solar systems soared in March and continues to rise at even higher rates in April as consumers look to insulate themselves from spiking gas and electricity prices, equipment wholesalers and renewable utilities in Northwest Europe have told Reuters. Rooftop solar demand in Germany, the Netherlands,...