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EU Eyes Methane Rule Retreat As Energy Crisis Deepens; IEA Floats Another Emergency Oil Dump The European Union is considering postponing methane emissions requirements for imported oil and gas to help boost energy supplies, with the Northern Hemisphere winter just months away. Energy prices in the bloc are already soaring, and uncomfortably low supplies of diesel and natural gas could push them even higher. The energy-stricken continent faces a difficult balancing act as it fights for its energy security. Reuters quoted EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen as saying the bloc could...

Top US General Signals Russia Is Helping Iran In War Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The highest-ranking U.S. general on Thursday signaled that the Russian government is assisting the Iranian regime in its war with the United States. In comments before Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Dan Caine, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responded in an affirmative manner to a question from the panel’s chairman, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Ala.), about whether there is Russian involvement. “General Caine, there’s no question that Vladimir Putin’s Russia is taking serious...

White House Report Accuses Smithsonian Leaders Of 'Extreme Political Activism' Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A White House report accused leaders of the Smithsonian Institution of adopting an ideological framework that shifted the National Museum of American History away from its mission of historical education toward what it called an "extreme political activism." People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, on April 3, 2019. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo The 162-page report, released by the White House Domestic Policy Council on July 4, alleges...