#Russia’s growing ability to sustain #weapons production despite sanctions is driven by flow of #ChineseComponents, and materials, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the #Ukrainian president’s commissioner for sanctions, told journalists on July 7.

Ukraine has previously documented that Chinese companies have contributed #electronics and materials used in the #production of these #drones.

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-weapons-contain-growing-number-of-cinese-components-material/

#ChineseAggression #RussianAggression #invasions #China

#Trump’s #BigBeautifulBill Will Destroy America’s #Climate Progress

The president’s signature piece of legislation is torching #GreenEnergy initiatives that were helping red states. #Republicans don’t care

by Thor Benson, June 29, 2025

"The United States is not where it should be when it comes to the transition to renewable energy. Ask any climate scientist or reputable energy expert, and they’ll tell you we’re significantly behind schedule if we’re hoping to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which Joe Biden’s administration got passed in 2022, was meant to help speed up that transition and get the country on the right track. Now, it’s under attack.
President Donald Trump’s administration has been working to undo any policies that would help the world avoid a climate catastrophe, and it is now trying to use the so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill' to repeal most of the climate-focused initiatives contained in the IRA. Trump’s signature legislation is caught up in the Senate after the House passed it last month, so it’s not entirely clear what the final draft will contain, but experts agree that these #climate provisions are clearly on the chopping block.

"The latest version of the bill would be particularly catastrophic for #wind and #solar. Republicans not only want to significantly cut #TaxCredits for these #CleanEnergy projects, they wants impose new taxes on them for the first time. Wind and solar projects completed after 2027, for instance, will be taxed unless they can prove no #ChineseComponents were used.

" 'They’re proposing an outright massacre with punishing new taxes on these industries that happen to be the cheapest and easiest ways to get new energy on the grid,' Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wrote in a statement Saturday. 'If this becomes law, it will be a shocking act of economic self-sabotage.' "

Read more:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-big-beautiful-bill-destroy-us-climate-progress-1235374622/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7yYZu

#ClimateChange #USPol #RenewablesNow #BigUglyBill #DrillBabyDrill #NoMining