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Here's a link to the full piece: theglobalcurrents.com/p/why-the-worl…

Demand for remanufactured vehicles revving up chinadaily.com.cn/a/202604/07/WS…

What is Enhanced Remanufacturing and Why Do We Need it? azocleantech.com/article.aspx?A…

Overnight attack hits Jubail in eastern Saudi Arabia, home to one of the world's largest industrial cities, where steel, gasoline, petrochemicals, lubricating oil & chemical fertilisers are produced. trtworld.com/article/340e0a…

Iran attacks US steel plants in UAE, Bahrain, strikes Israel's Rafael plant tass.com/world/2110895

An airstrike on a plant of this size impacts more than Iran's military forces. It is also a blow to supply chains, industrial employment, exports & one of the few sectors of the Iranian economy that still carries real weight under sanctions. english.news.cn/20260402/95652…

The government has announced a raft of measures, including plans to process more of the crop in Ghana itself, rather than have the raw bean converted into chocolate and other products outside the country. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Ok, let's face it 🫢🫣: 🇺🇸 Secretary Rubio shameless defense of the greatness of Western imperialism and shameless defense of colonialism, delivered at the Munich Security Conference, got a standing ovation from the mostly European attendees. 💬💬We just take note.

Finally got to read Rubio's speech in Munich: it is one of the most revisionist and imperialist speeches I've ever seen a senior American official make, and that's saying something. The man literally laments the outcome of WW2 because it marked the end of the era during which "the West had been expanding", a "path" he "hopes [the US and Europe] walk together again." And just to ensure you're clear about what he means: he wants to restore the building of "vast empires extending across the globe" and blames "anti-colonial uprisings" for what they did to "the great Western empires." He also says that "we cannot continue" to allow "abstractions of international law" get in the way of US interests. Basically the man is openly saying that the whole post-colonial order was a mistake and he's calling on Europe to share the spoils of building a new one. Which is quite a pitch for an American to make given that their own country itself was born from revolt against European colonialism, but I guess expecting the Trump administration to understand their own history is too tall an order... The most troubling part was the reaction of the audience: "half the hall in Munich gave US Secretary of State Marco Rubio a standing ovation" (chathamhouse.org/2026/02/west-v…) and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the Global South half... It just goes to show the complete absence of reflection in Europe. Rubio undoubtedly tried to appeal to some sort of latent nostalgia for Western imperial dominance among European elites. And it obviously worked (which is scary in and of itself). But it also shows that Europeans remain naive to the extreme if they believe Rubio's pitch that he wants Europe to be strong in order to share the spoils of a new age of Western imperialism. What's the thinking here? That Trump's America - "America first" - would suddenly become magnanimous and share with Europe just out of sentiment? That's not how imperialism works: the whole premise of it is that the strong dominate the weak. When an imperial power is speaking to you of sentiments, of how much they like you and how they want to partner with you - the much weaker party - that's cause for worry, not applause...

Floating solar: a smart solution for cities short on space - UNIDO Article explores how floating photovoltaic systems can support city decarbonization, drawing on experience from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. decarbonization.unido.org/news/floating-…

African factory jobs at risk businessoffashion.com/articles/globa…

Kenya’s first chipmaker caught in superpower crossfire continent.substack.com/p/kenyas-first…

A shift to e-rickshaws is one of the most cost‑effective & socially inclusive strategies to cut GHG emissions & reduce urban air pollution. Even if powered by electricity from a coal, e‑rickshaws cut emissions by half compared with ICE rickshaws. charles-arthur.com/indias-pink-e-…

#Slovakia is the number one car producer on a per capita basis - relative to the size of its population. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Capital cities forced to move: first Jakarta, now Tehran - UNIDO decarbonization.unido.org/news/capital-c…

3/12/25. Mexico’s industrial boomtown makes goods for US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’ from factories operated by companies mainly exporting to US. Facilities pump more toxic heavy metals into city’s air than totals reported in many US states theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d…

World military expenditure reached US$2.7 trillion in 2024. This surge coincided with faltering progress on reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals. A state’s spending on the military can have substantial adverse impacts on its sustainable development. #SDGs #sdg9