National security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a White House press briefing Monday that the next phase of the war in Ukraine may very well be protracted and if the Russians do achieve some success in the Donbas region.

most especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE.Discounted purchases of Russian energy by China:The rumors in the recent trade press are that were hearing that Russian cargoes are being discounted as much as $30 a barrel.

Should there be a new Iran nuclear deal.Oil by itself accounts for about half of all of the export revenues earned by Russia.completely offset a full disruption of Russian oil supplies temporarily.

And the connections between the U.So the administration has kind of.

which includes not just the traditional OPEC members like Saudi Arabia.

So I certainly see renewed interest in Europe in trying to diversify its energy sources away from Russia.Governments agreed in the 2015 Paris accord to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.

The panels reports have become increasingly blunt since the first one was published in 1990.Many experts say this is unfeasible with current technologies.

panel said about 40% of emissions since then came from Europe and North America.more intense hurricanes and longer-burning wildfires.