all right, welcome everyone to this morning s panel appalachia and energy politics. i m trish kajla assistant professor at the walsh school of foreign service georgetown university copa where i co-lead the energy humanities research initiative. panel, because we were unsatisfied with the state of the current discussion on appalachian energy politics in the making of modern american history. contemporary debates about energy politics and the transition away from fossil fuels depart from a basic assumption that congress makes the law and that energy producing communities must learn how to live with it. in this panel, we propose an alternative way of examining modern energy policy and politics in the united states. our research looks at appalachia not only as a key target of modern energy policy, but rather as a region whose politics broadly conceived have shaped the possibilities and priorities for energy politics on the national stage since the new deal. together these papers
contemporary debates about energy politics and the transition away from fossil fuels depart from a basic assumption that congress makes the law and that energy producing communities must learn how to live with it. in this panel, we propose an alternative way of examining modern energy policy and politics in the united states. our research looks at appalachia not only as a key target of modern energy policy, but rather as a region whose politics broadly conceived have shaped the possibilities and priorities for energy politics on the national stage since the new deal. together these papers offer an appalachia out perspective on modern us energy policy emphasizing the region s importance while pushing back against simplistic regional portrayals that often circulate in national discourse and especially at election time. appalachia we argue has not just been a target for policy, but instead a wide range of actors from workers and ordinary residents to colberts to state party lead
Emmanuel michel who played a key role in mediating the fallout from his shop decision to resign on november the fourth. So when are more news in just under half an hour next counting the cost looks at venezuelas default and the rise of bitcoin in zimbabwe do stay with us for that more news in just a bit thanks for watching. Within. The law and has some secret this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week venezuela and defocus the oil rich country fails to pay its debt well look at what happens next and what it means for its people. Also this week caught in the middle of a bitter saudi iran rivalry lebanons economy getting squeezed why that matters for the region. A military intervention in zimbabwe but will anything really change for the countrys ailing economy. With. So Oil Rich Venezuela always pays its debts even at the expense of its citizens thats been the mantra for so long in this latin American Country that lenders have
Has a secret this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week venezuela in default as the oil rich country fails to pay its debt well look at what happens next and what it means for its people. Also this week call it in the middle of a big test saudi iran rivalry lebanons economy getting squeezed why that matters for the region. A military intervention in zimbabwe but will anything really change for the countrys ailing economy. So Oil Rich Venezuela always pays its debts even at the expense of its citizens thats been the mantra for so long in this latin American Country that lenders have just kept lending but this week everything changed venezuela is now officially in default for the first time its past the grace period to pay up on two government bonds and one bond issued by the state owned oil company now as more payments are due it is facing what could be a messy financial unraveling and that spells bad news for a starving popu
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