Society, including the labor shortage, then israels tax sector, something that has been impacted slumping before october 7th, however, and the situation just got worse with the operation also flood, the value dropping from 17 billion to 7 and a half billion dollars when it comes to investments. Political instability also is something that uh plagued israels economy before october 7th. Then the uh israel reservist uh what happened . They uh had 300,00 that went to the battlefield, therefore they were taken out of the workforce. Many were recalled back to contribute to the society, economically and in other respects, but has it helped israels economy. Israels economy is in crisis mode. Israels genocidal war and palestinians in the gaza strip has proven more expensive than expected. Between october and december, israels economy shrank by fifth at annualized rate, compared with the previous three months, was more than twice the contraction predicted by the bank of israel. In the same perio
For years, politicians have ramped up the rhetoric of concern and pledged to speed up emissions cuts, but now there are signs of a political backlash. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak is championing new Oil Exploration and reining in spending on climate aid. That prompted my guest, zac goldsmith, to quit suna k s government. But in an age of populist politics, has going green become another ideologicalfaultline . Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge whi
October 7th, however, and the situation just got worse with the operation also flood, the value dropping from 17 billion to 7 and a half billion dollars when it comes to investments. Political instability also is something that uh plagued israels economy before october 7th. Then the uh israel reservist uh what happened . They uh had 300 thousand that went to the battlefield, therefore they were taken out of the. Workforce, many were recalled back to contribute to the society, economically and in other respects, but has it helped israels economy . Israels economy is in crisis mode, israels genocidal war and palestinian. In the gaza strip has proven more expensive than expected, between october and december, israels economy shrank by fifth at annualized rate, compared with the previous three months, was more than twice the contraction predicted by the bank of israel. In the same period, over 750,00 people or six of the labor force were away from work, many of of them evacuees or reservis
You know, an iphone sold in the us or europe might be designed in california and built in india using Semiconductors Made in taiwan from Raw Materials provided by china. So if any link in that supply chain breaks, it sets up big problems for the rest of the chain. And thats true for smartphones, as it is for pcs, and especially in Battery Production for those Electric Vehicles were buying more and more of. So what if one country decides to make it harderfor others to get hold of some of those critical Raw Materials . Well, thats what china announced just last month. Translation the Chinese Government implements i Export Controls on gallium and germanium related items in accordance with the law to ensure that they are used for legitimate purposes in order to safeguard National Security and better fulfil our international obligations. For quite some time now, the us side has been abusing Export Control measures to continuously strengthen its crackdown on chinas semiconductors and artific
Our headline event with Jennifer Granholm. We are happy to accept your questions and i will ask as many as time permits. Said to semitic westin online, email headliners atpress. Org and put energy in the subject line. For our cspan and public radio audiences, be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public. Any applause you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Three years ago this week, Jennifer Granholm was sworn in as the 16th secretary of energy to lead the Biden Administrations efforts to move the United States toward a Clean Energy Transition that can achieve net zero Carbon Emissions by 2050. While there has been successes, there have been challenges. Secretary granholm helped the Administration Push policies to develop a new generation of technologies for hydrogen, batteries, fusion energy, Energy Storage and grid reliability. Yet she has faced difficulties. Theres been controversy over how the department of energy will handle critical mineral co