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Hormuz blockade could deepen world’s worst energy crisis – and risk a dangerous misstep

14 Apr 2026

President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, dimming hopes for a quick end to the conflict in the Middle East and escalating a standoff with Iran that has already triggered the worst energy shock in history.

Is the Keystone XL pipeline back?

14 Apr 2026

A company has proposed to build a crude oil pipeline crossing the Canadian border near where the long-contested project would have entered the United States.

Microsoft is pausing carbon removal purchases

13 Apr 2026

Microsoft has begun telling suppliers and partners that it is pausing future purchases of carbon removal, according to two people who have been informed of its plans.

The case against energy bail-outs

13 Apr 2026

As war rages in Iran, governments must not repeat the mistakes of 2022.

Australia eyes new fuel supply from US, Mexico and Asia as diesel prices spike to record high

13 Apr 2026

Australia could get more fuel from the US, Mexico or its Asian neighbours, with a new government policy helping refineries bid for oil shipments as diesel prices spike to new record highs.

Ocean protections clash with mining pressure in Indonesia’s most diverse marine ecosystem

13 Apr 2026

Long regarded as a global model for ocean conservation, Raja Ampat ecosystems are now under pressure, as concerns grow over the expansion of nickel mining alongside a surge of international tourism.

King Charles warns of climate change dangers in open letter on 'devastating' Northern Territory wet season

13 Apr 2026

The king says the flooding is an example of extreme weather events "becoming both more frequent and more ferocious in their impact" due to the "harsh reality of climate change".

Drowned chicks and food scarcity: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

13 Apr 2026

The primary drivers are shrinking sea ice and warming oceans driven by climate change.

India pulls out of bid to host UN climate summit

10 Apr 2026

Climate experts term the decision as a setback and surprise as India had been using the proposed summit to position itself as climate leader of the Global South.

Empty ships and shut wells: Why the Iran war oil crisis is not over yet

10 Apr 2026

While reopening the Strait of Hormuz provides a vital release valve for energy, delays in restarting production and transport mean the energy crisis is far from over.

US EPA head gives keynote address at climate sceptic conference

10 Apr 2026

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin gave the keynote speech Wednesday at a conference hosted by a climate denial group.

From war to weather: A ‘super El Niño’ event poses fresh risks to global food costs

10 Apr 2026

An unusually powerful El Niño later this year could exacerbate food security fears as disruption caused by the Iran war strains supply for crucial fertilier products.

France's emissions cuts slow again in 2025, throwing climate targets off track

10 Apr 2026

While France's overall emissions are still in decline, the rate of their decline had slowed for the second year in a row, throwing the country off course to meet its 2030 climate goals.

More harsh weather in store for Afghanistan after 148 deaths

10 Apr 2026

Afghanistan faces further rough conditions on Thursday, the country's weather authorities warned, following floods, earthquakes and landslides that have killed 148 ‌people over the past two weeks.

Solar energy, cheap battery storage can meet 90% of India’s power demand at affordable costs: Ember report

9 Apr 2026

Battery storage is now cheap enough in India that solar power can meet 90% of the country’s power demand at lower lifetime costs than current average purchase rates in most states, a new study has found, a finding that could potentially point to a future buffer against global energy shocks.

A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels

9 Apr 2026

Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite.

The European Commission has published the first quarterly price for CBAM certificates

9 Apr 2026

The European Commission has officially set the reference price for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism certificate for the first quarter of 2026 at €75.36 per ton of CO2.

Australia, China discuss regional energy security, Albanese says

9 Apr 2026

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he discussed regional energy security with his ‌Chinese counterpart Li Qiang by phone on Tuesday, as China's fuel export ban exacerbates energy disruptions linked to the Iran war.

How Pakistan’s solar boom is shielding it from worst of Iran war crisis

9 Apr 2026

A quarter of Pakistani households are now using solar panels. This insulates millions of families from the energy supply crunch prompted by the US-Israel war on Iran.

We're at a 'psychological hinge point'

9 Apr 2026

By Bill McKibben | COMMENT: I think we can assess one outcome of this stupid war already: both the emotional valence and the structural understanding of different energy sources has shifted, and for good.

Oil prices choppy after expletive-laden Trump threat to Iran

8 Apr 2026

Oil prices saw choppy trading on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy critical infrastructure in Iran unless it allows ships to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

China's Xi urges faster development of new energy system as Middle East war continues

8 Apr 2026

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for accelerated planning ‌and construction of a new energy system to safeguard the country's energy security, weeks into the Iran war that has triggered global energy shocks.

Vietnam’s gig workers slammed by rising fuel costs amid fallout of Iran war

8 Apr 2026

Diesel prices have more than doubled in the Southeast Asian nation amid Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump’s budget would cut billions from climate programs while boosting military spending

8 Apr 2026

Trump’s 2027 budget proposal targets what the administration calls the “Green New Scam” through budget cuts to energy and environment programs.

Britain hits renewable power record in 2025, but fossil fuel use also up

8 Apr 2026

Renewable power such as wind and solar provided a record 52.5% of Britain’s electricity generation in 2025, government data showed on Thursday, ‌but fossil fuel use also rose.

Climate cooperation offers a way out of energy price chaos

8 Apr 2026

By Simon Stiell | OPINION: With geopolitics in disarray, energy price crises will keep happening. Continued dependence on fossil fuels would leave countries forever lurching from crisis to crisis.

Drive slower, work from home and ditch the tie: the world responds to Iran war energy crisis

7 Apr 2026

Shrinking fuel stocks and soaring prices are leading countries around the world to burn coal, ration fuel, shorten work weeks and tell citizens to stay at home.

Global climate panel faces strife, potential funding crunch

7 Apr 2026

Major reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are still on track, but procedural gridlock and a looming funding shortage hint at future problems.

Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?

7 Apr 2026

An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

The vested interests lobbying for North Sea oil and gas expansion

7 Apr 2026

In the wake of the fossil fuel crisis created by Donald Trump’s war in Iran, a host of influential figures and groups in the UK have been calling not for the rapid rollout of renewable energy, but a growing reliance on oil and gas.

Transparency International US: Conflicts of interest in carbon markets are 'pervasive'

7 Apr 2026

In the absence of strong, independent decision-making and meaningful public oversight, carbon markets have developed in ways that consistently fail to deliver tangible, additional, or permanent emissions reductions.

Fuel crisis powers surge in EV interest in Asia-Pacific region

7 Apr 2026

Motorists across the Asia-Pacific region are switching to electric vehicles at a rapid pace, as rising fuel costs due to the Middle East war force consumers and companies to reconsider their reliance on petrol and diesel vehicles.

Asia ramps up use of dirty fuels to cover energy shortfall triggered by Iran war

2 Apr 2026

South Korea will delay the shutdown of coal-fired plants, while the Philippines also plans to boost the output of its coal-burning plants

Carbon capture edges forward despite cost challenge

2 Apr 2026

Google's recent deal to purchase electricity from a planned 400 MW natural gas plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Illinois has shone a spotlight on the potential for CCS in the United States.

Indonesian forest loss surges by 66% in 2025, driven by Prabowo’s self-sufficiency drive

2 Apr 2026

Forest loss in Indonesia surged by 66 per cent in 2025, hitting its highest rate in eight years as a result of weak environmental protections and an ambitious food and energy self-sufficiency drive, an environmental group said on March 31.

AI’s arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it’s locking in more fossil fuels

2 Apr 2026

Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced. Today it calls those goals a “moonshot.” Microsoft says it’s still aiming to remove more carbon than it creates by 2030 but now describes the effort as “a marathon, not a sprint.”

China's huge push to reduce air pollution had an unexpected consequence in the Arctic

2 Apr 2026

China's cuts to aerosol emissions reduced sea ice loss, but it may have revealed a bigger story about climate change.

Why the real oil crisis hasn’t started yet

1 Apr 2026

If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed much longer, things will get really bad, really fast.

Record wind output helps shield the UK from worst of Iran war fallout

1 Apr 2026

Record output from wind farms has helped boost total clean power supplies in the United Kingdom to new highs so far in 2026, and allowed power firms to pare use of fossil fuels to multi-year lows.

Vanuatu Indigenous leaders raise concerns over plans to build resort for cruise tourists

1 Apr 2026

Indigenous community leaders in Vanuatu have raised concerns over plans by the cruise operator Royal Caribbean to build a private beach club on the island of Lelepa, arguing environmental impact assessments by the company are “incomplete” and “misleading”.

Scientists achieve ‘impossible’ solar efficiency in renewables breakthrough

1 Apr 2026

Researchers in Japan have developed a new material that allows solar cells to generate an amount of energy from sunlight that was previously thought impossible.

Double danger? Climate change, El Niño push Earth 'beyond its limits'

1 Apr 2026

A freakish March heat wave has already pushed temperatures to summertime levels throughout much of the western and central United States, but a new report comes with a dire warning: This is just the beginning.

Death toll in Afghanistan flooding increases to 28, authorities say

1 Apr 2026

Afghan authorities said Monday that the death toll from severe weather that has struck swathes of the country over the past four days has increased to 28, with 49 people injured. Dozens of people have died from extreme weather in the country so far this year.

What does India’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action?

31 Mar 2026

India has set a new target to reduce its “emissions intensity” – greenhouse gas emissions per unit of economic output – to 47% below 2005 levels by 2035.

Japan considers switch from LNG to coal

31 Mar 2026

Japan is considering ramping up coal-fired power generation amid a liquefied natural gas crunch that has led to significantly higher prices.

China launches two probes into US trade practices

31 Mar 2026

China's commerce ministry has initiated two counter-probes into U.S. ‌practices that hamper the flow of Chinese products into the United States, it said on Friday, refraining from immediate retaliation to U.S. measures announced earlier this month.

Europe’s energy illusion: Why a €1 trillion green bet hasn’t broken the import habit

31 Mar 2026

The war with Iran is exposing a hard truth – Europe’s green push has left it no less dependent on imported energy.

Balcony solar is spreading across the US

31 Mar 2026

The balcony solar movement is running hot in Germany, and now it is spreading into the US like gangbusters, just in time for US President Donald Trump’s war in Iran to send the cost of coal through the roof alongside oil and natural gas.

To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code

31 Mar 2026

Across federal agencies and academic institutions, scientists are avoiding words they once used without hesitation.

France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed

30 Mar 2026

France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels a day on global oil markets. Lescure warned it could take up to three years to restore damaged facilities, and several months to restart those that were urgently shut down.