Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked
31 Jul 2025
The US president has taken a swipe at wind power as the blades visible from his Turnberry golf course turn.
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Drive slower, work from home and ditch the tie: the world responds to Iran war energy crisis
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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
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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?
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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
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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'
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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
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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
Thu 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
Thu 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
Thu 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
Thu 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.”
