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- ‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling one day agoUS Bureau of Land management is working to rapidly strip protections to largest tract of land in the US
- Wildlife experts warn huge facility on the Valdés peninsula in Patagonia could be devastating for ‘a treasure chest of wildlife’
- ‘Where’s the money going?’: why Brazilian towns awash with royalties from oil are still among the poorest Wed, 6 Aug 25, 9:00pmSince the first big finds in the 1940s, Brazil’s politicians have vowed all of its people would benefit. But in some oil towns, one in four people still live below the poverty line
- BP makes its biggest oil and gas discovery in 25 years off coast of Brazil Mon, 4 Aug 25, 11:56pmCompany to carry out more tests on its Santos basin find as it continues shift from renewables back to fossil fuels
- BP makes major oil and gas discovery off Brazil coast Mon, 4 Aug 25, 7:01pmCompany renews focus on fossil fuels and believes Santos basin could be its largest find since 1999
- The Ongoing Fiction of Cheap Wind and Solar Sat, 2 Aug 25, 7:00amAs energy analyst Alex Epstein testified in the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should “require solar and wind generators to bear the full costs of the backup, storage, and transmission they...
- What will expanding Heathrow do to UK’s net zero plans? Fri, 1 Aug 25, 3:00pmGovernment is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on track
- Are Labour’s plans to offset Heathrow expansion emissions all pie in the sky? Fri, 1 Aug 25, 3:00pmGovernment is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on track
- Poland’s Pragmatic Energy Approach Pays Off Fri, 1 Aug 25, 11:00amBy refusing to play by the EU’s restrictive climate rules, Poland has begun to build one of Europe’s most energy-secure economies. While much of the bloc marches in lockstep towards a self-inflicted economic wound called...
- Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds Thu, 31 Jul 25, 9:01amFossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missed
- Adani claims its export program helps contribute to sustainable energy – but experts say that’s ‘wilful disinformation’ Thu, 31 Jul 25, 1:00amIndian conglomerate’s claim about exporting coal and its role for developing nations is ‘meaningless sustainability waffle’ and amounts to greenwashing, one says
- The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology | Rebecca Solnit Wed, 30 Jul 25, 9:00pmAn energy revolution is underway in this century, though most people have not noticed it
- ‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy Tue, 29 Jul 25, 10:30pmFormer energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry
- Gorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids Tue, 29 Jul 25, 2:01pmGovernment launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people
- Australian taxpayers on the hook to pay Chevron more than $500m to clean up oil wells Wed, 23 Jul 25, 11:00amDeal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents show