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Wildlife experts warn huge facility on the Valdés peninsula in Patagonia could be devastating for ‘a treasure chest of wildlife’

Since 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

Company to carry out more tests on its Santos basin find as it continues shift from renewables back to fossil fuels

Company renews focus on fossil fuels and believes Santos basin could be its largest find since 1999

The US president promotes classical architecture and loathes ‘ugly’ wind turbines. Keir Starmer would dismiss him as a nimby, but on this Trump has a point

Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missed

Although the trends can be hard to perceive, we are making incredible progress on global poverty, health, longevity and climate change

Government launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people

António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels

1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Bangladesh

Company to sell business for undisclosed sum to LS Power as part of plan to offload $20bn in assets

Rules to prevent ‘enormous waste’ of fuel are seen as weak and poorly enforced and firms have little incentive to stop

The bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarian

Dr Tim Gregory argues that nuclear power is safe, relatively cheap and the only realistic route to achieving net zero targets

Eni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign