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Idle ships awaiting offloading or clearance to move

The energy crisis has only just begun

For 26 days, oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf have stopped. But ships that made it out before the war started have been at sea delivering energy products to markets that ordered them. The last of those ships should dock in the next week setting off a whole new crisis in global energy markets.
www.cbc.ca
Google logo on the side of a building

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco.

www.theguardian.com
Downed powerlines from storm damage

Trump axed nearly $1B in funding for solar in Puerto Rico

The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.
grist.org
A view of solar panels and wind turbines in the background

‘Not based in reality’: Climate groups pan study added to Maryland's major energy bill

The Maryland Utility RELIEF Act cost study draws criticism for bias against wind and solar energy, while supporters say it clarifies costs for ratepayers.

marylandmatters.org
Oil and gas transport vessels awaiting off-loading.

‘Fossil-fuel imperialism’: Trump’s hankering for Iranian oil runs deep

Experts say the US believes it is entitled to resources it desires – a perspective the president has supported for decades.

www.theguardian.com
Monument Valley panorama.

'Drill baby drill': Trump opens wilderness to big energy

America's beloved national parks and public lands face conservation rollbacks and sell-offs as the Trump administration pushes for fossil fuel and timber extraction.
www.dw.com
The oil rig Sevan Louisiana off the Curacao coast in the Caribbean.

Opinion: ‘God Squad’ exempts entire Gulf of Mexico oil industry from endangered species rules

Unprecedented legal dodge means the deaths of turtles, whales, manatees, and other imperiled species will be officially excused.

floridaphoenix.com
Two small girls sitting on a bed laughing with open books on their laps

Meet the combustible cartoon character who wants to make kids feel sorry for fossil fuels

A new children’s book by a Chevron-backed clean energy venture paints a sympathetic portrait of coal, oil, and gas.
www.desmog.com
Aerial photo of a CAFO, aka factory farm

Higher cancer rates in counties with more CAFOs, study finds

People living near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in California, Texas and Iowa suffer from higher rates of cancer, suggesting that the air and water pollution from the massive farms may be playing a role, according to a new study.

www.thenewlede.org
Red oil tanker at a dock

Iran war Strait of Hormuz crisis: Food, fuel, climate impact globally

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered fuel shortages, food disruptions, and a resurgence of coal use, hitting billions of people, especially in poorer countries.

www.vox.com
Fishing boat on open water with oil drilling rig in the background

Trump cabinet exempts Gulf drilling from species protections

The unprecedented move from a rarely used Endangered Species Committee granted the broadest exemption in the law’s history.
www.eenews.net
Methane flaring at desert fracking sites

Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’

Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals the weakness of voluntary model.

www.theguardian.com
Oil and gas facility flaring excess methane at night

EPA’s Aaron Szabo once helped write oil industry argument against methane rules

Before becoming a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency, Aaron Szabo was a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. Metadata shows he helped draft a trade group’s 2022 letter to the EPA objecting to controls on methane emissions.
www.propublica.org
A various headshots of a woman in varying states of emotion

The emotional contradictions of climate messaging

Two new analyses of media and social posts reveal some unexpected twists — climate advocates warn of crisis while offering optimism, and skeptics lean on "science."

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Grain harvesting

The Trump administration’s new biofuels targets threaten carbon-rich rainforests

The U.S. doesn’t have enough bio-based diesel to meet the administration’s new mandate, so blenders will have to import yet more foreign crop-based oils.
insideclimatenews.org
A row of wind turbines against a blue sky

Texas saw a $50 billion future in renewables. Then the political winds shifted

Clean energy brought income to ranchers and to counties buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Federal policy changes threaten that momentum.
grist.org
A water desalination plant in the desert next to a body of water

What Trump's threat against Iran's desalination plants means for Mideast

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants.
apnews.com
Data center in rural countryside

Pennsylvania lawmakers are talking the talk on data center regulations. but will they walk?

As public opposition to AI data center development ratchets up in Pennsylvania, politicians are promising to protect local communities. Whether the state’s fractious politics can deliver is another question.
insideclimatenews.org
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