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Tehran’s toxic cloud: satellite images show oily fires burned for days
Residents reported headaches, eye and skin irritation and breathing difficulties as Israeli bombings blanketed Tehran with pollutants
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Opinion: We need to be honest about Iran — and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem
Oil has empowered capitalism and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.
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How escalating Iran conflict is driving up oil and gas prices – a visual guide
A halt to shipping in strait of Hormuz and attacks on Middle East refineries are threatening supplies and stoking inflation.
Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers a ticking bomb for sea life, say experts
Exclusive: Analysts say there will be oil spill catastrophe that could be far bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster.
Where groundwater levels are falling, and rising, worldwide
Data from more than 1,000 aquifers reveal widespread decline, but improvement in some places shows the trend can be reversed.
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Drought in Syria, Iran and Iraq made ‘extreme’ by global warming, attribution study says
Syria, Iraq and Iran were parched by high temperatures that would have been “virtually impossible” without the effects of global warming, scientists said.
Iran could burn up in 30 years — and not from a nuclear meltdown
According to the Middle East Institute, some 70% of all Iranians might need to leave the country to survive by 2050.
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