Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows The world’s richest 1% have used up their fair share of carbon emissions just 10 days into 2026, analysis has found. Meanwhile, the richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget, according to the research by Oxfam. Continue reading...
A popular ice pack used to treat injuries and during heatwaves has been urgently recalled over fears Aussies could be exposed to a poisonous chemical.
Local leaders’ appeal for non-violence largely holds despite growing outrage over US immigration enforcement in city Six protesters were arrested by police in Portland, Oregon , late on Thursday, as an appeal for calm from local leaders largely held despite growing outrage over federal immigration enforcement in the city after two people were shot by US border patrol agents. On Friday, dozens of protesters gathered again outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, holding signs that denounced ICE agents as “thugs” and “Nazis”. Continue reading...
This live blog is now closed. Trump news at a glance: president pitches oil companies on major extractions in Venezuela Pope Leo XIV has denounced how nations are using force to assert their dominion worldwide, saying they are “completely undermining” peace and the post-Second World War international legal order, AP reported. In his most substantial critique of US, Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Leo told ambassadors who represent their countries’ interests at the Holy See that “war is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading”. Continue reading...
Forecasters warn up to 250mm of rain could fall in 24 hours, causing floods.
President Trump announced that the US administration will decide which oil companies can operate in Venezuela following Nicolás Maduro's capture. He pledged security for their operations, aiming to secure $100 billion in investments to revive the nation's oil sector. This move is framed as a major economic opportunity for the U.S.
[SNA] - The Wali of Khartoum State affirmed the state's support for initiatives led by national institutions to develop solar energy systems by establishing partnerships with the Chinese side to indigenize the manufacturing of solar energy components.
Total fire ban in place for whole of Victoria as bushfires burn, while Sydney prepares for the brunt of the heatwave ‘If you have been told to leave, go’: Victorian premier declares state of disaster in multiple areas as bushfires burn out of control CFA volunteer Simon fought the fire that destroyed his own home: ‘I knew eventually it would get to us’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast NSW working to send more firefighting teams to Victoria New South Wales is moving to send additional firefighting teams to Victoria after a request for assistance, the premier says. There’s over 90 firefighters from NSW in Victoria. At the moment their agencies have asked for more strike teams. My understanding is the RFS is filling those gaps as quickly as...
Meta has signed three new deals to purchase nuclear power energy for its artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Donald Trump has faced renewed scrutiny regarding his mental health after an unusual interaction during a White House meeting with oil executives sparked widespread social media speculation.
Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain.
The United States has seized a sanctioned oil tanker, the Olina, in international waters as part of an ongoing campaign against "ghost fleet" vessels. This action, aimed at enforcing sanctions on Venezuela's oil, has drawn strong condemnation from Moscow, which accuses the US of violating international law and risking escalation.
Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on the planet.
Meta signs multi-gigawatt nuclear agreements, making it America's largest corporate nuclear buyer as Oklo shares surge on massive Ohio deal.
The tanker, the Olina, is on multiple countries' sanctions list and is "suspected of carrying embargoed oil", US officials say.
Severe weather could result in more electricity outages across the UK, so now is the time to ensure you have everything you need at your disposal should your home lose power.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee defended her interference during ED's I-PAC raids, alleging the agency sought to "steal" her party's data. She accused senior BJP leaders in Delhi of receiving "coal scam proceeds" and claimed the BJP won Maharashtra by "stealing the mandate" with EC's help, aiming to do the same in Bengal.
US oil executives keen on advancing their operations in Venezuela are nervous that President Donald Trump could derail their investments with a single social media post.
The president huddled with oil industry leaders at the White House on Friday to discuss investing in Venezuela.
Train routes were disrupted and schools were closed Friday throughout Britain due to snow, ice and winds from winter storm Goretti.
The U.S. has seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as it works to control Venezuela's oil. It was "suspected of carrying embargoed oil."
Extreme weather brought about by the El Nino phenomenon could cost Hong Kong as much as US$300 billion over the 21st century, according to a joint study by local and Singapore universities. The study also painted a bleak picture for public health, finding that Hongkongers born during the two strong El Nino events in 1982-83 and 1997-98 could have their life expectancy reduced by five to seven months. Led by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University in collaboration with City University...
The Olina, seized in the Caribbean, was falsely flying the flag of Timor Leste, according to a public shipping database US politics live – latest updates The US is in the process of seizing the Olina tanker in the Caribbean near Trinidad in the fifth such interdiction of ships in recent weeks as part of Washington’s efforts to control Venezuelan oil exports, two US officials said on Friday. The Olina, according to public shipping database Equasis, was falsely flying the flag of the tiny south-east Asian nation of Timor Leste . The vessel had previously sailed from Venezuela and had returned to the region, said an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter. Continue reading...
President Donald Trump revived the National Coal Council last year to advise the Energy Department. Executives from the nation’s biggest coal producers will lead the group.
Lawmakers didn't vote on another bill to codify executive orders on showerheads.
Reliance Industries is considering resuming Venezuelan crude oil purchases if non-US buyers are permitted, awaiting regulatory clarity. Other Indian refiners like Indian Oil Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp are also open to Venezuelan oil under similar conditions. This potential shift comes as India faces pressure to reduce Russian oil imports.
The US is currently taking control of the tanker Olina in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports, two US officials said on Friday. The Olina, which according to public shipping database Equasis was falsely flying the flag of East Timor, had previously sailed from Venezuela and had returned to the region, said an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter. “The vessel’s AIS [location] tracker was last...
[Daba Finance] Africa's oil and gas sector ended 2025 on a stronger footing than expected, despite lower crude prices and continued pressure from environmental groups and global investors. Several delayed or suspended projects moved forward, signaling renewed momentum across key producing countries.
See how Trump’s capture of Maduro and control of Venezuela’s oil sales could affect China, Cuba and the United States.
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“We moved from a context of socio-environmental exclusion to one of environmental justice,” said Dionê Castro, coordinator of the Sustainable Oceanic Region Program which led Brazil’s largest nature-based solutions project. Having won national and global awards, the Orla Piratininga Park (POP) built 35,000 square meters of filtering gardens and improved the water quality of the […]
Meta announced deals with nuclear three nuclear energy companies on Friday to develop nuclear plants and power its AI data centers in Ohio.
We’ve already geoengineered the planet through the careless release of greenhouse gases. Now we need a plan to manage the risks we’ve set in motion A few months ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene, then a Georgia representative, held a hearing on her bill to ban research on “geoengineering”, which refers to technological climate interventions, such as using reflective particles to reflect away sunlight. The hearing represented something of a first – a Republican raising alarm bells about human activity altering the health of the planet. Of course, for centuries, people have burned fossil fuels to power and feed society, emitting greenhouse gases that now overheat the planet. Unfortunately, her hearing waved past an urgent debate that policymakers are confronting around the world: after centuries...
Road, rail and air travel disrupted across the UK as Storm Goretti brings wind, rain and snow to the UK and parts of Europe Tell us: how have you been affected by Storm Goretti? Officials in the West Midlands have warned of the “worst snowfall in a decade” as parts of England and Wales prepare to be hit with 5-10cm of snow on Friday, and up to 15-25cm in some areas. In a statement on Wednesday, Stoke-on-Trent city council reassured residents it had not run out of grit after “misinformation” began to circulate. It said: We are now facing the worst snowfall we have faced in 10 years. The Met Office has predicted that we could have 3.5 inches of snow and temperatures as low as minus 4C on Thursday into Friday morning. As a result, we are carefully managing our resources and stock...
KINSHASA - An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts.
Withdrawing from the world’s premier climate science organization supports the president’s views about global warming.
Arizona Rep. Eli Crane has called efforts to limit planet-warming emissions "climate conspiracy nonsense."
“God only knows what the Trump administration will do” if the EU expands its aviation emissions scheme, an EU official says.
Forecasts suggest that global heating could create a shortcut from Asia to North America, and new routes for trading, shipping – and attack Another week, another freak weather phenomenon you’ve probably never heard of. If it’s not the “ weather bomb ” of extreme wind and snow that Britain is hunkering down for as I write, it’s reports in the Guardian of reindeer in the Arctic struggling with the opposite problem: unnaturally warm weather leading to more rain that freezes to create a type of snow that they can’t easily dig through with their hooves to reach food. In a habitat as harsh as the Arctic, where survival relies on fine adaptation, even small shifts in weather patterns have endlessly rippling consequences – and not just for reindeer. For decades now, politicians have been warning...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06795B, Paper Xijun Liu, Le Zhang, Qiangchao Sun, Shuyu Bi, Min Lin, Guanghui Cao, Xionggang Lu, Hongwei Cheng Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising for renewable energy storage due to their inherent safety and reliability. However, zinc anodes are plagued by parasitic reactions, particularly under high-current-density conditions,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Condition of victims unknown; shooting comes one day after an ICE agent killed US citizen in Minneapolis Two people shot by US federal agents in Portland, police say ICE agent in Minneapolis killing identified as 10-year law enforcement veteran Trump news at a glance: president says his morality is ‘the only thing that can stop me’ Since early December, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations – many of them masked and brandishing rifles – have grabbed people at hardware stores and gyms, or outside homes and schools around the cities. They have violently tackled undocumented immigrants as well as US citizens, including advocates and protestors. Continue reading...
Vietnam has raised concerns about delays in its nuclear power plans and is seeking a new partner to replace Japan while pushing talks with Russia
The proportion of power generated by gas and other dirty fuels increased for the first time in four years, according to analysis of Government figures.
Learn how exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft may pollute the moon, potentially contaminating molecules that are billions of years old.
During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers When the forecasts for this week started to roll in, my mind immediately drifted back to Australia’s black summer. I had taken my daughters down to the pool in our estate in western Sydney, hoping for a brief reprieve from the relentless heat. The Gospers Mountain fire was raging in the Blue Mountains, but on that particular day the smoke didn’t seem too bad. Continue reading...
US President Donald Trump has backed a bill that could levy 500% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil, giving the US leverage over major buyers such as China and India to curb imports from Moscow.
Istanbul faced a powerful storm with gale-force winds and towering waves, causing widespread disruption. A Pegasus flight aborted landing due to severe weather, while sea transport across western Turkiye, including the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, was heavily impacted. Fallen trees and localized flooding were reported in several provinces.
On Wednesday, President Trump announced he was withdrawing the U.S. from the principal treaty for international cooperation on climate change.
Aria and Tia both south of Britain after US-UK seizure of Marinera, deemed to be part of Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’ Two oil tankers under US sanctions are sailing east through the Channel towards Russia, prompting speculation over whether the US and UK would be willing to seize further vessels linked to Moscow. The Aria and the Tia, which has changed its name and country of registration several times, were both travelling south of Britain a day after the Marinera oil tanker was captured in the Atlantic by the US with UK help. Continue reading...
Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate
Lloyd’s List analysis suggests 40 suspicious vessels joined Russian registry last year, with 17 reflagged last month Forty ships accused of belonging to a large “shadow fleet” moving sanctioned oil for Venezuela and others were reflagged to Russia last year in an apparent attempt to gain Kremlin protection from American seizure. Analysis by the shipping intelligence publication Lloyd’s List suggests that of those, at least 17 suspicious vessels joined the Russian registry over the past month, compared with 15 ships in the previous five months of 2025. Continue reading...
Ideas include better Arctic surveillance, more defense spending, transfers of military equipment and military exercises.
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Open access notables A Long-Term Shift in Flow Regimes over the Antarctic Peninsula , Guarino et al., Journal of Climate We present consequences of Antarctic surface warming for the stability of the lower atmosphere since the 1950s. We show that the surface atmosphere over the Antarctic Peninsula has become less stable, and that this reduced stability favors the generation of atmospheric gravity waves from the Peninsula, one of the major sources of atmospheric waves on the planet. We provide a physically based explanation (i.e., a shift in flow regimes) for the increased gravity wave forcing that we find in an unprecedented set of reanalysis products, satellite observations, and model simulations, and that we present here for the first time. Gravity wave forcing...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good "followed his training." Local officials want ICE to leave, but Noem says she's open to sending more officers.
Up to 30cm of snow expected in Wales and Midlands with winds of up to 100mph across exposed hills and coastal areas Red and amber weather warnings have been issued across the UK as Storm Goretti evolves into a “weather bomb” expected to bring up to 30cm of snowfall in Wales and the Midlands as well as winds of up to 100mph (160km/h) across exposed hills and coastal areas. The Met Office on Thursday described Goretti, the first named storm of 2026, as a “multi-hazard event” with heavy rain, strong winds and snow, set to be more powerful than Storm Ciarán in 2023 and the Great Storm of 1987. Continue reading...
How California Can Seize Momentum to Advance Carbon Dioxide Removal alicia.cypress… Thu, 01/08/2026 - 09:00 As the U.S. federal government continues to roll back crucial environment and climate legislation, California’s climate leadership is more important than ever — including its policies to scale up carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which includes a suite of technological processes that remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. CDR is necessary to address greenhouse gas emissions from hard to abate sources, which along with deep emissions reductions, can achieve net-zero emissions. As the fourth largest economy in the world and an engine of innovation, California has the economic and entrepreneurial capacity to incubate a large enough CDR industry to drive...
In much of Africa, limited and unreliable grid coverage means many depend on diesel generators to power their homes and businesses. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, there are an estimated seven million back-up diesel generators, consuming more than $20 billion in diesel per year. As well as releasing carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, diesel … The post This company wants to make hydrogen from one of Africa’s most common fuels appeared first on Egypt Independent.
President reportedly hopes falling price will cut domestic consumer energy bills Business live – latest updates Donald Trump plans to use Venezuela’s vast crude reserves to establish control of most of the western hemisphere’s oil in an attempt to drive the market price down to about $50 (£37) a barrel, according to reports. The US president has repeatedly raised the prospect of producing enough crude from Venezuela’s oilfields to drive down the US oil price from more than $56 a barrel today to about $50 in an effort to cut energy costs for consumers, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited senior Trump administration officials. Continue reading...
A global network of experts at Science Feedback is correcting false claims about climate change and clean energy. The post Scientists push back on climate myths appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Environmental Protection Agency will issue regulations to protect workers from phthalates, chemicals found in plastics that are linked to health problems.
The once-booming population that passed California twice a year has cratered because of retreating sea ice. A new kind of intervention is needed.
Severe weather warnings were in place in many regions across Germany as the country braces for winter Storm Elli.
The unnamed woman from Belarus vanished during a group session floating on the Tuloma River in the Arctic town of Kola, south of Murmansk, during New Year's Day celebrations.
The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into the water.
Soaring temperatures are escalating global electricity demand, particularly for cooling, leading to price hikes and straining energy grids. India's consumption is surging, with a heavy reliance on coal exacerbating emissions. While renewable energy is growing, the article highlights the urgent need for cleaner solutions to prevent electricity from fueling the climate crisis it aims to combat.
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies, according to a memorandum released by the White House Wednesday evening and an accompanying social media post. Such an action, if successful, would leave the US out of … The post Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Two ICE agents shot and killed citizen Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday morning, claiming it was self defense
The Trump administration is threatening to penalize countries buying discounted Russian oil, a move that could impact India's energy imports and trade with the US. A bipartisan sanctions bill, approved by Trump, aims to pressure nations like India, China, and Brazil to cease Russian crude purchases, which the US argues funds Putin's war in Ukraine.
Some Republican lawmakers have begun sounding the alarm about Venezuelan oil hurting American producers.
According to the government, the foreign funds Harjeet Singh is suspected of receiving were intended to promote the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty.
Study of 1,000 products finds wet, raw and meat-free foods have substantially higher climate impact than dry kibble Dog food accounts for 1% of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions, according to research that finds wet, raw and meat-rich products are associated with substantially higher emissions than dry kibble. The analysis revealed striking differences in the environmental impact of commercial dog foods, with the highest-impact foods being responsible for up to 65 times more emissions than the lowest-rated options. Continue reading...
Venezuela will exclusively purchase American-made goods, including agricultural products, medicines, and energy infrastructure equipment, using funds from a new oil deal. This significant shift positions the United States as Venezuela's primary commercial partner, a move hailed as mutually beneficial for both nations. The arrangement signals a notable change in Venezuela's economic allegiances.
The Trump administration is asserting control over Venezuelan oil, after seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers on Wednesday Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has defended plans to open up her country’s oil market to Washington, as Donald Trump’s vice-president JD Vance reiterated that the US would have complete control of the country’s supplies. Rodríguez said on Wednesday that America’s attack to remove her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, put a “stain” on the countries’ relations, but added it was “not unusual or irregular” to trade with the US, adding that Venezuela was “open to energy relations where all parties benefit.” Continue reading...
The Trump administration said Wednesday that the United States was withdrawing from 66 international agreements, including a major climate change treaty.
President Donald Trump has said that Venezuela is going to use funds from a new oil deal with the United States to buy "ONLY American Made Products" amid uncertainty over the oil agreement.
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If you regularly treat your pet pooch to fancy cuts of steak or chicken you could be sending their carbon pawprint rocketing, experts have warned.
Dogs fed on a diet of trendy luxury pet food can have a bigger carbon footprint than that of their owners, researchers have revealed.
New scientific studies show Saudi Arabia’s deserts were once humid, green landscapes shaped by rivers, lakes and monsoon rains. Evidence from archaeology, satellite mapping, lake sediments and cave stalagmites reveals repeated human settlement during wet phases of the Quaternary. The findings underpin modern Saudi efforts to combat desertification, revive ‘Green Arabia’, and restore degraded land at unprecedented scale nationwide today.
The action could make it more difficult for a future administration to rejoin the Paris climate accord, the agreement among most nations to fight climate change.
Governor Tim Walz denounces Trump’s ‘propaganda machine’ and issues ‘warning order’ to prepare state’s national guard; US president blames victim in lengthy social media post Woman fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows Miranda Bryant , the Guardian’s Nordic correspondent, also has written this handy explainer on why Donald Trump is renewing calls for a takeover of Greenland : Continue reading...
US forces seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker, the Marinera, in the North Atlantic, citing violations of US sanctions. Russia vehemently condemned the action, asserting it lacked legal basis and violated freedom of navigation on the high seas. The tanker, previously sanctioned and renamed, had reportedly evaded a US blockade near Venezuela.
Washington says the tanker is part of a shadow fleet that carries oil for countries such as Venezuela, Russia and Iran.
The US has announced the seizure of two oil tankers: the Marinera formerly known as the Bella 1 in the North Atlantic and the Sophia in international waters near the Caribbean.
John Healey tells MPs the vessel moved 7.3m barrels of Iranian crude oil, financing terrorism This liveblog has now closed. Read our latest report here Farage is now talking about London, where council elections are taking place. He says that Sadiq Khan has said he will run for a fourth term as mayor. Continue reading...
American forces seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela after a lengthy pursuit. The vessel, previously sanctioned for smuggling for Hezbollah, attempted to evade a US blockade. Despite claims of Russian protection, the US considers the ship stateless, marking the second such seizure by American forces in the Caribbean.
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The US Coast Guard and military attempted to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela after a lengthy pursuit, with Russian naval vessels nearby. This operation, targeting a vessel that evaded previous US boarding efforts, marks a significant escalation in enforcing sanctions against Venezuela, occurring shortly after a US raid in Caracas.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “drill, baby, drill” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging—and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the […]
Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’ Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest. Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost £500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT). Continue reading...
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief The UK’s fleet of wind, solar and biomass power plants all set new records in 2025, Carbon Brief analysis shows, but electricity generation from gas still went up. The rise in gas power was due to the end of UK coal generation in late 2024 and nuclear power hitting its lowest level in half a century, while electricity exports grew and imports fell. In addition, there was a 1% rise in UK electricity demand – after years of decline – as electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps and data centres connected to the grid in larger numbers. Other key insights from the data include: Electricity demand grew for the second year in a row to 322 terawatt hours (TWh), rising by 4TWh (1%) and hinting at a shift towards steady...
Russia sends warships and a submarine to escort a sanctioned oil tanker evading US pursuit in the North Atlantic, raising fears of confrontation.
U.S. officials say the tanker is part of a so-called shadow fleet that has carried oil for countries such as Venezuela, Russia and Iran.
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan, Italy on July 1, 2025. Storm observations from space station help scientists study Earth’s upper atmosphere, which can improve weather models and protect communication systems and aircraft. Space station crew take photographs of […]
Republicans expressed tepid support for the Trump administration’s plan to sell Venezuelan oil.
Caracas and Washington have reached a deal to export up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude oil to the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, which would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts.
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed that the 'blockade' of sanctioned Venezuelan oil remains in 'full effect' after the US secured a Russian-flagged oil tanker in European waters.
Elon Musk humorously noted China's rapid adoption of his energy suggestions, including massive battery, EV, and solar production. He emphasized batteries as key to increasing energy output, citing Tesla's Megapacks and the new Megablock as solutions for grid stability and AI-driven power demands.
Germany’s greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record, piling pressure Wednesday on the conservative-led government to boost climate protection efforts.
Following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, global attention has shifted to the White House’s next move in the region. To understand the stakes of this transition, here are six charts that illustrate the scale and significance of Venezuela’s oil reserves.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that oil released from tankers off Venezuela’s coast would be arriving in the U.S. “very soon.”
With oil trading at roughly US$56 a barrel, the transaction Trump announced late Tuesday could be worth as much as US$2.8 billion.
The United States on Wednesday seized two oil tankers Wednesday -- a Russian-flagged vessel in the North Atlantic and another in the Caribbean Sea.
Oil companies and their shareholders may benefit from President Trump's military action in Venezuela — but it also could benefit many other U.S. investors.
China has denounced the United States for its “blatant interference” in Venezuela, accusing it of violating international law and infringing upon the country’s sovereignty following Donald Trump’s statement that America would take its oil. On Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning described the US’ actions in the South American country as breaching international norms. “Venezuela is a sovereign state and has full permanent sovereignty over all its natural resources and economic...
Grazing his flock at solar farms lets him raise sheep, earn a steady income, and keep the family legacy alive. The post How one rancher beat drought, debt, and low cotton prices appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role Sea levels are rising faster than at any point in human history, and for every foot that waters rise, 100 million people lose their homes. At current projections, that means about 300 million people will be forced to move in the decades to come, along with the social and political conflict as people migrate inland. Despite this looming crisis, the world still lacks specific, reliable forecasts for when and where the seas will rise – and we have invested almost nothing in understanding whether and how we can slow it down. Societies must continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s increasingly clear that the world needs...
Deal would give US president power to sell up to $3bn-worth of crude stranded in tankers and storage facilities Business live – latest updates Global oil prices have fallen by more than 1% after Donald Trump said Venezuela would hand over 30m to 50m barrels of the country’s blockaded crude to the US. The deal would give the US president the power to sell up to $3bn (£2.2bn) worth of Venezuelan crude stranded in tankers and storage facilities into an already oversupplied global market. Continue reading...
U.S. forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the north Atlantic after a two week chase. This is part of the larger U.S. campaign aimed at tankers going to and from Venezuela.
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States, to be sold at market value and with the proceeds controlled by the US. Interim authorities in Venezuela will turn over “sanctioned oil” Trump said on Truth Social. The US will use … The post Trump says Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to US appeared first on Egypt Independent.
As clean energy prices fall, a fast transition to renewable energy is the cheapest option on the table. Experts say it could save us trillions in energy costs alone.
The United States’ forcible removal of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro from power has reignited a debate over international law and sovereignty. But this risks obscuring a more consequential fact: global energy markets are not governed primarily by liberal market logic, but are shaped by geopolitical strategy. Venezuela matters less as a case in itself than as a signal of how energy is being repositioned amid intensifying US-China economic competition. For decades, many assumed that energy...
Oil in Venezuela. President Trump thinks U.S. oil companies should feel comfortable going in to rebuild infrastructure there and says the government could reimburse them for their efforts. Hotel giant Hilton ends its relationship with a franchise owner that tried to ban ICE agents from a Hampton Inn. And, the President tells GOP House members...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06738C, Paper Zhijian Qiu, Yongpeng Cui, Lina Ge, Wanning Xiong, Zeyi Zhang, Kaian Yang, Yao Wang, Xiu Li Gao, Pengyun Liu, Xuejin Li, Qingzhong Xue, Wei Xing The imperative for reliable lithium batteries under extreme low-temperature (LT) conditions has revived interest in organic electrodes, yet their practical deployment is frustrated by severe electrode dissolution and sluggish Li + ... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A Minnesota hotel was stripped of its Hilton branding and federal contracts after refusing rooms to ICE agents, prompting swift retaliation from GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst.
Russia has dispatched navy assets to protect a sanctioned oil tanker as it crosses the Atlantic, amid mounting threats from the US to seize the vessel.
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“The idea that American oil companies are just lining up to go invest in Venezuela is just flatly wrong,” he told POLITICO's E&E News.
The Trump administration is looking for ways to lure energy investors back to the oil-rich South American country, despite the high risks.
When rain falls on snow it creates a layer of ice that impedes feeding, which in turn has reduced herds’ birthrates Reindeer survive typically harsh Arctic winters by using their specially adapted hooves to scrape through the snow to nibble on the lichen and moss below. But paradoxically a warming climate is making it harder for them to reach this food, and research shows it has led to a drop in reindeer birthrates. When rain falls on snow, the snow melts and refreezes, creating layers of ice that make it more difficult for reindeer to scrape through to the fodder below. Climate records going back to 1960 show that warmer winters have resulted in more rain-on-snow events in Arctic regions. By comparing the weather data with reindeer herd birth statistics from Norway and Finland, researchers...
Questioned over the weekend about how the U.S. government will take over governing Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instead shifted the focus to the U.S. blockade of sanctioned oil tankers. CBC News looks at the origins of the blockade, what it entails, whether it's considered legal and just how effective it is.
Deal indicates Venezuelan government is responding to Trump’s demand that they open up to US oil companies or risk more military intervention Donald Trump has said Venezuela will be “turning over” $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts. “This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!” Trump said in a post online . Continue reading...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. The Hong Kong Observatory reported a minimum temperature of 10.9 degrees Celsius (51.6 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday morning, the lowest so far this winter. Due to the ongoing influence of the winter monsoon, residents can expect cold mornings from Wednesday to Friday, according to the weather...
Venezuela will be turning over tens of millions of barrels of oil to the United States, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, days after the U.S. military seized the president of the country, Nicolas Maduro.
The US president announced plan to acquire and sell between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela. Venezuela's acting leader Delcy Rodriguez said her government, not a "foreign agent," controls the country.
The Met Office confirmed the new storm will bring widespread snow, heavy rain and severe gales to England and Wales this week.
US President Trump stated Prime Minister Modi is "not that happy" due to US tariffs on Indian purchases of Russian oil. He linked trade pressure to India's energy ties with Moscow, noting India has significantly reduced its Russian oil imports. Trump also mentioned India's concerns over delayed US military hardware deliveries.
The intense heat will be persistent enough to be classified as a severe to extreme heatwave across every Australian state and territory this week.
Learn how ancient DNA and tooth enamel are rewriting England’s medieval history and showing connections between climate change and migration.
India has emerged as Russia's second-largest crude oil buyer, importing approximately 144 billion euros since the Ukraine war began. This surge followed Western nations' reduced imports, significantly boosting Russia's fossil fuel earnings. While India's purchases have recently dipped due to fresh sanctions, the trend highlights a major shift in global energy trade dynamics.
Donald Trump suggests US taxpayers could help reimburse oil firms rebuilding Venezuela's oil industry, sparking debate over costs, accountability and who truly benefits from the plan.
In one of the most important meteorological events in the province’s history, successive bouts of freezing rain left thick layers of ice over everything in southern Quebec during a week-long span in January 1998, knocking out power for millions of people.
Learn about the longest observation of an active solar region, a feat that could start a path to improved solar storm forecasts.
A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field, upending a 20-year-old theory based on NASA's Apollo lunar samples.
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] When someone says, “I drive an electric vehicle or EV because it protects the environment,” it could be music to the ears of climate advocates. Regardless, EVs have reshaped the global transportation landscape, with major traditional global carmakers now joining the race in battery-powered vehicles. In this new wave of the automotive evolution, no country has achieved what China has done. The Chinese Mainland market...
Reliance Industries has said it does not expect any Russian crude deliveries in January, a move that could push India’s Russian oil imports to their lowest level in years.
The administration’s hostility toward clean energy is setting back America’s ability to fight climate change, and to compete economically
Steve Pearce said he will sell his interest in oil and gas leases and turn over leadership of a family business to his wife.
With the U.S. now claiming control of Venezuela, Donald Trump says oil companies will rush in to build up the infrastructure and earn huge profits. But Venezuela has a history of seizing American assets and kicking U.S. companies out, leaving the future of the oil industry uncertain.
The US government has made it clear that getting access to Venezuelan oil is an important motivation for its actions in the country.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is warning the federal government that the possible end of American sanctions on Venezuelan oil could displace Canadian exports to the U.S.
Modelling suggests both carbon taxes and green subsidies will be necessary to decarbonise the US economy, but the inconsistent policies of successive presidents are the "worst case" scenario
Climate Trace is mapping data from power plants, factories, and other industrial facilities. The post Satellites are now tracking big polluters around the world appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
President says a ‘tremendous amount of money’ will need to be spent repairing country’s infrastructure Why Venezuelan crude appeals to US refineries Business live – latest updates Venezuela live – latest updates Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil. Trump acknowledged that “a lot of money” will need to be spent to increase oil production in Venezuela after US forces ousted its leader Nicolás Maduro, but suggested his government could pay oil companies to do the work. Continue reading...
AI's power demands are vast and growing. The Trump administration wants nuclear reactors to meet them. Whether that's achievable, and whether communities will accept it, is another matter. - 2026/01 / article
The United Nations issued a year end Fact Sheet: Rising global military expenditures, starkly illuminating that last year’s record high of $2.7 trillion in military expenditures, caused a cascade of devastating consequences to human well-being, the environment, possibilities for avoiding climate collapse, as well as blows to employment, ending hunger and poverty, providing health care, […]
A 2016 astronaut photo of the Bahamas shows a series of luminous, rippling sandbanks partly carved out by a coral reef. The image also reveals subtle differences in the ocean's surface caused by a steep, hidden ocean drop-off.
The appropriations bills would deliver Republican fossil fuel priorities while garnering Democratic support.
The Trump administration is touting a planned $9.6 million civil penalty against Panther Operating Co.
The president’s Energy and Interior secretaries are joining the effort to cajole the petroleum businesses to invest in the country’s shattered oil fields
The devastating flood that killed more than 1,000 people in Indonesia was exacerbated by years of deforestation.
Global crude oil markets revealed little reaction in the immediate aftermath of the US military operation in Venezuela to detain President Nicolás Maduro on Jan 3, says the Thai Energy Ministry.
President Trump says the U.S. will "take back" Venezuela's oil. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jason Bordoff, founding director of Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, about his remarks.
Donald Trump said that the US must 'nurse' Venezuela back to health for the foreseeable future and may offer taxpayer-funded subsidies to oil companies to help rebuild.
The operator of a nuclear power plant in central Japan said on Monday its employees may have used cherry-picked data for a potential earthquake in quake-resistance tests at the plant to pass the regulatory screening for restart. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said the same day it found “wrongdoing” by Chubu Electric Power in the screening process and halted the review. The incident is a major setback for the Japanese government. Concerns over the safety of nuclear power plants grew strong in...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05711F, Paper Xinhua Zheng, Bibo Han, Chaofan Liu, Ruilin Li, Cheng Chao Li, Shikai Liu, Faxing Wang, Yuping Wu Developing practical zinc (Zn) batteries necessitates taming Zn electrodeposition at source to suppress associated unfavorable reactions while enhancing Zn utilization efficiency at commercially relevant areal capacities (≥10 mAh cm-2). This... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Trump faces criticism at home and abroad for attack, which some nations denounced as ‘crime of aggression’ by US Deposed Maduro pleads not guilty after capture in shock US attack on Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warning A UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves . Asked on Sky News why he thought Donald Trump had captured Nicolás Maduro and said America would “run” Venezuela, Home Office minister Mike Tapp said: This is for Donald Trump to answer , and I think he has said in his press conference, which I watched with interest around narco-terrorism and that threat. Continue reading...
Four AAP MLAs faced suspension from the Delhi assembly for the remainder of the winter session. They wore gas masks during Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's address to protest severe air pollution. Opposition leader Atishi alleged the BJP government refused to discuss the issue. Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa countered, accusing AAP of avoiding debate and exposing their failures.
Trump said American companies would need to rebuild Venezuela’s crumbling infrastructure before tapping into the nation’s rich oil reserves.
Denmark’s prime minister warned on Monday that any US move to take Greenland by force would destroy 80 years of transatlantic security links, after US President Donald Trump repeated his desire to annex the mineral-rich Arctic territory. Washington’s military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears about Trump’s designs on the autonomous Danish territory, which has untapped rare earth deposits and could be a vital player as polar ice melts, opening up new shipping routes. “We need...
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump has made it clear: His vision for Venezuela’s future involves the US profiting from its oil. “We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies—the biggest anywhere in the world—go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly […]
SHANGHAI — The US assault on Venezuela jolted the global commodity markets, sending gold higher and reinforcing the long-term bearish view on crude oil as investors navigate rising geopolitical tensions to start 2026.
Polar bear attacks on humans are considered extremely rare but experts say shrinking sea ice is pushing them to approach inhabited areas.
The Arctic blast is set to continue into Tuesday, and temperatures over lying snow could dip to -12C.
The US might aim to unlock the country’s reserves, but cost and political uncertainty make it look an uncertain option US energy stocks rise as Trump vows to unlock Venezuela’s oil Venezuela crisis - latest updates The theory sounds straightforward. Venezuela has vast oil reserves and used to produce more than three times as much volume as it does now. Therefore it should be a simple matter to upgrade the crumbling kit with an injection of dollars and watch the extra barrels and profits flow. That, roughly speaking, is the only clear part of Donald Trump’s plan for what happens next in Venezuela. “We’re going to have our very large US oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure – the oil infrastructure...
A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, Dec. 20 (11:56 a.m., Friday, Dec. 19 in U.S. Eastern Time). The PUEO mission is designed to detect radio signals created […]
Donald Trump has stepped up trade pressure on India, with the US President threatening higher tariffs over continued Russian oil purchases even as Indian exports already face steep duties.
South American nation’s tar-like oil is what many Gulf coast facilities were built for but ramping up production to 3m barrels a day will be a long game Clustered along the US Gulf coast are some of the largest and most complex heavy-oil refineries in the world. These sprawling industrial hubs, owned by major US oil companies, stand ready to emerge as some of the major victors of Donald Trump’s swoop on Venezuela . In some ways, these refineries are a relic of another time; built to process the heavy, unctuous crude imported from Latin America before the boom in lighter US shale oil emerged earlier this century. Continue reading...
The agency said it was "impracticable" for states to provide regional haze plans given the Trump administration's push to restructure the program.
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Izzy Woolgar , director of external affairs at the Centre for Net Zero ; Andy Hackett , senior policy adviser at the Centre for Net Zero ; and Laurens Speelman , principal at the Rocky Mountain Institute Electric vehicles (EVs) now account for more than one-in-four car sales around the world, but the next phase is likely to depend on government action – not just technological change. That is the conclusion of a new report from the Centre for Net Zero , the Rocky Mountain Institute and the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute . Our report shows that falling battery costs, expanding supply chains and targeted...
Investors bet the action may open opportunities to tap the country's oil wealth.
Snowfall will be increasingly confined to far north of Scotland but ice risk to linger across many areas The full list of train disruptions and timetable changes can be viewed on the National Rail site here. Timeframes for the delays are being amended all the time – and on some routes, bus alternatives are also being offered, so it’s worth checking back in regularly. Continue reading...
India has requested the United States to remove additional tariffs. This comes after India reduced its purchases of Russian oil. US President Donald Trump had previously imposed these duties. Trade tensions persist between the two nations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump have discussed trade matters. India maintains its stance on energy security.
An Arctic airmass continues to cover the UK, bringing cold conditions with snow, sleet and hail showers.
The lawsuit targets a regulatory break for hazardous emissions requirements for the coke industry.
Indian energy stocks surged on Monday, driven by geopolitical shifts in Venezuela. Reliance Industries hit a 52-week high, while ONGC, HPCL, IOC, and Oil India also saw gains. Speculation is rife that a US-led restructuring could unlock significant unpaid dividends for ONGC from its Venezuelan investments, potentially boosting its financials.
Hayden is tapping renewable thermal energy to affordably heat and cool its new business park — and entice companies looking to reduce energy costs. The post Why this Colorado coal town is digging geothermal appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Readers respond to Rebecca Mead’s Profile of Stephen Fry and Rivka Galchen’s piece about geothermal energy.
Asian economies face the risk of renewed volatility in oil prices this year as analysts say the US capture of Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and uncertainty over Washington’s plans for the oil-rich South American country may unsettle investor sentiment. On Monday morning, Benchmark Brent crude opened about 1.2 per cent lower near US$61 a barrel, before falling further to US$60.54 in the early afternoon, while US West Texas Intermediate crude declined by 0.5 per cent to US$57.04 a barrel. The...
The United States could raise tariffs on India if New Delhi does not meet Washington’s demand to curb purchases of Russian oil, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday, escalating pressure on the South Asian country as trade talks remain inconclusive. “[Prime Minister Narendra] Modi is a good guy. He knew I was not happy, and it was important to make me happy,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “They do trade, and we can raise tariffs on them very quickly,” Trump said in response to...
The Toyota Tundra is one of the most popular model trucks in the world, but it's not perfect. If you're in the market, be aware of these common problems.
Trump warns India of new tariffs over Russian oil imports, escalating US-India trade tensions.
President Trump coordinated with US oil companies before and after the Venezuela operation, allowing them to plan reconstruction and manage the country's oil sector while Congress were uninformed.
US President Donald Trump has warned India of increased tariffs if it does not reduce its oil trade with Russia, linking the threat to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Trump cited India's continued purchase of discounted Russian crude as a point of contention, despite previous claims of a commitment from Prime Minister Modi to cease such trade.
Trump's plan to revive Venezuela's oil industry has raised questions over whether Texas will see quick benefits, with analysts warning gains could take years to materialise.
The justices are set to consider fights over a Michigan pipeline and oil and gas assets seized by Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution.
The class-action lawsuit argues that gasoline producers preemptively raised prices before changes to the low-carbon fuel standard kicked in.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says keeping the plant online would prevent dangerous outages. State leaders disagree.
It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the threshold set in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
From the Arctic to the Titanic, 88-year-old Joe MacInnis reflects on the dives and discoveries that instilled in him humility and awe for the ocean.
Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, ahead of Saudi Arabia.
The President has made clear he wants to exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves; history suggests that it won’t be easy.
[This Day] Indigenous electro-mechanical solution provider, JMG Limited has committed anew to driving long-term infrastructure efficiency and sustainable development in Nigeria.
A pro-America, free-market government could unleash the country’s oil potential and lower energy prices around the globe.
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing leader Nicolas Maduro in a raid is likely to face many hurdles — both logistically and legally.
The far-left Vulkan Gruppe says in a statement that targeting the fossil fuel economy, not cutting power, was the goal.
Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA has begun cutting crude production because it is running out of storage capacity due to an ongoing US oil blockade that has reduced exports to zero, piling more pressure on an interim government trying to hang onto power in the face of US threats of more military action.
A far-left activist group sent police a letter taking credit for setting fire to part of a power plant near Berlin, leaving nearly 50,000 customers in the dark, as a protest against the fossil fuel industry.
A US-led takeover of Venezuela's oil sector could significantly benefit India, potentially recovering nearly $1 billion in long-pending payments and reviving crude production from fields operated by Indian firms. With US sanctions eased, ONGC Videsh Ltd could restart operations at the San Cristobal oilfield, boosting output and allowing for the recovery of dues.
Officials evacuated about 325 men and women from Bridge shelter on New Year’s Day after heavy rains For the third time in seven years, hundreds of people had to flee a homeless shelter in downtown San Diego this week after a heavy storm dropped a month’s worth of rain, causing floods. The area received 2in of rain on New Year’s Day, which broke local records and forced multiple water rescues, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune . Continue reading...
US president claims US will take back oil stolen from it by Venezuela, but experts say no legal claim to natural reserves exists Venezuela crisis – latest updates Hailing the US military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro as spectacular, extraordinary, and “an assault not seen since World War II”, Donald Trump surprised many by making Venezuela’s oil the central focus of his hour-long press conference on Saturday. The US president made little mention of the “war on drugs” that for months had been his main justification for the military build-up and the strikes on boats that have killed 116 people, instead referring to oil more than a dozen times, even when questions made no reference to it. Continue reading...
Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveals a wide range of dubious subjects being taken, including 'climate justice' and 'traditions of yoga'.
President Donald Trump on Saturday said the US would take control of Venezuela’s massive oil reserves and recruit American companies to invest billions of dollars to refurbish the country’s gutted oil industry. Venezuela is sitting on a massive 303 billion barrels worth of crude — about a fifth of the world’s global reserves, according to … The post Trump says US is taking control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. Here’s what it means appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Experts say lifting production to former levels could take decades and huge investment will be needed The Venezuelan oil industry has been “a total bust” for a long time, according to Donald Trump. After attacking Caracas and taking the country’s leader captive , Trump promised to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry with the help of America’s biggest oil companies. Venezuela’s beleaguered oil industry could “make a lot of money” with the might of the US behind it, Trump told the press, claiming that the new regime would invest billions to revive its fortunes. Continue reading...
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 28, 2025 thru Sat, January 3, 2026. Year 2025 Statistics As this is the first news roundup of 2026 and we therefore have the complete year 2025 "in the can", we thought that you might enjoy some stats about what we shared during the previous 12 months. All told, we shared 1470 links from about 270 different outlets, the vast majority of which provided fewer than 10 links and the bulk of shares originated from just 25 different outlets. The Top10 are: The Guardian (190), Skeptical Science (164), Inside Climate News (108), Yale Climate Connections (67), Phys.org (63), Carbon Brief (58), New York Times (54), The Conversation (52), Grist (47), CNN (38), followed...
Scotland’s veteran skiers reflect on shrinking snow seasons, climate change and why they still return to the slopes year after year.
President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela.
A groundbreaking Chinese innovation is turning one of climate policy’s oldest assumptions on its head: that cutting emissions inevitably hurts the economy. Critics including US President Donald Trump have long dismissed green regulations as a drag on industry, claiming they raise costs and cut production. Even the European Union is now reconsidering its phase-out targets for fossil fuel vehicles, using the negative economic impact as justification. But new research from a team led by the Chinese...
US President Trump announced US oil companies will invest billions to repair Venezuela's infrastructure and restart production following the capture of President Maduro. Despite existing sanctions, Trump stated major US energy firms will tap vast crude reserves, aiming to enrich Venezuela and ensure its independence and safety.
In contrast to the United States, which innovates and influences, and the European Union, which regulates, China has become the world’s climate doer. Beyond the headlines of decoupling, tariffs and geopolitical rivalry, an underappreciated global transformation is quietly under way: China, often framed as the world’s factory and climate laggard, has, almost by stealth, become the world’s undisputed climate leader. This may sit uncomfortably with Western policymakers, and perhaps even with some...
US airstrikes hit Venezuela, including Caracas, leading to a national emergency. President Trump claimed Maduro's capture, citing oil interests and drug trafficking. An old video resurfaced showing Trump's focus on Venezuela's oil. The US pursued a maximum pressure campaign, offering a bounty on Maduro and labeling gangs as terrorists, ultimately seizing tankers and building military presence.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States would maintain direct control of Venezuela to prevent “somebody else” taking it over after a military operation that captured President Nicolas Maduro, pledging to keep oil flowing to China even as Washington signalled it would manage the transition itself. Trump’s remarks came hours after overnight air and ground strikes hit Venezuela, with explosions reported in Caracas and other states, prompting local authorities to declare a...
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of possible coastal flooding this weekend in southern British Columbia.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 1, 16 January 2026.
Russia filed a formal diplomatic request that the United States stop pursuing an oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela that has evaded US custody for almost two weeks, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The demarche sent to the State Department on New Year’s Eve comes as the vessel, called the Bella 1, … The post Russia files diplomatic request asking US to stop pursuing oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Scientists and other experts share their favorite fictional stories about climate change and how they can transform the real world.
Phuket is aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, representing a 9.6% reduction from projected levels.
Bear-dar is designed to survey the landscape and detect anything that moves. It can be used by communities as an early warning system, alerting them to a nearby polar bear.
Brits could wake up to snow as the Arctic blast grips the country for up to a week amid fears over travel issues and power cuts as temperatures are predicted to drop to as low as -10C.
Learn how coral reefs drive daily changes in ocean microbes — a process that shapes how nutrients and energy move through reef ecosystems.
Nova Scotia’s offshore energy regulator wants to begin studying areas of the ocean that could be home to the first turbines in Premier Tim Houston’s proposed Wind West project.
A Washington city may have broken a Guinness World Record by gathering nearly 5,000 people to take a "polar bear dip" at the same time.
Americans are increasingly turning to courts to hold big oil accountable. Here are major trends that emerged last year As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels, Americans are increasingly turning to courts to hold big oil accountable for alleged climate deception. That wave of litigation swelled in 2025, with groundbreaking cases filed and wins notched. But the year also brought setbacks, as Trump attacked the cases and big oil worked to have them thrown out. The industry also worked to secure a shield from current and future climate lawsuits. Continue reading...
Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.
Greenhouse gas and particulate emissions from fires globally may be 70 percent higher than once believed.
The regular daily congestion charge for non-electrified vehicles has also risen for the first time in five years from £15 to £18.
Delhi's air quality plunged into the 'very poor' category with an AQI of 311 on Friday, exacerbated by chilly winter conditions. Pollutants are expected to linger due to low wind speeds and falling temperatures, with cold wave conditions forecast from January 2-5.
[FrontPageAfrica] Congo Town, Monrovia -- As Liberia grapples with the growing impacts of climate change, the National People's Climate Justice Summit has emerged as a platform for advocating for bold and inclusive climate action.
[The Conversation Africa] Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the weather is cold. This new discovery was made recently by a team of soundscape ecologists in South Africa's mountainous Golden Gate Highlands National Park. The team's research co-leader, Mosikidi Toka, studies how animals and the environment make and use sounds, especially in mountains, and is currently completing a PhD on the sounds of natural habitats. He deployed automated audio
On Jan. 2, 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia's Upshur County.
Hundreds across Canada marked the start of the new year by gleefully plunging into frigid lake and ocean water, some for their first time.
Conversions of grassland to corn, soybeans have impact on honeybees and pollination.
Met Office issues amber and yellow weather warnings as Arctic air blows in from Scandinavia Large parts of the UK will be blanketed with snow and ice as chilly Arctic air blows in a bitterly cold start to 2026. Snowfall is forecast for all four countries on Friday or Saturday, with blizzard conditions and “ thundersnow ” expected in the Scottish Highlands. Continue reading...
As permafrost melts, metals stored in rocks leach into the water, making it toxic for fish. The post A once-sparkling Alaskan river has turned a sickly orange color appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Colder weather with snow and ice warnings in force will continue over the next few days.
The bitter snap, predicted to last a week, has already seen temperatures plummet to almost -10C, and snow and ice has been forecast for many parts of the UK including London.
When hailing a car on Uber, riders usually choose between economy and premium options. But in certain areas in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, the first choice that flashes on the screen is “autonomous”. The availability of driverless cars underscores the urgency of the nation’s push to promote clean energy and reduce dependence on oil and gas. At the forefront of this effort are Chinese robotaxi developers, which see the Middle East as one of their starting points for global...
Why Fossil Fuels Are So Important Just like fossil fuel divestment, climate court cases to punish fossil fuel (oil, coal, natural gas) producers do not work, and they should be rejected by climate...
A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.
[IFJ] Funded by Mondiaal FNV, the activity formed part of broader continental efforts to strengthen the role of journalist unions in responding to the growing impact of climate change on societies, economies, and the world of work. It also directly contributed to the implementation of FAJ's Abidjan Declaration and Action Plan. The training brought together working journalists from different media outlets to deepen their understanding of the gravity of climate change, the meaning and principles of just
Guardian US readers share how global heating and biodiversity loss affected their lives in ways that don’t always make the headlines The past year was another one of record-setting heat and catastrophic storms. But across the US, the climate crisis showed up in smaller, deeply personal ways too. Campfires that once defined summer trips were never lit due to wildfire risks. There were no bites where fish were once abundant, forests turned to meadows after a big burn and childhood memories of winter wonderlands turned to slush. Continue reading...
US president’s assertions climate change is ‘a hoax’ and London has police no-go areas left unchallenged, say critics Britain’s media regulator Ofcom is under pressure to investigate a GB News interview with Donald Trump after complaints that it contained misleading and inaccurate claims that the network failed to challenge. The rightwing channel claimed a “world exclusive sit-down interview” with the US president in November, in which Trump asserted that human-induced climate change was “a hoax” and that London had no-go areas for police and that the capital had “sharia law”. Continue reading...
Officials warned of major economic, environmental and social disruption to Australia due to its dependence on coal Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Howard government was warned in 2005 that climate change was occurring more quickly than previously predicted and “many human and natural systems and economic activities in Australia” were vulnerable, newly released documents show. Cabinet papers made public by the National Archives on Thursday show officials warned the Coalition government of critical gaps in knowledge about the timing, location and magnitude of climate-related damage, even as international cooperation geared up to try to limit the worst effects on the planet . Continue reading...
Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year despite Trump rollbacks As 2025 draws to a close, environmental advocates across the US find themselves weighing a year marked by both setbacks and successes. Despite major environmental reversals taken by the Donald Trump administration including loosening fossil fuel rules and weakening endangered-species safeguards , conservationists, lawmakers and researchers still notched key wins at local and state levels. Continue reading...
In the southern port city of Tuapse, authorities said an oil refinery briefly caught fire amid the overnight airstrikes.
If you aspire to drive less, eat less meat, or save energy at home this year, try these ideas for staying on track. The post Tips for making climate-related resolutions that stick appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Deserts are hard to reclaim because plants cannot survive on shifting sand, but scientists in northwest China are changing that – by dropping vast amounts of blue-green algae onto the dry terrain. These specially selected strains of cyanobacteria can survive extreme heat and drought for long periods, according to China Science Daily on Thursday. When rain finally comes, they spring to life, spreading rapidly and forming a tough, biomass-rich crust over the sand. This living layer stabilises the...
Authorities in Australia declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country’s southeast. Temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this week, with hot winds fanning some of the most dangerous fire weather since the “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019 to 2020. One of the most destructive bushfires ripped through almost 150,000 hectares (370,000 acres) near...
President Trump met with oil executives to discuss investments in Venezuela's oil sector following President Maduro's capture, presenting the country as secure for business. Industry leaders expressed caution, with one stating Venezuela is currently "uninvestable" without significant reforms. The US administration plans to manage company access to Venezuela's oil resources, sidelining Caracas from negotiations.
President’s assertion that only a paid agitator would scream at ICE agents contradicted by hundreds of video records At the White House on Friday, Donald Trump endorsed his vice-president’s baseless claim that Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, was part of a shadowy “leftwing network” trying “to incite violence” against federal agents. Asked by a Fox News correspondent to expand on JD Vance’s comments about Good, the president said that the vice-president “is generally very accurate” and then cited what he referred to as evidence that at least one person in Good’s vicinity when she was killed was “probably a paid agitator”. Continue reading...
Demonstrators and public figures are speaking out after an ICE agent killed the 37-year-old Minneapolis mother this week
WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump met with the heads of major oil companies on Friday after saying the world's biggest producers have pledged $100 billion to revive Venezuela's oil sector.
Oil executives expressed caution, with one executive saying Venezuela had seized their assets twice.
From an icebreaker sailing near the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, our photographer has captured the many faces of the ice.
Country is ‘uninvestable’ today, president told, but CEOs signal they are ready to spend with support Donald Trump promised oil giants “total safety, total security” in Venezuela in an effort to persuade them to invest $100bn in the country’s infrastructure after US forces toppled Nicolás Maduro from power. At a roundtable press conference at the White House on Friday afternoon with more than a dozen oil executives, including leaders from Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhilips, the US president doubled down on claims that Maduro’s arrest presents American oil companies with an unprecedented opportunity for extraction. Continue reading...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the United States will continue to pursue military conflicts abroad as long as its economy remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
The Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation is ending its one-on-one healing services after eight years in operation to refocus on building long-term capacity for healing initiatives in the North.
Cutting down boreal forest and sinking the felled trees in the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year – but it could come at a cost to the Arctic ecosystem
Some wet years and recent winter storms have helped bring the state out of drought after years of insufficient rainfall California is completely drought-free for the first time in a quarter of a century, a significant development in a state that endured grueling years with insufficient rainfall. Over the last 25 years, drought conditions in California have intensified the state’s wildfire crisis and created challenges in its massive agricultural sector. But a few wet years, and a recent spate of winter storms, helped bring the state out of drought. Continue reading...
Trump's renewed focus on Greenland raises questions over oil and mineral wealth, with critics pointing to investor interests linked to Bezos and Gates as Arctic resources gain value.
The country holds the world’s largest oil reserves, but its oil industry now operates far below its historical potential. The post Five keys to understanding Venezuela’s oil history appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean energy.
Met Office issues rare red warning as winter storm causes power cuts, travel disruption and school closures Snow and ice are expected to grip much of the UK over the weekend as parts of the country continue to reel from the effects of Storm Goretti, which left thousands of people facing power cuts, school closures and travel chaos. The storm brought winds of nearly 100mph after forecasters issued a rare red warning for “dangerous, stormy” winds in the south-west. Continue reading...
President Donald Trump and executives for several U.S. oil companies discussed a potential $100 billion investment in Venezuela's energy sector.
A new analysis reveals nearly half of Indian cities grapple with chronic air pollution, a persistent issue stemming from ongoing emission sources. The National Clean Air Programme currently covers only a fraction of these severely affected urban areas, highlighting a significant gap in addressing the crisis. Experts urge targeted reforms and a broader approach to combat this widespread problem.
Last year saw the U.S. move backward on climate while China ascended. Here’s what to expect next. The post Where things stand on climate change in 2026 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of minerals and oil in the near future
Shocking footage shows the van sliding down a residential street in a suburb of Sheffield, which has felt the full force of Storm Goretti.
We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and help combat climate change. Now, for the first time, our research has uncovered the hidden world of the tiny organisms living in the bark of trees. We discovered they are quietly helping to purify […]
EPA plans to ease regulatory pressure on coal ash dumps in a bid to keep coal-fired power viable for fueling the data center boom.
The rule would end the agency's legal ability to regulate most greenhouse gases.
The White House is scrambling to expand a Friday meeting with oil executives because of skepticism from the top oil majors.
Storm Goretti pummeled the Isles of Scilly overnight, with wind gusts up to 99 mph recorded in the archipelago off the southwestern tip of England.
The shooting death of a Minneapolis woman by ICE agents highlights the risks when the left tries to legislate through conflict with federal law enforcement.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Combating climate change can feel particularly difficult these days. Countries, states, and municipalities across the globe are missing greenhouse emission reduction targets, and in the United States, President Donald Trump has rolled back key elements of his predecessor’s climate agenda. Given the […]
As Americans worry about healthcare and affordability, the ‘no more wars’ president is helping oil companies instead Immediately after Donald Trump ordered a military strike in Venezuela, many critics focused on how that attack violated international law as well as the US War Powers Resolution . But there hasn’t been nearly enough focus on the domestic implications of Trump’s move. Trump seems to have ordered his Venezuela venture in part to flip the script away from domestic matters, where things aren’t going well for him. His approval ratings are under water , and he’s getting low marks on the economy , health policy (just 30% approval), inflation ( 31% approval on the cost of living ), his immigration crackdown ( 41% approval ) and his sending the national guard into US cities...
[The Conversation Africa] At the 2025 global climate summit, COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, one decision stood out with major consequences for Africa: countries agreed on a new set of progress indicators.
As Storm Goretti’s influence wanes through Friday further snow and ice warnings have been issued, with disruption likely for much of Scotland and northern England on Sunday.
As Trump targets Venezuelan oil exports, the Coast Guard has put out a call for specialists who can fix captured tankers so they won’t be turned away from U.S. ports.
Emergency rescuers step in as intense rain results in landslips, power cuts and communities left isolated Kosovo has seen prolonged, intense rainfall this week leading to widespread flooding. Cities, towns and villages were inundated as rivers overflowed their banks. Communities were cut off and emergency services rescued people trapped in their homes. People lost their water supply as well as electricity in the Drenas, Malisheva and Rahovec municipalities after flood water entered electrical substations. Personal weather stations across the south-west of the country recorded more than 50mm within 24 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some local stations recording about 80mm in the municipality of Malisheva. This followed previously heavy rainfall from Saturday to Monday, during which...
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis The world’s oceans absorbed colossal amounts of heat in 2025, setting yet another new record and fuelling more extreme weather, scientists have reported. More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s carbon pollution is taken up by the oceans. This makes ocean heat one of the starkest indicators of the relentless march of the climate crisis, which will only end when emissions fall to zero. Almost every year since the start of the millennium has set a new ocean heat record. Continue reading...
The prospect of ramping up the country’s heavy crude production goes against global efforts to phase down fossil fuels.
“If someone did care about environment or climate change, one would have a hard time signing onto these new dietary guidelines,” a Harvard epidemiologist said.
Authorities warn lives could be lost amid catastrophic conditions as firefighters fear there is ‘nothing left’ of town in Strathbogie Ranges Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A wind change sweeping across Victoria, combined with extreme hot weather, has sparked new bushfires, with three people still unaccounted for and multiple properties destroyed. David Nugent from State Control Centre said a forecast northwesterly wind change began to pass through the state on Friday afternoon, fuelling a “significant” grass fire in Natimuk, about 25km west Horsham, where the temperature soared to 43C. Continue reading...
For much of the last 30 years, the rest of the world has been forced to persevere with climate action in the face of US intransigence Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations Donald Trump’s latest attack on climate action takes place amid rapidly rising temperatures , rising sea levels, still-rising greenhouse gas emissions, burgeoning costs from extreme weather and the imminent danger that the world will trigger “tipping points” in the climate system that will lead to catastrophic and irreversible changes. The US president’s decision to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the world’s leading body of climate scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will not alter...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07366A, Paper Yan Jin, Jihao Qin, Jin Cao, Zhenyang Zhang, Xin An, Shenghan Wang, Xue-Lin Yang Aqueous zinc-iodine batteries present a compelling route for sustainable energy storage yet remain hindered by uncontrolled dendritic growth and the parasitic polyiodide shuttle effect. Here, we surmount these challenges by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The United States Navy is on the hunt for a group of over a dozen oil tankers that have been sanctioned by Donald Trump after illegally entering Venezuelan waters.
'It does appear to be yet another roadblock towards Canadians visiting the United States,' McKenzie McMillan, managing partner at The Travel Group in Vancouver, told Global News.
Brandon Tatum defended an ICE agent after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot during a Minneapolis operation on January 7, 2026. DHS and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agent acted in self-defense. Donald Trump also backed ICE. Good’s family disputed claims, saying she was not part of violent protests.
Melbourne mercury expected to hit 43C with higher temperatures inland and a total fire ban in place for all Victoria Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Dire bushfire conditions threatened south-eastern states on Friday as unrelenting heat bore down on large parts of Australia and Victorians prepared for catastrophic conditions not seen since 2019-20. Catastrophic and extreme fire danger ratings were in place throughout Victoria, with the entire state under a total fire ban. Extreme conditions were expected across much of South Australia as well as the New South Wales Riverina. Melbourne: Windy. Late cool change, possible storm, maximum 43C. Canberra: sunny, maximum 39C. Adelaide: mostly sunny...
‘Blood for oil’ would have been a bad trade in 2003. It’s a worse one in 2026.
[Liberian Investigator] Renowned Liberian journalist Rita Jlogbe has pledged to steer the newly launched Liberia chapter of the African Media Network for the Promotion of Health and the Environment (REMAPSEN) toward building a more inclusive, responsive, and impact-driven media landscape that prioritizes public health, environmental protection, and the rights of women and children.
A warming planet has opened up new shipping routes and turned Greenland into a geostrategic asset for the Trump administration.
Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez has accused the US of using false claims about drugs and human rights as a pretext to seize the nation's oil. She stated Venezuela is open to mutually beneficial energy partnerships with clearly defined commercial contracts. This comes as the US announced it would manage future Venezuelan crude sales and oversee its global petroleum trade.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, died after an ICE agent fired three shots into her SUV.
Less than a day after arriving at the ice, we are already up close and personal with the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica.
The US seizure of Nicolas Maduro and control over Venezuela's oil marks a significant blow to China's influence in Latin America. This move, rerouting billions in crude to the US, undermines Beijing's decade-long economic diplomacy and its strategy of championing sovereignty. It signals that economic ties don't guarantee protection against US military power.
The solar grants were terminated last summer after drawing down just 1 percent of their worth.
Unlike the Paris Agreement, Trump’s withdrawal from a bedrock U.N. climate treaty may be difficult to reverse.
The reactivation of Venezuela's oil sector faces an environment of high political uncertainty, structural constraints and institutional deterioration.
Greenland’s rare earth element deposits may be among the world’s largest by volume.
The US has pledged to pull out of dozens of international organizations and treaties established to advance the protection of the planet. But it doesn't spell the end of environmental action.
The move on Thursday to abandon the Green Climate Fund threatens a financial program that provided $19 billion to help poor nations adapt to a warming world.
United States forces boarded and seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday following a weeks-long chase on the high seas which has escalated tensions with Moscow and piled further pressure on its ally Venezuela. The aging, rusting tanker, originally called the Bella 1, was sanctioned by the US in 2024 for operating … The post What we know about the US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The Venezuelan oil industry is ‘a total bust’ according to Donald Trump, something he has promised to ‘fix’ after attacking Caracas and seizing the country’s leader . But with analysts estimating it could take up to 14 years and billions to fix, what is in it for the US president? Jillian Ambrose, the Guardian’s energy correspondent, explains why Venezuela’s dense, sticky oil is so valuable to Trump Continue reading...
China has criticised the US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker on the high seas, describing it as a serious breach of international law. US European Command announced via social media that it had seized the tanker in the North Atlantic on Wednesday due to “violations of US sanctions” on Venezuela. It was swiftly followed by the seizure of a second vessel in the Caribbean. The first ship, formerly the Bella 1, was followed across the Atlantic for two weeks after it tried to evade a US...
We must not let geoengineering be shaped behind closed doors. Climate justice demands an inclusive approach As the world faces the challenges of the climate crisis and critical threshold levels or tipping points may be reached soon, a disputable idea is gaining momentum as a potential solution: solar geoengineering – the deliberate reflection of sunlight to cool the planet. Advocates argue it could buy us time. Critics warn of unknown risks. Some see it as a possible emergency break if temperatures spiral out of control. Others call it a dangerous distraction that undermines meaningful climate action. Research into solar geoengineering is advancing, including exploration of techniques such as stratospheric aerosol injection, which would involve spraying tiny reflective particles into the...
LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest updates as Storm Goretti - the first named storm of 2026 - threatens to blanket much of the UK with heavy snow while wind and rain warnings remain in place.
Satat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswathi say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’ Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest. Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost £500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT). Continue reading...
Jimmy Kimmel has lashed out at Donald Trump over his defence of an ICE agent who shot a mother-of-three dead in Minneapolis.
"We have to understand that it's not a question of if the glaciers are going to disappear, they are going to disappear," warns Brian Menounos, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia
U.S. sanctions helped cause the near-total collapse of Venezuelan oil production — damage that President Trump is now using as justification for his military strike against the country.
Natural grasslands cover about 40% of the Earth’s land surface. Grassland plants have largely coevolved with wild grazing animals, making these ecosystems generally well-adapted to grazing livestock. Evidence shows that when grazing is properly managed — such as avoiding soil tillage, excessive grazing intensity, and high nitrogen fertilizer inputs — grasslands can function as net carbon sinks, even after accounting formethane emissions from livestock. If parts of this vast grassland area are managed with grazing practices that maintain this role, the potential global benefits for climate change mitigation could be substantial. However, despite growing attention and evidence on the role of grasslands, efforts to reduce climate change from land use have mostly focused on forests. In contrast...
Often called Earth’s green lungs, tropical forests pull down massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, release oxygen and help regulate the global climate. While the threat of large-scale deforestation is well known, new findings reveal a surprising culprit – the clearance of small areas of forest accounts for more than half of net carbon losses across the Tropics.
Chevron is negotiating with the U.S. to expand its Venezuelan oil license and increase crude exports amid ongoing sanctions and talks.
The stalled progress comes as a disappointing reversal after the gains achieved in the first few years following the launch of the city's Climate Smart plan in 2018.
The country’s overall emissions fell by 9 million tons to 640 million, with higher pollution from the building and transport sectors slowing down overall progress.
The US takeover of Venezuela has placed billions of dollars in Chinese oil-for-loan debts at risk, analysts say, though they expect Venezuelan crude to continue flowing to China as the new government seeks immediate revenue. The abduction of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by US forces has left Beijing’s outstanding exposure in the South American nation – estimated at about US$10 billion, according to the research lab AidData – in a state of limbo. An optimistic scenario would involve a...
Despite Brussels’ pledge to ban Russian LNG by 2027, shipments to European ports increased in the last year European governments have been accused of fuelling Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine as new data shows the Kremlin earned an estimated €7.2bn (£6.2bn) last year from exporting its liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the EU. Brussels has pledged to ban imports of Russian LNG – natural gas that is supercooled to make it easier to transport – by 2027 but an analysis suggests there is yet to be any letup in the vast quantities being received at European ports from Russia’s LNG complex on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia. Continue reading...
A pilot study in Delhi revealed a direct link between rising air pollution and cardiovascular emergencies, with admissions increasing significantly with spikes in AQI, PM10, and PM2.5. In contrast, Shimla showed no such correlation, highlighting the severe short-term health impacts of pollution in urban areas.
Trump says the woman was attempting to run over ICE agents. Local leaders disagree.
Fresh snow and wind warnings come into place as Storm Goretti arrives on Thursday.
The groups include the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, among many others.
STATEMENT: U.S. Releases New Dietary Guidelines nate.shelter@wri.org Wed, 01/07/2026 - 19:15 WASHINGTON (January 7, 2026) — Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture released new dietary guidelines for Americans for the next five years. Following is a statement from Raychel Santo, Senior Food and Climate Research Associate in WRI's Food, Land & Water Program: “The new U.S. dietary guidelines prioritize protein, part of a wider societal trend. While there are many ways to meet our protein needs, not all protein sources have the same impact on people or the planet. Beef and lamb, in particular, have some of the highest environmental costs of any protein-rich food — with significantly higher greenhouse gas emissions...
STATEMENT: The United States Withdraws from the UNFCCC alison.cinnamo… Wed, 01/07/2026 - 19:02 WASHINGTON, DC (January 7, 2026) - Today, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the United States to withdraw from 66 international organizations and treaties, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The following statement is from David Widawsky, Director, WRI US: “Pulling out of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is a strategic blunder that gives away American advantage for nothing in return. The 30-year-old agreement is the foundation of international climate cooperation. Walking away doesn’t just put America on the sidelines — it takes...
[Vanguard] Nigeria's oil and gas industry recorded mixed performance marked with improvement in some indices marred by below expectation oil production, worsening gas flaring and dispute over the domestic fuel supply.
President’s order suspends support for UNFCCC climate framework, UN population agency and other entities The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the UN’s population agency and the UN treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the US further retreats from global cooperation. Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending US support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions following his instructions for his administration to review participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those affiliated with the UN, according to a White House statement on social media. Continue reading...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined a three-phase plan for Venezuela post-Maduro, asserting that Washington is planning "to execute a deal to take all the oil" that is stuck in the country with proceeds benefiting the Venezuelan people. Rubio also confirmed upcoming meetings with Danish officials regarding the US interest in acquiring Greenland.
After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start.
Rules set out by the CFMEU mean Aussie workers may be able to down tools during the most intense heatwave forecast in six years.
The United States seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday, after a two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic as part of a US blockade of Venezuelan oil exports, two US officials told Reuters.
A combination of slow, steady snowfall and sub-zero temperatures has held the North of Scotland in an Arctic grip since the weekend.
Democrats demanded information from seven top U.S. oil companies about any meetings with the Trump administration regarding plans to control Venezuela’s oil industry.
As the first heatwave of the summer kicks in, prepare for sweaty, sleepless nights. After sweltering days, both Melbourne and Sydney will still have 23 degrees at midnight.
The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change underpins global efforts to address rising temperatures.
Officials say sales were expected to start with 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil and the revenue would be controlled by the US government.
Outcome of aggression will determine whether rare earths and other resources drive energy transition – or strengthen US military power and oil interests The US’s first overt attack on an Amazon nation last weekend is a new phase in its extractivist rivalry with China. The outcome will decide whether the vast mineral wealth of South America is directed towards a 21st-century energy transition or a buildup of military power to defend 20th-century fossil fuel interests. Although this onslaught was ostensibly aimed at one corrupt dictatorship in a miserably dysfunctional country, the ramifications are far wider. Continue reading...
France is braced for the arrival of Storm Goretti on Thursday, with weather warnings about winds up to 160km/h and trains cancelled in northern France.
Donald Trump announces a deal for the US to buy 30–50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil after Maduro's capture, rattling markets, cutting prices; Russia warns.
Weather warnings for snow and wind were today upgraded from yellow to amber and will come into force from 5pm tomorrow amid fears over widespread travel chaos.
Lawmakers blocked legislation from Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse.
Climate change is unexpectedly causing north Pacific storms to shift toward the Arctic, throwing projections for future West Coast weather into question.
Venezuela's state-owned oil company, PDVSA, said Wednesday it is negotiating with the U.S. government to sell crude oil after years of sanctions.
The United States has seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic.
US coastguard reportedly boards the Marinera, facing no resistance but risking confrontation with Moscow Europe live – latest updates The US has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean in a high-stakes operation that could risk confrontation with the Kremlin after Moscow reportedly dispatched a submarine to safeguard the vessel. The Marinera, formerly known as the Bella 1, “was seized in the North Atlantic pursuant to a warrant issued by a US federal court after being tracked by USCGC Munro”, US European Command said in a post on X. US media reported that the country’s coastguard had successfully boarded the oil tanker, facing no resistance. Continue reading...
Expanding on the US administration’s increasingly robust view of foreign energy and security policy, a senior US official said on Wednesday that Washington expects to take control of future Venezuelan oil sales until further notice and use the proceeds to rebuild the nation’s beleaguered economy. The comments add to the conflicted messaging from US President Donald Trump’s administration on how it plans to run Venezuela following Saturday’s military strike that saw Nicolas Maduro and his wife...
A violent winter storm has gripped Europe, triggering the cancellation of hundreds of flights, paralyzing rail services, and forcing major road closures, Pulse Mubsher reported. Western Europe remains on high alert as Storm “Goretti”—the Atlantic coast’s first major system of the year—is expected to dump more snow and ice across the region on Wednesday. Amsterdam Airport … The post Severe winter storm paralyses Europe, hundreds of flights canceled appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The White House had sought to zero out or drastically shrink several Bureau of Land Management programs, but congressional appropriators largely kept them intact.
The largest oil reserves of any country on the planet, more than 300 billion barrels, are estimated to lie beneath the ground in Venezuela. President Donald Trump is now laying claim to these vast deposits after his capture of the country’s president Nicolás Maduro. Venezuelan oil is a tantalizing prospect for Trump, who reveres fossil … The post What happens to the planet if Trump gets his hands on all of Venezuela’s oil? appeared first on Egypt Independent.
[This Day] Petralon Energy, an indigenous oil exploration and production company, has announced the appointment of Uduak Equere as Executive Director.
Snow, ice and high winds brought transport chaos to swathes of Europe for a third day on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded. Airports in Paris and Amsterdam were the worst affected, with the Dutch authorities saying more than 1,000 travellers had been forced to spend the night at Schiphol, one of Europe’s busiest hubs. Six people have died in weather-related accidents as the continent reels from the most bitter cold snap of the winter so far. Five of those...
From Venezuela to Libya to Iraq, removal of dictators has not always guaranteed a surge in oil production, data shows Hours after Nicolás Maduro was captured by US special forces in Venezuela and indicted on drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges, Donald Trump spoke extensively about his plans for something else entirely: oil . Venezuela’s oil reserves – reputedly the world’s largest – are set to be pumped by a parade of powerful US oil companies, according to the US president, most of whom have not operated in the country in decades. Continue reading...
Trump demands Venezuela open up to US oil companies or risk more military action. Plus, justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Donald Trump and his advisers are looking at “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland , noting in a White House statement on Tuesday that using the US military to do so is “always an option”. How are the US’s European allies responding? In a show of solidarity on Tuesday, the leaders of France, Germany, the UK and other countries issued a joint statement with the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, urging the US to respect its sovereignty. They said Arctic security was a top priority for Nato, a defense alliance that includes the US and...
The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea – an important dynamic for climate and sea-rise modelling – has been captured over a 10-year period by satellites from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Ageing vessel had previously been involved in Venezuelan oil exports Head of Zelenskyy’s office, Kyrylo Budanov, offered a bit more detail on the talks, stressing however that “not all details of these discussions can be made public at this stage.” “However, tangible results have already been achieved, and the work is ongoing. The national interests of Ukraine will be protected ,” he stressed. Continue reading...
The president said Tuesday that some Venezuelan oil will be shipped to U.S. refineries. He faces challenges getting firms to put their money into the country’s shattered industry.
Public Health Watch chronicles a fossil-fuel infrastructure boom that could worsen air pollution in some areas and exacerbate climate change.
A U.S. official says American forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in the North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Samantha Harrington Renewable energy and climate action boomed in communities, states, and the world in 2025, despite setbacks at the federal level in the U.S, so much so that Science designated the “seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy” as its 2025 Breakthrough of the Year . Climate solutions come in all shapes and sizes, and at Yale Climate Connections, we started off the year with the launch of our climate solutions hub , a page designed to help you easily identify climate actions that fit into your life. It’s a great place to find a climate-related New Year’s resolution if that’s your jam. To close 2025 out on a high note, check out our favorite solutions...
US forces have boarded a sanctioned oil tanker that eluded a blockade around Venezuela and has been reflagged as a Russian vessel.
Storm Goretti forecast bring as much as 20cm of snowfall in some places amid freezing temperatures Ice warnings are in place across the UK before a storm that is expected to bring heavy snow later in the week. The Met Office has issued yellow ice warnings for Wednesday morning for most of the UK, including Northern Ireland, amid an Arctic air mass, which has brought wintry showers across the country. Continue reading...
Ayesha Curry is urging fans to support Jamaica's recovery from Hurricane Melissa by visiting the island. She highlighted that tourism is crucial for the Jamaican economy, with nearly 30% of the workforce dependent on it. Curry emphasized that a vacation serves as a donation, with airports and most hotels now operational.
Britain is braced for treacherous conditions after ice warnings were rolled out across most of the UK, with forecasters also warning of heavy snow and strong winds later this week.
President Trump announced Venezuela's interim authorities will transfer 30-50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the US. The crude will be sold at market prices, with proceeds controlled by the US government to benefit both nations. This move aims to leverage Venezuela's oil reserves, which have accumulated due to US sanctions.
China may emerge as a bigger buyer of Canadian crude if oil production from Venezuela is rerouted.
The move follows a 2024 legal settlement with climate activists. The state has less than 20 years to meet its decarbonization goal.
The Carbon Removers, based near Dumfries, will use the funding to expand its operations across Europe.
Crude prices are low. Companies are being cautious. But huge reserves — particularly of the heavy, viscous oil Venezuela has in abundance — remain appealing.
Donald Trump announced a deal with the Venezuelan regime to give the United States 30 to 50 million barrels of oil.
Trump pledged to use proceeds from the sale of this oil "to benefit the people" of both countries.
Hot conditions for NSW, Victoria, South Australia, the ACT, Tasmania and WA as authorities warn of high fire danger Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Large parts of South Australia and Victoria are expecting extreme fire conditions today as a dangerous heatwave moves east, pushing temperatures well into the 40s. By midday on Wednesday the mercury had hit 37C in Melbourne and 41C in Adelaide. Continue reading...
Earlier the president said US oil firms could be "up and running" in the country within 18 months.
[Ghanaian Times] The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has reaffirmed its commitment to energy safety, environmental stewardship, and sustainable national development at the Nkoko Nkitinkiti Chicken Festival, where it participated as the official energy and fuel safety partner.
US President Donald Trump is set to meet with energy executives at the White House within the next week as he seeks to enlist Western companies in rebuilding Venezuela’s oil industry. The parties have discussed a possible meeting as soon as Thursday morning that would include Trump, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, according to two people familiar with the matter. The timing remains fluid, a White House official said. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also may...
In November, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a MOU that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wildfire smoke is an emerging nationwide crisis for the United States. Supercharged by climate change, blazes are swelling into monsters that consume vast landscapes and entire towns. A growing body of evidence reveals that these conflagrations are killing far more people […]
S. Korea's Oceans ministry said it aims to launch a trial containership service from Busan to Rotterdam via the Arctic shipping route in September.
The seizure of Venezuelan leader was induced by the prize of petroleum, but driven by spectacle, geopolitics and domestic politics It’s all about oil. That was the reason Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader illegally abducted by US forces at the weekend, had given for Donald Trump’s fixation with his country. A better way to think about Venezuela is that oil was necessary but not sufficient. The presence of vast reserves made Mr Trump’s interest understandable – if Venezuela’s main export was bananas this would not have happened. But oil alone cannot explain the timing or scale of the move. Venezuelan crude is extra-heavy as well as expensive and slow to bring online; it will not immediately transform US energy systems, nor rescue refineries that have already adapted to...
US president calls the Caracas operation ‘brilliant tactically’ and ‘an incredible thing’ and says deposed leader Nicolás Maduro is a ‘violent guy’ From elation to frustration: Trump snub wrongfoots Venezuela’s opposition My colleague Sibylla Brodzinsky has reported on the relationship between the US and Colombia, home to significant oil reserves. Here is an extract from her story : Colombia has long been a close partner of the US in the fight against drug trafficking and enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington but relations have soured dramatically since Trump came to offic e. Colombia’s narcotics trade is largely controlled by illegal armed groups such as the Gulf Clan, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
Industry insiders say US oil firms want to ‘avoid getting screwed’ and will proceed with extreme caution in region Analysis: Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’ Industry experts have expressed skepticism over Donald Trump ’s bullish prediction that US big oil firms will rapidly invest tens of billions of dollars to fix Venezuelan infrastructure and ramp up production after the rendition of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro . Without an “iron-clad guarantee” that the US federal government will fully reimburse them for the cost of rebuilding the country’s oil market, analysts expect global energy giants to proceed with extreme caution. Continue reading...
Crude oil prices will hover around US$58. per barrel in 2026, according to the latest energy price forecast from consulting firm Deloitte.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- ActionAid Liberia has convened civil society organizations, government officials, youth groups, traditional leaders, and development partners to discuss strategies for mobilizing domestic resources to finance renewable energy and address climate change challenges in Liberia.
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?
Kellie Sloane renews shadow cabinet but there are challenges ahead on sensitive issues such as climate, forestry and national parks Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Since the Bondi massacre, New South Wales politicians – unlike their federal colleagues – have mostly put aside their differences to pass new, tougher gun laws and to mourn. But as the fog of grief lifts, NSW politics, known for its particularly robust style, is returning to business as usual. Continue reading...
The bicameral spending package dodges most of the deep cuts sought by the White House and lands on a roughly 4 percent trim for the agency.
Bryan Hubbell spent nearly 30 years at EPA before landing at Resources for the Future.
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say Donald Trump , by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela ’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “ drill, baby, drill ” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging – and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the climate”, experts say. Trump has aggressively sought to boost oil and gas production within the US. Now, following the capture and arrest of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, he is seeking to orchestrate a ramp-up of drilling in Venezuela, which has the largest known reserves of oil in the world – equivalent to some 300bn barrels, according to research firm the Energy...
Nickel’s Climate Cost and Indonesia’s Push for Cleaner Production sarah.brown@wri.org Tue, 01/06/2026 - 07:50 Nickel is widely used across many areas, including electronics, aerospace manufacturing, stainless steel and batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage. Despite its growing importance to the clean energy transition, current nickel production is emissions-heavy and associated with significant environmental and social impacts. Nickel production remains heavily reliant on coal-fired power. In Indonesia, the world’s largest nickel producer, annual production reached 2.2 million tons and accounted for 22% of national emissions from the energy and industrial sectors in 2023. For every ton of nickel produced in Indonesia, an average of 93 tons of carbon...
2026 may be the year when coral reefs around the world finally collapse as human-caused climate change continues to warm the oceans.
Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experiment The world is warming fast – and our options to avoid catastrophic harm are narrowing. 2024 was the first full year more than 1.5C hotter than the 19th-century average. Emissions are still rising, with fossil fuel use expected to hit a new high in 2025. Permanent carbon removal technologies – often cited as a fix – are removing just tens of thousands of tonnes annually, almost nothing relative to the 5-10bn tonnes needed. Cutting emissions and scaling carbon removal remain essential. But they may not be enough. As suffering grows and ecosystems unravel, more people will ask: is there anything we can do to prevent these harms? The idea of reflecting a small...
JAKARTA — At least 14 people were killed after being swept away by flash floods in Indonesia's North Sulawesi, an official said on Tuesday, as the search for the missing continued.
[This Day] Abuja -- Oil prices fell yesterday as adequate global supplies offset concerns about supply disruptions due to the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an audacious raid over the weekend.
The US is making plans to try to intercept a fleeing oil tanker that Russia has claimed jurisdiction over, according to four people familiar with the matter, setting up a possible confrontation between Washington and the Kremlin over the vessel’s fate. Originally called the Bella 1, the tanker was sanctioned by the US in 2024 … The post US is making plans to intercept Venezuela-linked oil tanker that Russia has claimed jurisdiction over, sources say appeared first on Egypt Independent.
TSX energy index falls 3.5% after US forces capture Maduro, as investors weigh the impact of Venezuelan crude on Canadian oilsands market share
Delhi's air quality remains poor with an AQI of 288, causing smog and reduced visibility across the city. Despite the conditions, flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport continue under CAT III, though delays are possible. Prevailing winter conditions and low wind speeds are contributing to the pollution.
The move comes after months of public warnings that the San Pablo Bay pipeline might close.
The ruling rejected efforts by oil giants to dismiss the 2020 lawsuit seeking compensation for the costs of dealing with climate change.
Lenders generated roughly $3.7 billion of revenue from climate-related loans and bond underwriting in 2025, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
A wall of heat is moving from the north-west coast of Western Australia across the continent, bringing the first heatwave of the summer to Sydney and Melbourne.
Fire dangers are expected to reach extreme levels in South Australia, Victoria, and inland NSW this week More than half of Australia is set to swelter in blistering temperatures in what is expected to be the worst heatwave since the devastating Black Summer bushfires. The Bureau of Meteorology warned that dry, hot conditions will create extreme fire conditions across multiple states as temperatures top 45C in parts of the country. Continue reading...
Suit against San Francisco-area cities Petaluma and Morgan Hill latest attack on policies that seek to rein in oil and gas The Trump administration sued two California cities on Monday, seeking to block local laws that restrict natural gas infrastructure and appliances in new construction. The lawsuit is the administration’s latest attack on energy policies that seek to rein in the use of fossil fuels to combat climate change. California, a Democratic stronghold, has among the most aggressive climate change policies in the world. Continue reading...
As oil prices fall and demand nears a peak, exploiting Venezuela’s heavy crude reserves won’t be as easy as Trump thinks.
India has launched its second National Environmental Standard Laboratory, aiming to boost domestic air pollution monitoring equipment and reduce reliance on foreign certifications. This facility will ensure instruments are tested under Indian climatic conditions, enhancing data accuracy and supporting environmental policies. Additionally, a new solar cell calibration facility positions India as a global leader in renewable energy standards.
Most of the reserves in the country are extra-heavy oil that’s tough to extract and generates more greenhouse gases.
Veteran oil man Tony Franjie says Venezuela offers one of the most lucrative moments in modern energy history for US oil firms - and good news for US consumers battered by high prices.
Donald Trump's 2023 comments regarding the seizure of Venezuelan oil have resurfaced following Nicolás Maduro's arrest, as netizens question if the capture was a theatrical production.
Experts say that while Venezuelan oil is similar to crude produced in Canada, it will take some time before the South American country's industry could compete.
[Daily Maverick] Forecasting fossil fuel demand in this age of unprecedented geopolitical and economic uncertainty coats crystal balls with a layer of coal dust, and in the short term projections could be raised as financial taps to the sector reopen.
[ENA] Emerging energy solutions in Ethiopia could play a transformative role in reshaping the country's transport and logistics sector, according to SHACMAN, a leading global commercial vehicle manufacturer.
The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100, showing the ice sheet’s vulnerability
Scientists uncover new evidence of undocumented glacial earthquakes in Antarctica.
[Leadership] The African Energy Chamber (AEC), has raised serious concerns about the snail speed of construction of major gas pipeline projects across Africa, with particular attention to key projects driven by Nigeria.
Chevron is currently the only major US oil company still operating in Venezuela and exporting crude from the country. Shares of Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips rose about 3% each, buoyed by speculation that restrictions barring US firms from Venezuela's oil fields could be eased.
Most homes in Germany are typically kept warm with gas, oil, district heating or electricity. So how can you stay warm in the winter if the power goes out? These tips are good to know in an emergency, and also to reduce your energy use.
The US is in danger of falling increasingly behind China in 2026 as the Asian giant tightens its grip on drones, battery storage, robots and manufacturing, although the No 1 risk to global stability is the US under President Donald Trump, Eurasia Group said on Monday in its closely watched annual forecast of threats, challenges and hotspots. “It’s a time of great geopolitical uncertainty. Not because there’s imminent conflict between the two biggest powers, the United States and China – that...
Rock samples taken from the Greenland ice sheet’s Prudhoe Dome show it completely melted in the past 10,000 years — and could vanish again amid climate change.
Russia is ramping up efforts to take advantage of the opening Arctic, both through military and economic means, and through international cooperation.
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, with gold and defence company shares also higher today What role could the US play in Venezuela’s ‘bust’ oil industry? The oil price remains in the red this morning, with Brent crude now down 1% at $60.15 per barrel. Analysts are in broad agreement that while the Venezuela attack is unlikely to boost demand for oil, it also won’t lead to a rapid surge in supply. The question is, will traders focus on the potential for future Venezuelan oil flooding the market, which could tank the oil price, or will they focus on how much investment will be needed to get Venezuela to pump more oil? Right now, Venezuela pumps less than 1 million barrels per day, at its peak in 1998, before socialist dictators took control, it was pumping...
Insolvency Service says 250 staff remaining at Lincolnshire site will be guaranteed jobs until the end of March Business live – latest updates The Prax Lindsey oil refinery in north Lincolnshire is to merge with a neighbouring former rival after the US energy company Phillips 66 bought the site, which collapsed into administration last summer. The US company plans to integrate the former Prax operations with the nearby Humber refinery, which it already owns. It said it would not restart “standalone refinery operations” at the Lindsey site in North Killingholme as it was “not viable in [its] current form”. Continue reading...
After US air strikes hit Caracas on Saturday, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife were detained and transferred to the United States. US President Donald Trump later said his country planned to “run” Venezuela for the time being and take control of its oil reserves. In the wake of the military operation, the Post examines the potential winners and losers in the global oil market. Who are the winners? The US stands to be the biggest beneficiary. One immediate implication could be...
Experts see the Venezuela takeover as a maneuver to curb Chinese influence in the region and boost U.S. access to oil and critical minerals.
One would ditch tightened limits on mercury and other hazardous pollutants and the other would set emissions standards for new gas-fired power plants.
China remained committed to its energy partnership with Venezuela and stressed that the cooperation between the two countries was protected by international law, the foreign ministry in Beijing said on Monday. Following this weekend’s raid that saw President Nicolas Maduro captured and taken to the United States, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian was asked whether the country, the largest customer for Venezuelan oil, would continue the imports. He did not answer directly, but said:...
This desert plant rewired photosynthesis to thrive at 120°F. Its hot secret could help our essential crops survive climate change.
Crude oil falls amid fears US president’s pledge to run country and unlock vast reserves could deepen global supply glut Business live – latest updates Venezuela crisis - latest updates The price of oil has fallen as investors digested the impact of the US capture of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, while a former Chevron executive has said he is already seeking to raise $2bn (£1.5bn) to invest in oil projects in the country. Brent crude dropped by 0.7% to $60.33 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.54% to $56.01 a barrel in early trading on Monday, after Donald Trump pledged to unlock Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. It later recovered some ground, down 0.1%. Continue reading...
Rich nations built their wealth on coal, oil and gas. Now the world is asking poorer countries to chart a different course. Is a fossil-free path to development realistic?
The US assault on Venezuela jolted the global commodity markets, sending gold higher and reinforcing the long-term bearish view on crude oil as investors navigate rising geopolitical tensions to start 2026. The weekend military raid on the South American country – home to the world’s largest oil reserves – added more weight to a call by Wall Street firms including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America that gold prices would touch US$5,000 an ounce by the end of the year. Franklin Templeton and...
Subzero temperatures, heavy snowfall and powerful gusts mark a harsh start to 2026 for many It has been a cold start to the year across much of Europe, particularly in central regions, where temperatures dropped to double-digit negatives. Heavy snowfall hit parts of eastern and central Europe on New Year’s Eve, notably in Poland and Ukraine, with similar conditions across the Alps on the first few days of the year. The cold is likely to continue this week as an Arctic air mass sinks south across Europe, pulling temperatures well below the seasonal average outside south-east Europe. Temperatures are expected to fall widely by about 5C (41F) below average, with some areas – such as parts of central and north-eastern Europe – up to 10C lower than the norm. When wind chill is taken into account...
OPEC+ keeps oil production steady amid political crises and market uncertainty, prioritizing stability over immediate action.
Delhi's air quality remained poor on January 5, with the overall AQI at 262. Dense fog enveloped the city, causing flight delays. Cold conditions and low wind speeds trapped pollutants near the surface, posing a risk to vulnerable populations.
Climate change is no longer limited to shifting weather patterns, but is a growing force reshaping Thailand's economic outlook in 2026, according to Treethep Palakavong Na Ayudhya, chief executive of Global Carbon Corporation, a local greenhouse gas management consultancy.
Researchers from Baptist University have discovered two new coral species in Hong Kong’s southern waters, underscoring the area’s biodiversity despite being close to urban territory. The university announced on Monday that a team of its marine scientists had identified two new soft coral species - previously unknown worldwide - from rocky reefs off Sung Kong Island, located about five kilometres (three miles) southeast of Hong Kong Island’s Shek O Beach. One of them, Paraminabea inflata, a...
The president propped up old coal plants and killed offshore wind farms in the name of national security. That has raised accusations of contradictory energy policies.
The 27-nation bloc starts imposing tariffs this year on raw materials with high carbon intensity. Washing machines and car parts could be next.
Farmers watch with distress as the Great Hungarian Plain, once an important site for agriculture, has become increasingly parched and dry.
Marco Rubio promised the US would use a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers rather than exert direct control on Venezuela post-Maduro.
Donald Trump's remarks about needing Greenland for national security, citing Russian and Chinese ships, have sparked outrage. His administration's hints at annexation, amplified by a social media post, were met with strong rebukes from Denmark and Greenland, emphasizing mutual respect and territorial integrity. Both nations stressed their commitment to joint Arctic security.
Analysts believe US President Trump's plan to seize Venezuela's oil industry and invite American companies to rebuild it will not immediately impact global oil prices. Years of neglect, mismanagement, and sanctions have severely damaged the sector, requiring significant time and investment for any meaningful production increase. Political stability and contract clarity are crucial hurdles for foreign companies considering substantial investment.
The 1.5% surcharge, capped at $15, expands a recycling program that's been quietly collecting old computer monitors and TVs for two decades.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio stated the US aims to prevent adversaries from controlling Venezuela's oil industry, asserting the Western Hemisphere is America's backyard. He argued foreign involvement destabilizes the region and causes mass migration, vowing this will not continue under President Trump.
The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them—or if they even want to.
Rubio said that while the US is not at war with Venezuela, it expects to see 'changes' in how the country's oil industry is run and insisted it cannot be controlled by America's 'enemies'.
Emergency managers say the US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters Donald Trump has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, according to emergency management experts. The first year of his second term was marked by crackdowns on climate science that produced world-class weather forecasts and the gutting of frontline federal agencies - policies that have left the country, already struggling to keep pace with severe storms, even more at risk. Continue reading...
Donald Trump has said that American oil firms will invest billions to produce oil in Venezuela.
[The Conversation Africa] Large wild mammals - from elephants to antelopes - are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that even the small creatures adapted to harsh, arid landscapes may be reaching their limits.
US President Donald Trump has said America is taking temporary control of Venezuela, aiming to tap its vast oil reserves. Despite holding the world's largest crude reserves, Venezuela's oil output is unlikely to see a significant boost for years due to political instability and decaying infrastructure. India's exposure remains minimal due to low trade and diversified sourcing.
India's economy and energy security remain unaffected by the Venezuelan crisis, according to GTRI. Despite past significant crude oil imports, New Delhi has drastically reduced shipments due to US sanctions. The think tank advises India to secure critical resources amidst intensifying global competition.
Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica.
The United States’ seizure of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, has the potential to reshape the global oil market, as America gains effective control over a country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves, analysts said. While crude prices may rise marginally in the short term, the move could boost long-term supplies and tighten the US’ grip over the oil market at a time when its position was starting to look more vulnerable, they said. “Once the US gains control of the country,...
The power supply was cut on Sunday following drone strikes in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, the national electricity company said, as fighting raged in the oil-rich southern region. For more than two years, Sudan has been gripped by a war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with Kordofan the latest battleground after the RSF launched an offensive to seize the strategic region. “El-Obeid power station ... was attacked by drones,...
From snowmaking to year-round attractions, Scotland’s ski resorts adapt as climate change brings shorter, less reliable winters.
Trump vows US will run Venezuela and its oil industry during a 'transition'.
Venezuela now pumps about one million barrels a day, under 1% of global oil supply.
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) warns that the EU's new carbon border tax will shift decarbonisation costs onto developing nations like India. This measure, set to generate significant revenue for the EU, imposes tariffs on emission-intensive goods, potentially impacting India's steel and aluminium exports by around 25% and creating trade disadvantages.
US president says oil majors primed to invest in rebuilding infrastructure following Maduro ouster US attacks Venezuela – live updates US oil giants have so far remained silent on Donald Trump’s claim that they are primed to spend “billions and billions of dollars” rebuilding the Venezuelan oil industry following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro. Chevron, the only US oil company still operating in Venezuela, committed only to following “relevant laws and regulations” after the US president suggested American energy multinationals would be central to his plans for the country. Continue reading...
Chevron could perhaps benefit the most from the U.S. attack in Venezuela as President Trump says oil companies will help rebuild infrastructure.
Global oil markets have to be watching closely after US strikes on Venezuela. However, early signs indicate minimal disruption. Venezuela's oil exports were already limited by US sanctions. India's dependence on Venezuelan oil is low, with minimal trade and some investment. The US plans significant involvement in Venezuela's oil industry.
India has established 132 Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plants, producing 920 tonnes daily, with more capacity under the SATAT initiative. This program converts waste into clean fuel, boosting rural incomes and reducing emissions. Additionally, the country is offering 50 new exploration and production blocks to enhance domestic energy output.
The government is proposing a unique 21-character "Battery Pack Aadhaar Number" (BPAN) for electric vehicle batteries. This initiative aims to ensure complete traceability from raw materials to recycling, enhancing transparency and sustainability in the battery ecosystem. The system will track battery performance and environmental impact, facilitating second-life usage and efficient recycling processes.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country following a large-scale US strike on Caracas, leaving behind uncertainty for the country — and its massive oil reserves. The Trump administration just struck a country with more oil than Iraq. Venezuela is sitting on a massive 303 billion barrels worth of … The post What the US strike in Venezuela means for gas prices and the largest proven oil reserve on the planet appeared first on Egypt Independent.
A comprehensive analysis of the US military strike in Venezuela, allegations of imperialism, and how Caracas's vast oil reserves are shaping international pressure on the UK and global diplomacy.
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried During a golden sunset in Memphis in May, Sharon Wilson pointed a thermal imaging camera at Elon Musk’s flagship datacentre to reveal a planetary threat her eyes could not. Free from pollution controls, the gas-fired turbines that power the world’s biggest AI supercomputer were pumping invisible fumes into the Tennessee sky. “It was jaw-dropping,” said Wilson, a former oil and gas worker from Texas who has documented methane releases for more than a decade and estimates xAI’s Colossus datacentre was spewing more of the planet-heating gas than a large power plant. “Just an unbelievable amount of pollution.” Continue reading...
Years of scandal and disappointment have left a void in our politics. But New York’s new mayor offers an alternative to more apathy: hope On 1 January, to mark his inauguration as mayor of New York , Zohran Mamdani threw a block party . As he was sworn in outside city hall in front of a crowd of a few thousand of us, a nearby street in Manhattan was closed to traffic so that tens of thousands more could gather to watch the historic moment live on enormous screens. The weather – a cloudless blue sky and arctic winds – felt somehow fitting: a licence to dream and a warning against complacency. Mayors don’t usually take office amid such a festival atmosphere. A smaller, more exclusive event is normally adequate. But a key feature of Mamdani’s rise has been the desire for mass participation...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. The temperature in Hong Kong fell to 11.4 degrees Celsius (52.5 Fahrenheit) on Saturday morning, the lowest so far this winter, according to the city’s weather forecaster. The Hong Kong Observatory also warned that sea levels at local coastal areas during high tide on Saturday night would...
Our reliance on lithium, powering everyday devices, faces a hidden fragility. Despite abundant reserves, access is concentrated, and recycling is minimal, leading to constant mining. While alternatives like sodium-ion batteries and solid-state technology are emerging, their widespread adoption is slow, suggesting a future of careful management and reduced lithium use per device rather than complete absence.
Sales at Elon Musk’s company slump after Donald Trump’s withdrawal of EV subsidies China’s BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s largest electric carmaker in 2025, after the US company run by Elon Musk reported a slump in deliveries at the end of the year. BYD sold 2.26m battery electric cars during the year, easily outstripping the 1.63m deliveries reported on Friday by Tesla for the same period. Continue reading...
Chinese electric car maker BYD surpassed Tesla in annual deliveries in 2025. It delivered 28% more than the previous year. Tesla deliveries dropped.
The Met Officehas confirmed that the average temperature in the UK last year was a balmy 10.09°C, which is 0.96°C above the long-term average.
Elsewhere, area of low pressure off Iberian peninsula brings heavy rainfall to southern Portugal and Spain After a recent heatwave affected large parts of Australia before Christmas, Cyclone Hayley made landfall along the north-west coast on Tuesday night. Hayley formed on 28 December in the southern Indian Ocean and steadily intensified on a path south towards the north coast of Western Australia. The system became a category 2 storm at its peak on Wednesday, with sustained winds of 105mph. After some weakening, Hayley crossed the Dampier peninsula near the town of Lombadina, still bringing intense winds and heavy rainfall. Hayley prompted a series of weather warnings from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, noting the potential for flash flooding and damage to property. Continue reading...
Scientists flew drones with petri dishes above several species of whales in northern seas to collect samples of whale blow, which they tested for four different viruses. For the first time in the Arctic, researchers found cetacean morbillivirus, a highly infectious and deadly virus for marine mammals.
Danish renewable energy giant Orsted has filed suit against the Department of Interior because it paused its lease on an off-shore wind farm.
Wintry weather likely to continue into the weekend across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Travel disruption is expected on Friday, with snow and ice forecast across the UK. Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place for parts of the UK, and amber snow warnings for northern Scotland will begin at midday. Continue reading...
Christine wanted to enjoy her retirement, but then the banks of a local brook burst and turned her and her neighbours’ lives upside-down When I visited Christine’s bungalow in Trowell, Nottinghamshire, and asked if I should take my shoes off, she joked: “I wouldn’t worry, I’ll be getting a new carpet soon enough when it floods again.” She’s got another good one about the time she, a 70-year-old great-grandmother, had to climb through her conservatory window because her front and back doors had been sealed shut by flood barriers. “If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry,” she says. And there is a lot to cry about: mainly the fact that her home is unsellable due to multiple floods. In 2020, the brook that backs on to Christine’s home burst its banks and water poured into her house, as well as the homes...
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies Daisies and dandelions are among hundreds of native plant species blooming in the UK, in what scientists have called a “visible signal” of climate breakdown disrupting the natural world. A Met Office analysis of data from the annual new year’s plant hunt over the past nine years found an extra 2.5 species in bloom during the new year period for every 1C rise in temperature at a given location during the previous November and December. This year’s hunt started on Thursday and runs until Sunday. Continue reading...
The Meteorological Authority released on Thursday the latest weather forecast for Cairo and the provinces. Extremely cold conditions are expected in the early morning of Friday and at night across most regions, while the weather will remain mildly warm during the day. Cairo will see a daytime high of 19°C, followed by a significant drop … The post Egypt braces for a sharp temperature drop and heavy nighttime fog on Friday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Australia’s department of foreign affairs providing consular assistance to person injured at Crans-Montana and their family Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An Australian is among the 115 people injured in a fire that tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, killing 40 people. Australia’s climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, confirmed on Friday morning that an Australian had been injured and was receiving medical and consular assistance. Continue reading...
A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term "rescue strategy" is unlikely to save them from the impacts of climate change.
Hubble's latest images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveal sustained, jet-like eruptions and a carbon dioxide-rich coma that challenge existing comet physics, offering a rare insight into material from beyond the Solar System.
As the Trump administration derides climate policy as a ‘scam’, emissions-cutting measures are gaining popularity A group of progressive politicians and advocates are reframing emissions-cutting measures as a form of economic populism as the Trump administration derides climate policy as a “scam” and fails to deliver on promises to tame energy costs and inflation. Climate politics were once cast as a test of moral resolve, calling on Americans to accept higher costs to avert environmental catastrophe, but that ignores how rising temperatures themselves drive up costs for working people, said Stevie O’Hanlon, co-founder of the youth-led Sunrise Movement. Continue reading...
Amber and yellow National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued for snow and ice as Arctic air brings a prolonged spell of very cold weather for the start of the New Year.
Rare earth minerals are indispensable to the manufacture of high-performance magnets, batteries, and other materials that are vital to clean energy, communications, aerospace, and defense technology (1). The global demand for rare earth minerals is expected to double by 2050 (2). China dominates the rare earth mineral market, but recent Chinese export restrictions have motivated the countries that rely on China to increase the development of domestic supplies (3). On 20 October 2025, Australia signed an agreement with the United States to strengthen the supply chains for rare earth mineral mining and processing (4). Although the US-Australia rare earths framework (5) may bolster Australia’s domestic processing capacity, the economic benefits could come at a cost to global biodiversity.
For 10 years, the scientist and photographer Jeroen Hoekendijk has been observing pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses) on the fragile North Sea archipelago stretching along the Dutch, German and Danish coastline. A remainder of the now-drowned Doggerland , left behind after the ice age, the low-lying islands are an advance warning sign of the warming and rising seas of the climate crisis Photographs by Jeroen Hoekendijk, text by Philip Hoare Continue reading...
The polar bear club has started a petition asking the city and borough to meet with them to discuss a set of rules to formalize access for plunges.
The year 2025 revealed health dangers beyond viruses. Extreme longevity proved detrimental. Air pollution impacted lungs and health year-round. Mental burnout caused physical harm. Isolation posed risks similar to smoking. Fitness obsessions led to injuries. Heat waves became deadly. Sleep debt damaged brains. AI questioned medical ethics. Health anxiety replaced tracking. Balance, not extremes, is the future.
Family and friends gathered in Regina recently to honour 11-year-old Henry Losco as investigators continue to probe a fatal carbon monoxide incident.
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris agreement . It is also a decade since another key moment in climate justice, when a state was ordered for the first time to cut its carbon emissions faster to protect its citizens from climate change. The Urgenda case, which was upheld by the Netherlands’ supreme court in 2019 , was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world that campaigners say has resulted in a new legal architecture for climate protection. Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action. Continue reading...
Small bridges around Paulatuk, N.W.T., are giving harvesters a safer way to get to their camps, as permafrost slumps and other changes caused by climate change make it more dangerous to travel on the land.
I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight It’s been another year of climate chaos and inadequate political action. And it’s hard not to feel despondent and powerless. I joined the Guardian full time in 2019, as the paper’s first environmental justice correspondent, and have reported from across the US and the region over the past six years. It’s been painful to see so many families – and entire communities – devastated by fires, floods, extreme heat, sea level rise and food shortages. But what’s given me hope during these six years of reporting as both an environmental and climate justice reporter are the people fighting to save our planet from catastrophe – in their communities...
An Ontario wildlife refuge held a "sweet 16" birthday party for one of its polar bears, complete with a car and an oversized driver's license.
The Bella 1, the sanctioned tanker fleeing U.S. forces, is no longer expected to return to Venezuela to load up with oil, according to a new report.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06208J, Paper Yunyi Chen, Xitang Qian, Yuxiang Lyu, Yican Qiu, Yee Tung Kwan, Siyu Zhou, Xinyi Lan, Siqi Lu, Minhua Shao Anode-free lithium metal batteries hold great promise for high-capacity energy storage by eliminating both the conventional graphite anode and any excess lithium metal. However, irreversible charge-discharge cycles lead to the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A weather warning for snow and ice has been extended for a further two days - with forecasts of more significant accumulations into the weekend.
The bioscience startup has attracted billions in investment – and a flurry of criticism, but founder tells the Guardian plans to bring back the woolly mammoth will not be derailed Death and taxes are supposed to be the things we can depend on in this life. But in 2025, the American entrepreneur Ben Lamm sold much of the world on the idea that death did not, after all, need to be for ever. This was the year the billionaire’s genetics startup, Colossal Biosciences, claimed it had resurrected the dire wolf, an animal that disappeared at the end of the last ice age, by tweaking the DNA of grey wolves. According to the company, it had also edged closer to bringing the woolly mammoth back from the dead, with the creation of genetically engineered “woolly mice”. Continue reading...
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