Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/greenland-iwarning-trump-linked-oil-firm-prepares-drill 

Trump Keeps Spending US Tax Dollars to Kill Offshore Wind and Boost Oil and Gas – Mother Jones

The administration’s $1.2 billion deal with a German firm to cancel leases is its fifth to date...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/trump-rwe-offshore-wind-leases-cancellation-payment-tax-dollars-oil-gas-fossil-fuel/

Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds

Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/canada-wildfires-climate-crisis

 

How Fossil Fuel Companies Made Us Believe Gas Was Clean – Mother Jones

A new report released by the Center for Climate Integrity, a research and advocacy group, reveals that fossil fuel companies knew as early as the 1960s that branding gas as “clean” was deceptive…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/natural-gas-methane-pollution-clean-branding-myth/ 

The Iran war is pushing some countries to move away from oil faster : NPR

Countries are forging a new energy path with renewable and electric vehicle technologies sourced from China. In March, Chinese exports of solar panels were up more than 80% compared to last year, according to energy think tank Ember. China exported more than 2 million electric passenger vehicles between January and May, with nearly half of those exports occurring in April and May, according to a recent analysis note from SIA Energy, an oil and gas consultancy. 

"If China's car industry were handing out a salesman of the year award for 2026, President Trump would be a leading contender," the SIA Energy note says...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/09/nx-s1-5872786/iran-war-evs-solar-energy-transition

 

You can’t claim to “appreciate things” as you sacrifice them.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AQgDYqfDB1k

Carbon Captured — ProPublica

An investigation by ProPublica and Drilled has found that fossil fuel companies have been funding climate research at prestigious U.S. universities for more than 30 years. Their support has helped amplify the work of scientists who promote the idea that we can stop the climate crisis without breaking our dependence on oil, gas and coal. 

The research produced by those schools in turn shaped global climate models, as well as the policy and technology solutions adopted by governments around the world. 

Ultimately, it fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels — a notion that has delayed emissions cuts by decades...

https://projects.propublica.org/carbon-captured/ 

 

Billionaires Know Just How They Want Supreme Court Justices to Rule—and Are Spending Big to Tell Them – Mother Jones

As Jackson warned, it’s hard to view it as a coincidence that a Supreme Court majority built on fossil fuel money went out of its way to help the industry. Indeed, the case is emblematic of a broader distortion of American law. Billionaires and the industries they run have a well-monied thumb on the scales of justice, an oligarchic influence operation that, among other tactics, funds a flood of amici to push the justices toward a preferred outcome…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/supreme-court-amicus-briefs-investigation/ 

 

Trump EPA Methane Rule Rollback to Benefit Billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand — ProPublica

Climate Rollbacks: Trump’s EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.

A Wealthy Beneficiary: Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs.

The Influence Campaign: A former Hildebrand lobbyist now rewriting the EPA’s methane rules has solicited input from oil industry groups backed by the billionaire…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-jeffery-hildebrand-hilcorp-oil-regulations

 

The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis

As cities and states sue big oil for billions in damages over allegations that it covered up the dangers of its products, rightwing organizations are attempting to discredit the wave of litigation. They claim the lawyers behind it are teaming up with an environmentally focused legal education non-profit to bias federal judges against oil companies. 

But it is actually fossil fuel-backed organizations that are attempting to sway the judiciary in their favor, one of those law firms is countering. Evidence of this includes judicial seminars hosted by one such group featuring pro-industry speakers such as the current energy secretary, Chris Wright, in his former occupation as a fracking executive…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/judges-climate-crisis-energy-secretary

 

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds

JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/09/world-banks-pledge-billions-fossil-fuel-industry-2025

Some Utah cities commit to bringing renewable power to their homes : NPR

"Instead of just saying, 'Hey, we held up a sign, but nothing happened,'" Cartin said, "we made this change in one of the most conservative states in the country." It's something, he said, "the community can take pride in."

 The Utah coalition's work is getting noticed. Cartin said he's fielding questions from communities in other states about how they could do something similar. "

That's been the really interesting part of being able to present in Montana and Idaho," Cartin said, "being like, 'Hey, we figured this out. You can figure it out, too.'"…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5734480/renewable-energy-utah

 

Michigan House votes to undo Michigan clean energy standards

Democrats mostly voted against the bills, which passed the House by margins of 58-47 and 57-48. They argue spiking fossil fuel prices demonstrate why the state needs to move toward renewable and nuclear energy...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2026-05-13/michigan-house-votes-to-undo-michigan-clean-energy-standards

 

Five things to know about Trump, China and wind power - POLITICO

It installed 117 gigawatts of wind power in 2025, or roughly the equivalent of 56 Hoover Dams. The U.S. built a fraction of that: 5.8GW.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/five-things-trump-china-wind-power-00918155

Iran war shows EU must ‘stay the course’ on climate laws, Dutch minister says – POLITICO

Dutch climate minister says rising energy prices show why Europe must cut reliance on fossil fuels...

https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-war-shows-eu-must-stay-the-course-climate-laws-dutch-netherlands-minister-says/ 

The Trump administration has built a HUGE money pump.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lRgPk8H4zQg

 

Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds

Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are suffering…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/28/middle-east-crisis-oil-firms-profit-colombia-conference

 

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says

“The only effective path to energy and economic security is homegrown clean energy. All political parties should now be uniting around that mission. Their failure to do so tells you a lot about whose interests they truly represent.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol 

 

Clean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025

Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/21/clean-energy-generation-exceeded-rise-global-electricity-demand-2025

 

‘We are not going back’: Iran war forces global energy shift - POLITICO

Many of the countries that are most severely affected by the war say they recognize the benefits of transitioning faster to renewable energy to avoid future shocks related to oil disruptions. Others remain bullish on fossil fuels, including the United States — whose Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, applauded America’s rising oil and gas production, and called for fewer climate policies...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/iran-war-global-energy-shift-00877861