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- US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels
- Push to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources
- Here’s why US household energy bills are soaring – and how to fix it | Mark Wolfe Wed, 4 Feb 26, 2:00amTrump has prioritized fossil fuel companies over consumers, hitting the lowest-income families hardest
- Damning EU report lays bare bloc’s ‘dangerous dependence’ on critical mineral imports Tue, 3 Feb 26, 3:00amAuditor calls renewable energy targets ‘unrealistic’ unless ‘EU ups its game’ in mining, refining and recycling of metals such as rare earths
- ‘Deeply ideological’: the rationale behind Iran’s insistence on uranium enrichment Sat, 31 Jan 26, 2:31amTehran’s nuclear ambitions date back to the shah and the 1970s and remains undimmed despite the damage caused by sanctions
- ‘The LED of heating’: cheap geothermal energy system makes US comeback Fri, 30 Jan 26, 4:33amMinnesota housing project to draw energy from water stored deep underground, 45 years on from city’s initial research
- The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return? Tue, 27 Jan 26, 6:00pmFifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back
- Scotland-France ferry could relaunch amid £35bn Dunkirk regeneration plan Tue, 27 Jan 26, 4:00pmFrench port’s green energy push, evoking second world war spirit of resilience, is seen as a testing ground for reindustrialisation
- Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds Tue, 27 Jan 26, 5:29amScientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune
- Deportations up, job growth down: Trump’s second term so far – in charts Thu, 22 Jan 26, 11:00pmTracking data from a chaotic year, from ICE detention and job growth to inflation and the president’s popularity
- Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds Thu, 22 Jan 26, 10:01amResearchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politics
- Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows Wed, 21 Jan 26, 5:00pmCritics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
- Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims Tue, 20 Jan 26, 1:00amTrust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis shows
- 15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant Mon, 19 Jan 26, 12:46pmA return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain
- Judge allows offshore windfarm halted by Trump to resume construction Fri, 16 Jan 26, 9:22amSetback for president, who has called windfarms ‘losers’, as Empire Wind project allowed to move forward
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