Oil and Gas

Residents walk past burning rubbish during protests over power cuts in Cuba

The UN Says Cuban Children Are Dying. Washington Just Sanctioned the Company That Keeps Cuba’s Lights On.

As Cuba endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day and the UN warns that children are dying for lack of medicine, the Trump administration has sanctioned Union Cuba-Petroleo, the state

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

The Burj Khalifa towers over the Dubai skyline in the United Arab Emirates

The UAE Agreed to Unlock Billions for Iran to Stop the Missiles, Sources Say. Then It Denied It.

After weeks of Iranian strikes on its territory, the UAE has agreed to unlock billions in frozen funds for Tehran in exchange for a halt to the attacks, four sources told Reuters.

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

NASA TROPOMI satellite image of nitrogen dioxide concentrations across the continental United States showing the largest urban and industrial source regions

California’s Carbon-Capture Rulebook Just Made Industry Happy and Environmentalists Furious

The California Air Resources Board released its draft rules this week to govern carbon-capture, removal and storage projects under the 2022 SB 905 law. Industry asked for the scope to expand to

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

NASA TEMPO satellite image showing nitrogen dioxide pollution readings over Los Angeles County during the January 2025 fires

Lee Zeldin Found a Way to Skip the Courts and Kill California’s Climate Rules Anyway

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin sent four of California's Clean Air Act waivers to Congress on Thursday to be repealed under the Congressional Review Act. It is the third leg of the Trump

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

A container ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran

The CFTC May Block CME’s 24/7 Oil Contract, Because Letting Retail Trade Crude Through a Weekend Iran Crisis Is a Different Risk Than It Used to Be

CME Group on Thursday announced 24/7 trading for a new tenth-size WTI oil contract, launching August 30. The CFTC is weighing whether to block it. The reason is the rest of this

June 13, 2026

Business·Markets·News

NASA ISS astronaut photograph of coal mining operations in the Surat Basin Queensland Australia

Australia’s COP President Says It’s Time to Quit Fossil Fuels. Its Coal Exports Say Otherwise.

Chris Bowen, the Australian climate minister steering the COP31 negotiations, told AFP at the UN's mid-year Bonn talks that the world needs to get off fossil fuels. Australia is the world's second-largest

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

Twelve's AirPlant One commercial e-SAF facility at Moses Lake, Washington, the first US plant to make jet fuel from CO2 and renewable electricity

A Washington Plant Just Started Making Jet Fuel Out of Air, and Alaska Airlines Is the First Customer

Twelve opened AirPlant One in Moses Lake on Wednesday, the first US plant to make commercial jet fuel from carbon dioxide, water and renewable electricity. Alaska Airlines is flying on it within

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signs HB 804, the Louisiana Energy Protection Act, into law barring new climate-change civil lawsuits in state court

Louisiana Closes Its Courts to Climate Lawsuits, Then Carves Out Its Own Parishes

Governor Jeff Landry signed HB 804 into law on Thursday, barring climate-change civil suits in Louisiana state court. A late Senate amendment grandfathered the parish suits the oil industry actually feared, leaving

June 13, 2026

Climate·Government and Politics·News

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as India defends buying Russian oil against European criticism

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

At Finland's Kultaranta Talks, India's foreign minister told his European hosts their weapons end up used against India and defended buying Russian oil 'on cost and availability,' noting it was Washington that

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

An internally displaced woman prepares breakfast outside a makeshift shelter in the Kahda district of Mogadishu, Somalia, as war-driven prices push families into hunger

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

The war's oil shock is already pushing 45 million people toward acute hunger, by the World Food Programme's count. This week NOAA confirmed a possible super El Niño is coming for the

June 12, 2026

Climate·Conflicts, Military and War·News

The UN Says Cuban Children Are Dying. Washington Just Sanctioned the Company That Keeps Cuba’s Lights On.

The UAE Agreed to Unlock Billions for Iran to Stop the Missiles, Sources Say. Then It Denied It.

California’s Carbon-Capture Rulebook Just Made Industry Happy and Environmentalists Furious

Lee Zeldin Found a Way to Skip the Courts and Kill California’s Climate Rules Anyway

The CFTC May Block CME’s 24/7 Oil Contract, Because Letting Retail Trade Crude Through a Weekend Iran Crisis Is a Different Risk Than It Used to Be

Australia’s COP President Says It’s Time to Quit Fossil Fuels. Its Coal Exports Say Otherwise.

A Washington Plant Just Started Making Jet Fuel Out of Air, and Alaska Airlines Is the First Customer

Louisiana Closes Its Courts to Climate Lawsuits, Then Carves Out Its Own Parishes

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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