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Climate & Energy
Corpus Christi's Shrinking Reservoirs Put America's Refinery Coast on a Countdown
Corpus Christi's reservoirs are dropping fast enough that emergency water cuts could hit the US Gulf Coast's refinery complex by May.
Climate & Energy
How gas became the hidden hand setting electricity prices worldwide
Gas-fired plants set electricity prices for entire grids — and that single mechanism is why a crisis near Iran lands on household bills in Tokyo.
Climate & Energy
The UN Plastics Treaty Is on Life Support. A New Roadmap Wants to Revive It.
The UN plastics treaty collapsed in Geneva. Now a new roadmap of informal talks through 2026 is trying to revive it, but delay has its own costs.
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17 Mar 2026
COP31's Host Has a Fossil Fuel Problem — and It's Not Going Away
Turkey's COP31 presidency is condemning climate backsliding while shielding fossil fuels from scrutiny — and the contradiction could reshape the entire negotiation.
17 Mar 2026
The UN Climate Chief Is Reframing Green Policy as a National Security Weapon
The UN's climate chief is making a blunt case that green policy is a hard security tool, but the argument carries risks as sharp as its appeal.
17 Mar 2026
Uganda's Oil Dream Is Running Into the Math of a Changing Energy World
Uganda's oil revenues may fall far short of government projections as costs rise and global demand peaks, raising hard questions about a development bet already in motion.
17 Mar 2026
Guterres Wants Fossil Fuel Producers at the Table. That Could Change Everything.
Guterres wants fossil fuel producers at the negotiating table for the energy transition. The idea is logical, the risks are real, and the precedents are mixed.
17 Mar 2026
Uganda's Oil Pipeline Leaves Displaced Communities Worse Off Than Before
Ugandans who lost land to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline say compensation promises were broken, revealing a structural flaw that could haunt the region's development case.
17 Mar 2026
Louisiana's Blue Ammonia Gamble Is Promising Clean Energy While Delivering Dirty Air
Louisiana is betting its industrial future on 'blue ammonia,' but carbon capture can't fix the thousands of tons of air pollution these plants will still emit.
17 Mar 2026
Argentina's Glacier Law Is the Price Milei Wants to Pay for Copper
Milei wants to open the Andes to copper mining by weakening a landmark glacier law, but the water costs could outlast any boom.
17 Mar 2026
After COP30 letdown, the EU considers playing climate politics harder
Stung by COP30, EU ministers are rethinking whether playing by the rules of multilateral climate diplomacy has cost them too much.
17 Mar 2026
Turkey's COP31 Bet: How a First Lady's Pet Project Became Climate Diplomacy
Turkey is putting waste management at the heart of COP31, and the reasons why reveal as much about power as they do about climate science.
17 Mar 2026
Big Oil Bets the Supreme Court Will Shield It From State Climate Lawsuits
As Trump dismantles federal climate science, Big Oil is pressing the Supreme Court to shut down the state lawsuits that threaten its bottom line.
