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2026 World Cup could be the hottest and dirtiest ever
Climate change and the risk of extreme heat could affect players’ performances in the largest World Cup ever.
Eloisa Sanchez/Reuters
Rising trade barriers could reshape China’s clean tech investments
Tariffs, localization requirements, and other trade barriers abroad are making a pure export strategy trickier to sustain.
China Daily via Reuters
Poorer nations face fertilizer hit as prices soar
Around 30% of global fertilizer supplies flowed through the Strait of Hormuz before the start of the Iran war.
Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
One of Trump’s key oil market fixes is about to break
An uncomfortable energy deadline is looming for the White House.
Drone Base/Reuters
Oil prices ease as Israel and Iran pause strikes
There still remains little sign of progress toward a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters
Uranium mining market heats up amid nuclear-powered data centers bet
The gap between supply and demand in uranium production is widening.
Joe Penney/Reuters
Iran war impact on European energy market intensifies
Eurozone petrol sales fell 3.5% year-on-year in April, the first drop in almost two years.
Nations race to protect undersea cables
Marine cables carry more than 95% of the world’s intercontinental telecommunications data and ever more electricity.
Data center energy challenges mount
Unorthodox and aggressive solutions are emerging amid AI boom.
Countries adapt to Iran energy shock
The Iran war has the largest supply disruption in history.
Trump directs nearly $700M toward coal production
The president is using Cold War-era authorities to sink hundreds of millions of dollars into US-mined coal.
Trump’s unlikely clean power legacy
We’re “living in what arguably is one of the best periods to invest in renewables in the US over the last 20 years,” the CEO of EDP told Semafor.
Russia’s oil exports hit wartime high
Moscow has pushed more crude into the global market at a moment of surging prices, driving export revenues to also reach their highest level since 2022.
Google strikes first-of-its-kind deal with a virtual power plant
The deal will free up 100 megawatts of energy for Google’s use without having to build any new infrastructure.
Trump plans $700 million boost for coal
The move is the administration’s latest step to prolong the life of an industry that most energy experts agree is inexorably in decline.
Cuba suffering wartime-scale economic crisis
The economy was already struggling before the loss of cheap Venezuelan oil and Washington’s energy embargo.
Why isn’t oil more expensive?
Oil prices are now hovering around $95 per barrel, 30% above pre-war levels.
Trump administration rolls back climate disclosure rules
The move could leave big companies with a more onerous task ahead in reporting their carbon footprints to shareholders.