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Last year, DeSmog chased ambitious stories all along the climate spectrum. We investigated allegations of workers exposed to radioactive oilfield waste, reported from the frontlines of climate-fueled extreme weather and climate migration, expanded our coverage …
Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will Read More
The UK has opened a new licensing round for companies to explore for oil and gas in the North Sea, reports BBC News, which adds that the “decision is at …
UK defies climate warnings with new oil and gas licences Read More
The EU wants to shame the world of crypto into greener practices — and Bitcoin is first in line. The world’s most popular crypto will likely fall under a scheme …
Bitcoin in crosshairs as EU goes after non-green crypto Read More
The Swedish Coast Guard has detected a fourth gas leak in one of the Nord Stream pipelines that cross under the Baltic Sea carrying natural gas from Russia to Europe. According to …
Sweden detects a fourth leak in Nord Stream gas pipeline Read More
People living in the poorest and coldest regions of the UK will be the worst affected along with those who are already most likely to be struggling with the cost …
Two-thirds of UK households to be in fuel poverty by the new year, according to new report Read More
LONDON — Britain’s energy regulator announced Friday it will raise its main cap on consumer energy bills to an average £3,549 from £1,971 a year, as campaign groups, think tanks …
UK energy bills to rise by 80% in October as regulator announces hike Read More
French Transport Minister Clément Beaune on Thursday called for an investigation on whether gas exploited by oil giant TotalEnergies has been used to fuel fighter jets used by the Russian …
French minister demands probe into TotalEnergies’ reported links to Russian army refueling Read More
A decree published on Tuesday morning in the official state gazette and scheduled to go into effect next week mandates that air conditioning in public places be set at or …
Spain bans setting the AC below 27 degrees Celsius Read More
MUMBAI — For over a decade, Mattias Martinsson has been investing in frontier economies, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Now, he says, South Asia is “in the eye of …
Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asia Read More
The economic theory behind solar tariffs is simple: Solar cells and panels made abroad are often cheaper, thanks to lower manufacturing costs and generous government subsidies from countries like China. …
How ‘USA-first’ failed the solar industry Read More