Energy Archives

Jul 16, 2025

Airlines risk legal challenges by advertising jet fuel as “sustainable”, NGO warns

Amid suspected fraud in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a new report says the airline industry should stop calling all alternatives to kerosene “sustainable”

Jul 9, 2025

Politics

COP30 president: Transition from fossil fuels can start without climate talks

In an exclusive interview, André Corrêa do Lago says negotiators can work out rules or a timeline for the energy transition, but it’s up to countries to act on what they agreed

Jul 17, 2025

News

In Brazil’s lithium belt, locals fear push to dismantle legal protections

As demand for transition minerals soars, pro-business lawmakers and environmental activists in COP30 host Brazil are in a tug of war over how to regulate the mining industry

Jul 6, 2025

Politics

Nuclear comeback? Japan’s plans to restart reactors hit resistance over radioactive waste

The Japanese government wants to turn its nuclear power stations back on – but some local residents and Indigenous Ainu people don’t want nuclear waste stored near them

Jul 4, 2025

News

Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control

Inter-American Court of Human Rights issues a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, urging states to regulate fossil fuels and corporate emissions

Jul 1, 2025

How off-grid solar is beating the odds to transform lives in rural Africa

By embracing solar power, many African countries are seeing improvements in electricity access, but financial barriers remain

Jun 26, 2025

Politics

Brazil’s environment minister suggests roadmap to end fossil fuels at COP30

Brazil’s environment minister Marina Silva suggests this year’s COP30 climate summit could result in a roadmap to guide a “planned and just transition”

Jun 26, 2025

Comment

How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence

Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference

Jun 25, 2025

News

Brazilian activists vow to fight Amazon oil auction in court, hail ‘partial victory’ over unsold blocks

Brazil has faced criticism over last week’s auction of exploration blocks just months before it hosts COP30 talks focused on shifting away from fossil fuels

Jun 18, 2025

Aviation's Green Dream

Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy?

Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies – our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel

Jun 18, 2025

Aviation's Green Dream

Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land

Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record

Jun 18, 2025

Aviation's Green Dream

Air travel’s ‘holy grail’: Jet fuel made from CO2 and water prepares for take-off

Synthetic jet fuel companies think they have the answer to tackling aviation emissions despite concerns about the cost of producing energy-hungry e-SAF

Jun 17, 2025

Politics

Bonn Bulletin: Slow start to climate talks fails to reflect urgency

A bitter row over the agenda ended with a compromise on adding finance and trade measures, while COP30 host Brazil sold off oil blocks to fossil fuel giants

Jun 17, 2025

What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like?

As climate negotiations get underway in Bonn, an initiative set up to work on a pact against fossil fuels is discussing its structure and ways to promote the phase-out of coal, oil and gas

May 29, 2025

Energy

Cobalt and nickel-free electric car batteries boom in “good news” for rainforests

Lithium iron phosphate batteries do not contain cobalt and nickel, which are mostly found in rainforest nations like the DR Congo and Indonesia

May 26, 2025

Clean Energy Frontier

Does the world need a global treaty on energy transition minerals?

As countries rush to secure supplies of the materials needed to ramp up clean energy, a push for stronger governance rules is gathering momentum

May 19, 2025

Energy

Nigerian president’s solar panels stir debate over renewables for the rich

Solar systems are a solution to Nigeria’s frequent power cuts and inadequate grid coverage – but only for those who can afford them

May 16, 2025

Clean Energy Frontier

Europe’s lithium rush leaves mineral-rich communities in the dark

Local residents are seeking more information and want stronger guarantees that mining won’t harm the nature on which their incomes depend

May 13, 2025

Energy

Trump shifts US funds from shutting down foreign fossil fuels to expanding them

The US administration has pulled clean energy and just transition funding in South Africa and is pressuring EXIM and the World Bank to back fossil fuels

May 13, 2025

Comment

How to make electric vehicles that don’t trash forests through mining

Using battery technology that is less reliant on minerals can avert worsening environmental damage caused by the stampede to secure materials for EVs

May 11, 2025

Justice

Rising copper demand fuels concern over pollution and rights abuses

The UN has dubbed copper the “new strategic raw material” for the green digital economy – but will more mining come at a high cost to communities?

May 8, 2025

Comment

COP30 must heed the elephant in the room: fossil fuels

Oil, gas and coal cause three-quarters of global emissions. Why are they nowhere to be seen on the Belém climate summit’s agenda?

May 7, 2025

Is electrification a no-brainer in the race to net-zero?

Switching to electricity in homes and on the road is a relatively painless way to cut emissions, but few countries have a holistic approach to going electric

May 5, 2025

Comment

Asia’s fossil-free future demands real transformation – not a false transition

As it meets this week, the Asian Development Bank should stop supporting fossil gas as a “bridge” fuel and back renewable energy