Niger’s military government sides with Russia in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing influence in Africa. Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and possibly form ties with...
G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds. The world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate....
Overemphasis on innovation and carbon removal risks distracting from main goal of stopping use of fossil fuels, say scientists. Machines to magic carbon out of the air, artificial intelligence, indoor vertical farms to grow food for our escape to Mars, and even solar-powered “responsible” yachts: the Cop28 climate summit in...
The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday to extend the life of three gas power plants along the state's southern coast through 2026, postponing a shutoff deadline previously set for the end of this year.
Several Republican representatives have proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act to try to stop the Pentagon’s electrification. The proposals sound so mind-bogglingly dumb that they look like they were written by 19th-century Luddites or the fossil fuel industry itself....
U.S. states with a long history of coal mining have struggled with sinking demand for the fossil fuel amidst the energy transformation and ecological concerns. Repurposing active coal mines into rare earth production could offset possible job losses and reduce the U.S. dependency on China.
