Apple Wins US Greenwashing Case Over “Carbon Neutral” Claims
Apple has prevailed in a major greenwashing lawsuit in the United States concerning its “carbon neutral” marketing claims for certain Apple Watch models. On 20 February, U.S. Distri...
China, Iranian oil (and Venezuelan oil)
“The international community should make clear and unequivocal voice in opposing the regression of the world to the law of the jungle.” This was how Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi resp...
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz also threatens the fertiliser supply chain
Since Saturday, 28 February, three oil tankers have been bombed, a crew member aboard a Marshall Islands–flagged cargo vessel has been killed, and around two hundred merchant ships have been l...
Epic Gamble: The Renewed Israel-US Attack on Iran and Its Wider Impacts
It was a shock but not much of a surprise when Israeli and US air forces unloaded munitions on targets in Iran on Saturday, 28 February 2026. The buildup of US forces in the immediate vicinity ...
Conflict in Iran: reactions from the US and the energy markets
The peaceful weekend of the US capital, which woke up to its second day of war on a sunny Sunday, contrasts with the scenes seen in Tehran, Tel Aviv, and various capitals of the Gulf countries. Unti...
US-Israel strikes kill Khamenei: what is happening in Iran
The Middle East entered a new and destabilizing phase on Saturday morning, 1 March, when Iranian state media confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in his office during the Israeli-US...
India embraces AI and joins the US's Pax Silica
A human-centred approach, worldwide cooperation, and wider access to artificial intelligence technologies. The AI Impact Summit 2026 – the fourth, held this year in New Delhi from 16 to 2...
US fossil fuel lobbyists infiltrate the EU Parliament to dismantle the Green Deal
from Bruxelles - An investigation is raising straightforward questions about the democratic stability of the European Union and the role of external influences in its decision-making processes. In t...
Trump revokes scientific ruling on greenhouse gas emissions
"Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, ...
2026 will be a turning point for climate litigation
In 2026, the courts will be the new battleground for the climate crisis. This is not a metaphor: Ukraine is preparing to file the first claim for climate reparations in history against Russia, ...
Critical Raw Materials, the complex European challenge
Strategic critical raw materials are the Achilles heel of European industrial recovery. Commonly known by the acronym CRM, they are essential for the EU's competitiveness, as well as for clean energ...
Cory Doctorow: “The creeping digitisation of society brings forth the enshittification of it”
He was the European Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for many years; he’s on the front lines for digital rights; an essayist, science fiction writer, and one of the most influent...
Attack on Venezuela: how did China react?
“It was a friendly meeting, reaffirming the strong bonds of friendship between China and Venezuela. In good and bad times!” The last words posted on Nicolas Maduro's social media profile...
The US pulls out of the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Trump administration has launched yet another onslaught on international law and the fight against climate change. In a deeply troubling and unprecedented move, on Wednesday 7 January, Secretary...
Trump's energy imperialism is a danger to the future of the human species
Oil's role in the US military action in Venezuela is first and foremost made clear by figures: the world's leading oil producer has attacked the country with the world's largest oil reserves. But it...
New Nightmare on Elm Street: The “Donroe Doctrine” and Its Implications
In the 1984 slasher film, Nightmare on Elm Street, US Midwestern teenagers fall prey to the evil Freddy Krueger, who after invading the teenagers’ dream worlds turns their dreams of disme...
COP30, how does the future look for the negotiations?
Climate negotiations are celebrating their 30th anniversary, with the start of the COP in Belém, Brazil, today, Monday 10 November. For the first time in years, I will be following a UNF...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans to combat climate change
As of November 4, 2025, New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist, as the city’s next mayor. Mamdani’s victory – along with Democratic ga...
Zohran Mamdani Becomes New York’s First Muslim Mayor
Zohran Mamdani won the highly anticipated New York City mayoral election, defeating independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, according to projections by the Associated Press. Mamdani, a democratic social...
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: 100 minutes for a truce
“Amazing.” That's how Donald Trump, aboard Air Force One on his way back home from his Asian tour, defined the highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which took pl...