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View of Suralaya coal power plant in Banten Province, Indonesia.

Flawed energy road map may block Indonesia’s coal exit, critics warn

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 May 2025
Oil industry giants like Chevron, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies are planning to refit existing oil refineries or build new biofuel plants to produce renewable diesel.

As renewable diesel surges, sustainability claims are deeply questioned

Sean Mowbray 12 May 2025
The sun sets New York City. Lengthy record-setting heat waves can be costly, greatly increasing ozone and other air pollutants, resulting in deaths and hospitalizations, while also straining energy grids, transportation networks and water supplies. Image by Johannes Plenio (@jplenio) via Unsplash.

Science lays out framework to assess climate liability of fossil fuel majors

Justin Catanoso 9 May 2025

Indonesia’s gas bet poses risks for economy, health and climate

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2025
Greater Greener Gloster community members stand in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, as they demand the cleanup of the Drax pellet mill

Wood pellet maker Drax denied pollution permit after small town Mississippi outcry

Justin Catanoso 1 May 2025

Indonesia defies global coal retreat with captive plant boom

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2025
protests Mexico

Sheinbaum’s energy agenda under fire as Mexican activists slam LNG megaproject

Joshua Collins and Daniela Díaz 15 Apr 2025
oil spill river

Colombia’s top oil company concealed environmental damages: Investigation

Mie Hoejris Dahl 20 Mar 2025
Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau province.

Political appointments in Indonesian climate program spark outcry over accountability

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Mar 2025
Aerial view of coal mining in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

Indonesia’s coal gasification reboot faces backlash over economic, environmental risks

Basten Gokkon 13 Mar 2025
A researcher notes biomass measurements in a mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Image by Kate Evans/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Mangrove deforestation for commodities limits conservation funding in SE Asia

Carolyn Cowan 25 Feb 2025

Bangladeshi researchers pin hopes on irrigation method with real-time methane monitoring

Sadiqur Rahman 20 Feb 2025
A coal-fired power plant at night in the nickel industrial area in Halmahera.

US security think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2025
Peatland forest in Central Kalimantan.

Protecting peatlands and mangroves could halve Southeast Asia’s land-use emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Feb 2025

Indonesia mulls Paris Agreement exit, citing fairness and energy transition costs

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Feb 2025
Coal miners in Meghalaya, India.

Coal gasification, an old technology, is quietly expanding across Asia

Nithin Coca 21 Jan 2025
Forest near Rabia on the island of Waigeo in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler.

Indonesian forestry minister proposes 20m hectares of deforestation for crops

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jan 2025

Indonesia risks carbon ‘backfire’ with massive deforestation for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Dec 2024

Experts question benefits of Colombian forestation project led by top oil trader

Carla Ruas 23 Dec 2024

Even for ‘progressive’ Danone, complying with EUDR is a challenge

Maxwell Radwin 19 Dec 2024

Recycling gold can tackle illegal mining in the Amazon, but is no silver bullet

Sarah Brown 13 Dec 2024

Certified ethanol produced in Brazil for global airlines linked to slave labor

Poliana Dallabrida from Repórter Brasil 5 Dec 2024

Climate financing should come from oil and gas ‘super’ profits, study says

Maxwell Radwin 2 Dec 2024
A U.S. dairy farm. Global methane emissions have increased rapidly over the past five years.

Atmospheric methane removal: A promising but challenging climate solution

Sean Mowbray 6 Nov 2024
Greater Greener Gloster community members stand in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, as they demand the cleanup of the Drax pellet mill

New survey puts human face on pollution caused by U.S. wood pellet mills

Justin Catanoso 24 Oct 2024
A deforestated site in Edenton, North Carolina.

Delay of EU Deforestation Regulation may ‘be excuse to gut law,’ activists fear

Justin Catanoso 17 Oct 2024

As 25 Earth vital signs worsen, scientists warn of ‘irreversible climate disaster’

Sean Mowbray 15 Oct 2024
A steel production site in China.

Aluminum and steel vital to energy transition, but need circular solutions

Sean Mowbray 18 Sep 2024

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Sep 2024
The sea and the coastal residential land are affected by the waste of upstream nickel mining operations.

At-risk groups in Indonesia demand greater say in climate policymaking

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Aug 2024
Fire in an area newly deforested in Brazil.

Forest degradation releases 5 times more Amazon carbon than deforestation: Study

Justin Catanoso 9 Aug 2024
Trees cut down for biomass.

Biomass power grows in Japan despite new understanding of climate risks

Annelise Giseburt 29 Jul 2024

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