Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
IEA raises prediction for global oil demand in 2026
The agency pointed to an improving macroeconomic and trade outlook for the changing picture, as well as reduced crude flows from sanctions-hit Russia and Venezuela.
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Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Saudi’s ACWA Power eyes China and green hydrogen
The Saudi giant is scaling up investment at home and abroad.
Semafor • Dec 14, 2025
Manhattan air pollution dips after congestion pricing takes effect
Manhattan’s air pollution has fallen by a fifth since the introduction of New York City’s congestion charge, research said.
Mother Jones • Dec 12, 2025
The Man Who Broke Offshore Wind
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read “I ♥ Fossil Fuels.”  “You want one?” asked a conference attendee, offering me the […]
Drop Site News • Dec 11, 2025
U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela; Palestinian baby dies of exposure as winter storms ravage Gaza
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Democracy Now • Dec 11, 2025
"Slower Form of Death": Despite Ceasefire, Israel Keeps Killing in Gaza as Winter Storm Floods Tents
Palestinians were battered with rain and freezing temperatures overnight as winter storm Byron hit the Gaza Strip. Soaked tents and makeshift shelters flooded, causing some mattresses to float and improvised roofs to blow away. An 8-month-old baby girl, Rahaf Abu Jazar, died from hypothermia. Moureen Kaki, an aid worker living in Gaza, says conditions at hospitals have not improved since the announcement of the so-called ceasefire. “It is not really a ceasefire,” she says. “It’s just a slower form of death.”
Semafor • Dec 11, 2025
Exxon plans to cut low-carbon spending by a third
It's the latest sign of a pullback on decarbonization across most big oil companies.
Semafor • Dec 11, 2025
LNG supply glut to give EU leverage on methane rules, report says
While the LNG market has been tight for the past few years, many new export terminals will come online soon, pushing the market to oversupply by 2028.
Semafor • Dec 11, 2025
Half of $1.2T climate adaptation funds should go to AC, report argues
Air conditioning is the most under-appreciated intervention, the McKinsey report says.
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Michigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
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Snowstorms Are Hell for Wheelchair Users—But They Don’t Have to Be
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Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games
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Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
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Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?
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In a Warming World, Winter Olympics Organizers Will Have to Adapt
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Oregon Bill Would Tax Tourists to Protect Animals and Their Habitats
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