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A Volkswagen e-Golf charges at a kiosk outside an elementary school in Escondido, California. A group of corporate bosses and senior bankers has issued a report underlining how clean energy systems are structurally immune to the type of shock caused by the current Middle East crisis.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

May 15, 2026

Clean energy seen as ‘structurally immune’ to Hormuz-style shock

By Alastair Marsh

The war in Iran may ultimately strengthen the case for renewables.

The Las Rozas solar park, operated by Zelestra, near Seville, Spain, on June 18, 2025. In the coming months, about 40 terawatt-hours of solar-generated electricity, enough to power Greater London for a year, could go to waste in Europe.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

May 14, 2026

Solar power is so big in Europe that electricity is being wasted

By Eamon Farhat

A record amount of electricity is being wasted because grids can’t handle the surge in output.

An agrivoltaic crop, in which solar panels are raised about 3 meters off the ground so that agricultural machinery can freely operate on the crops underneath, in Sosa, Chiba Prefecture.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET

May 3, 2026

As Iran war sends oil prices soaring, some see fresh potential for solar in Japan

By Tomoko Otake

While megasolar projects are facing headwinds at the government level, some see renewed potential for solar sharing and smaller-scale, off-grid systems.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro (right) and Colombian Environment Minister Irene Velez attend the International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, on Tuesday.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Apr 30, 2026

Nations urged to ‘go further’ as fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia

By Nick Perry and Anna PELEGRI

Ministers and envoys from nearly 60 countries gathered in Colombia in the hope of speeding up the shift away from fossil fuels and breaking a stalemate at the U.N. climate talks.

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has exposed many countries' heavy dependency on oil and gas imports.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Apr 28, 2026

Nations meet to discuss fossil fuel exit as Iran war drives up prices

By Kate Abnett

The gathering will focus on practical steps to shift economies away from fossil fuels, rather than setting new global targets of the kind agreed to at U.N. climate summits.

A mini laboratory at a blending and fuel pump station for the B50 road test in Lembang, Bandung, Indonesia

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Apr 28, 2026

War hastens an Indonesian biofuels push that has global stakes

By Eko Listiyorini and Anuradha Raghu

With energy bills rising due to the Iran war, the Southeast Asian nation is fast-tracking the rollout of a diesel blend comprised 50% of biofuels from its vast palm plantations.

Workers install solar panels in Lianyungang, China. Wang Changlin, the vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said on Friday the country will “significantly increase” the supply of non-fossil energy by 2030 and double it by 2035 compared with 2025 levels.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Apr 17, 2026

China lifts green push with plan to double clean energy by 2035

A hydropower project in Tibet and desert-based renewable hubs will help propel clean-energy generation, the vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission says.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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