The clean energy transition is turning into a power struggle. Countries built on fossil fuels are pushing back, while others are racing ahead on renewables.
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The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026
While wind and solar energy led in investments globally, liquefied natural gas is also booming. A former climate envoy for Germany explains what...
Trump keeps eyeing Greenland’s oil and minerals. A geoscientist explains why melting ice, unstable fjords and climate-driven hazards make mining and drilling there extraordinarily risky, expensive and potentially deadly ⬇️
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Greenland’s melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump is eyeing dangerous to extract
Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.
“Regime change” ≠ just removing a leader. The U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro has revived the term, often as shorthand for ending Venezuela’s crisis. But in foreign policy, the term ‘regime change’ means an outside power remaking a country’s political system — not simply replacing one person with another. That distinction matters and history shows it’s where real instability often begins.
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Regime change means different things to different people. Either way, it hasn’t happened in Venezuela … yet
Talk of regime change brings up uncomfortable memories of the chaos after the overthrow of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.