International Security & War

The Philippines is making it easier for households and businesses to install small-scale solar as America’s war on Iran drives up energy prices across Southeast Asia.

The Greenland government has issued a “strong warning” after a U.S. oil company with ties to Donald Trump moved drilling equipment into position for a project that hasn’t received official approval, in what is being interpreted as a possible new front in Trump’s attempts to annex the autonomous and self-governing...

Canada’s biggest oil companies are cashing in on Donald Trump’s war on Iran, with the four biggest oil sands producers reporting a staggering $13.3 billion in profits in the three months ending June 30. And economist Jim Stanford says Canadian households and businesses are paying the price.

As gasoline shortages plague Russia, many people blame local authorities rather than openly discussing the war that has strained the country's supplies.

Supply concentration, especially in refining, as well as proliferating export controls, declining investment, and supply chain and work force bottlenecks are putting critical mineral security at risk for most countries, the International Energy Agency warns in its latest annual Global Critical Minerals Outlook.

Global oil demand and natural gas trading are both set to decline this year, international analysts say, less than two weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to triple Canada’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and Energy Minister Tim Hodgson declared a $43.7-billion oil pipeline a “good investment” for taxpayers.

Renewable energy helped to avoid an estimated US$480 billion globally in fossil fuel costs in 2025, finds a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), while avoiding 8.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

Nearly three dozen countries pledged to pick up the pace on energy efficiency improvements last week, during an International Energy Agency (IEA) conference in Montreal where much of the top-line messaging was about energy security through oil and gas exports—and Canada as a preferred supplier.

While efforts to weaken the EU’s methane regulation have intensified, with 12 EU governments requesting a three-year delay in implementation, Oslo-based Rystad Energy has issued several research-backed statements insisting there’s no risk to energy supplies with full implementation Jan. 1 as planned.

An explosion tore through Qatar's key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that killed at least 13 people and hurt dozens more.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The tentative agreement to end the war in Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be good news for the global economy. But even as the price of oil dropped Monday, many questions remained about when and how it would start flowing again through the...

This year’s Banking on Climate Chaos report shows a “new oligopoly” of a dozen banks responsible for nearly 40% of new fossil fuel financing. JPMorganChase is the “kingpin”, and the Royal Bank of Canada placed seventh on the list. Total fossil fuel financing since the 2015 Paris Agreement: US$8.7 billion.

Small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developers in the United States may soon be granted access to weapons-grade plutonium to use as fuel, and “experts have concerns,” Energy Central reports.

Global clean energy, nuclear, grid, and energy efficiency investment will hold steady at US$2.2 trillion this year, while fossil fuel spending will tick up slightly from $1.1 to $1.2 trillion, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concludes in the latest edition of its annual World Energy Investment report.

Major Nordic financiers and some of Europe’s bigger political heavyweights are among the 127 investors, businesses, scientists, trade unions, think tanks, and non-governmental organizations cautioning the European Commission against opening the door to new fossil fuel extraction in the Arctic.