fossil fuels

An ABC Four Corners investigation says it has obtained the largest ever set of leaked internal documents from mining giant BHP. The files reportedly show the company was locking in fossil fuel use while publicly stating it was committed to going green, raising questions about the gap between its climate messaging and its actual business plans.

Climate activists are protesting the environmental cost of the AI boom, taking aim at energy-hungry data centers and Amazon's plan to build the largest gas-fired power plant in the United States. Critics argue tech companies' expanding computing demands are driving new fossil fuel infrastructure, while the industry says such capacity is needed to support AI growth. The campaign has drawn wide attention to the tension between AI expansion and emissions goals.

A Guardian investigation finds that scientists from Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco have worked as authors on IPCC climate reports, the scientific assessments that underpin global climate policy. Critics say the arrangement gives major fossil fuel producers influence over the documents used to justify emissions cuts, renewing debate about industry involvement in official climate science.

Commenters are arguing that many governments have been captured by the fossil fuel industry and petrostates, leaving taxpayers effectively funding the burning of oil, gas and coal. They cite a Scientific American figure of $4.5 trillion a year in global fossil fuel subsidies, framing the money as public support for the very emissions governments claim to be cutting.

A Senate report claims major fossil-fuel companies that answered Donald Trump's calls for donations are now positioned to receive billions in benefits, leaving US taxpayers facing higher bills. The report describes the arrangement as a 'bargain' between the president and major polluters, drawing criticism from climate campaigners and scrutiny of the links between political donations and favorable energy policy.

A new claim ties Shell's oil pollution to nearly a quarter of global heatwaves, prompting calls for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to make fossil fuel companies pay compensation for extreme weather damage. Andy Burnham is associated with the campaign, and climate campaigners are urging the UK government to hold major polluters financially accountable for climate-related losses.

A commentary by Whitcomb on GoLocalProv criticises the Trump administration's push for diesel, calling it an act of desperation, while arguing that solar energy is looking increasingly promising. The piece also touches on Rudy Giuliani under the heading 'Rudy Cheeks'. It frames US energy policy as tilting toward fossil fuels even as renewable momentum builds.