Guardian Environment
Experts sound alarm as North America’s bees start swarm season unusually early
North America's bee swarm season has arrived 17 days earlier than last year, driven by an unusually warm winter that has accelerated honeybee activity across the continent. The shift follows record colony losses in 2025 and is raising urgent questions about how climate change is disrupting bee behavior and breeding cycles. For beekeepers, the early start means compressed timelines and added pressure on an industry already stretched thin.
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The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts
Global energy leadership is shifting decisively toward China, which has built an overwhelming advantage in clean energy manufacturing while the US doubles down on fossil fuels. The gap widened further as Trump pursued trade deals centered on oil exports — the very commodity China is systematically moving away from. The consequence could be a strategic and economic reckoning for the US as the energy transition accelerates without it.
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Chevron wants a school district tax break for a data center power plant
Chevron is seeking a school district tax exemption in Texas for a power plant built to supply a data center, a move that could shield the oil giant from hundreds of millions of dollars in local taxes. The push comes at an awkward moment, as state legislators are actively scrutinizing whether generous data center incentives are delivering enough public benefit. If granted, the break would effectively shift the tax burden away from one of the world's largest energy companies and onto local communities.
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Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’
Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee from Maine, is rolling out an energy platform centered on reducing consumer costs and challenging the outsized influence of oil companies and wealthy elites. The plan reflects his broader populist brand, which has drawn comparisons to Bernie Sanders in its confrontational stance toward concentrated economic power. Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer with little political experience, is betting that an anti-establishment message will resonate with Maine voters despite scrutiny over his past online remarks.
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‘Green card for the planet’? Fifa’s World Cup is on pace to be a climate catastrophe
FIFA's 2026 World Cup is shaping up to be a environmental disaster, following the 2022 Qatar edition's failure to meet its own sustainability pledges. Sprawling across three countries with massive intercontinental travel demands, the tournament's carbon footprint is projected to dwarf its predecessor. As climate scrutiny of major sporting events intensifies, FIFA's gap between green rhetoric and reality is becoming impossible to ignore.
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