A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis

From farms in New Zealand to factories in Delhi, the effects of the oil crisis triggered by the Iran war are rippling across Asia

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A third inflationary shock in less than a decade is coming: who will pay the price this time around?

Brutal past experience has taught us that a cost of living crisis doesn’t affect us all the same, because we don’t all go into it with the same income or wealth, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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The Guardian | BP is operating in a world of ‘significant complexity’, new boss tells staff by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Meg O’Neill’s memo comes as company tries to rebuild strategy amid oil shock of Iran war and after failed green pivot

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The new boss of BP has told staff that the oil company is operating in a world of “significant complexity” as it attempts to rebuild its strategy under a fresh leadership team.

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BP is operating in a world of ‘significant complexity’, new boss tells staff

Meg O’Neill’s memo comes as company tries to rebuild strategy amid oil shock of Iran war and after failed green pivot

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The Guardian | Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’ by Marcello Rossi, Nicholas Cunningham and Amy Westervelt

Exclusive: Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals weakness of voluntary model

A rapidly expanding certification scheme run by a UK nonprofit and used by major gas companies may be understating the actual methane emissions it purports to certify, a Guardian investigation has found.

BP, ExxonMobil and EQT are among the producers that have turned to London-based MiQ to demonstrate that their US-produced natural gas complies with the European Union Methane Regulation, or EUMR, which aims to curb energy-related emissions.

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Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’

Exclusive: Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals weakness of voluntary model

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‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Critics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale

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Trump’s Iran war and drilling push show ‘dangerous volatility’ of fossil fuel era

Critics say president is locking into 20th-century energy systems even as his ‘bet’ on oil and gas ‘isn’t going so well’

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More drilling in North Sea ‘not the answer’ for UK energy security, say former military leaders

Government told to focus on transition to mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy

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The Guardian | Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico by Tom Perkins

President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’

Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, purportedly to protect national security by expanding oil and gas industry operations.

If successful, the administration may kill off dozens of protected species – from Rice’s whales and whooping cranes to sea turtles.

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Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico

President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’

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Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico

President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’

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Badenoch criticised for ‘peddling dangerous fantasy’ about North Sea oil drilling

Conservative leader expected to call for government to lift suspension on licences in drive to reduce energy prices

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