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16 March 2026
Indonesian exporters in palm oil probe supplied European fuel majors
Arrests raise doubts about fraud detection in EU biofuels market
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24.11.2025
‘Dirty Energy Empire’
Soaring electricity demand in Mumbai, where Amazon has 16 data centres, has led to crumbling coal power stations being kept open—and worries that AI is helping keep the world hooked on fossil fuels
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24.11.2025
Amazon’s hidden data centres
Leaked documents reveal corporation’s reach—and environmental impact
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04.11.2025
North Sea Storm
Poised to take control of ‘the backbone of the UK’s energy production’, Franceso Mazzagatti is defending allegations bribery, forgery and fraud
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11.11.2025
Jack Ma’s family shifted wealth to UK after years-long ‘disappearance’
Chinese billionaire’s family bought London mansion as he reconciled with Chinese authorities after years of exile
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25.10.2025
Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret
Memo reveals company target includes only half its data centres’ consumption
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06.10.2025
Shadow fleet slicks test limits of EU sanctions
The West has sanctioned more than 400 ships carrying Russian oil. The slicks keep coming
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07.08.2025
‘Game of greenwashing’
On the front line of the battle against plastic waste, a World Bank scheme sparks controversy
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09.04.2025
Big Tech’s data centre push will take water from the world’s driest areas
Tech giants are building data centres in water-scarce parts of five continents
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25.03.2025
Burning Rubber
The poisonous afterlife of waste tyres
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12.02.2025
‘Cocktail of contaminants’
Burning plastic and emitting toxic gases has become central to ‘plastic offsetting’ claims
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04.02.2025
Shadow Crews
EU and Ukrainian companies are manning the ships carrying Putin’s oil
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