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24 November 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 November 2025
Amazon’s hidden data centres
Leaked documents reveal corporation’s reach—and environmental impact
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11 November 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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4 November 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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25 October 2025
Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret
Memo reveals company target includes only half its data centres’ consumption
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6 October 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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7 August 2025
‘Game of greenwashing’
On the front line of the battle against plastic waste, a World Bank scheme sparks controversy
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29 May 2025
Mining giant faces call to return $630m of illegally extracted gold
An agricultural community has blocked Fresnillo from mining for gold on its land for more than a decade—now the courts are tallying up the bill
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9 April 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 March 2025
Burning Rubber
The poisonous afterlife of waste tyres
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12 February 2025
‘Cocktail of contaminants’
Burning plastic and emitting toxic gases has become central to ‘plastic offsetting’ claims
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