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The city caught in the middle of the big energy shift debate

company or other entity is removing from the atmosphere as much planet-warming greenhouse gases as it is adding. Both the Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour support a net zero target for Scotland

Your next flight could be more expensive as jet fuel costs soar

rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes due to surging jet fuel prices. **Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America** Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America [**Your next

First Thing: Trump announces 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon after ‘excellent conversations’

company said in a statement: “Amazon is consistently identified as America’s lowest-priced online retailer, and it is ironic that the attorney general seeks to have us feature higher prices in ways that would

War, inflation and Trump’s tariffs have shaken the US. Why does the stock market keep going up?

Oil prices were high, and the strait of Hormuz was still closed. Peace talks with Iran seemed tenuous, even with the pressures of high gas prices. Donald Trump on Wednesday [said](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/trump-iran-war-americans-finances)

US fuel prices to take ‘months’ to normalise after US-Iran deal to end war

gas prices at pre-war levels until 2027, even if the ceasefire holds. “It may take many months, if not beyond a year, for global oil inventories to recover to pre-war levels,” De Haan

Why Tunisia’s renewable energy strategy is facing resistance

price shocks should be encouraging countries dependent on energy imports to address energy deficits and mitigate the impoverishment they cause among citizens. And yet few are undertaking the bold actions needed to improve energy independence

US extends sanctions waiver on Russian oil: Why it matters

Gas, told reporters that New Delhi had been buying Russian oil before Washington’s waiver on the sanctioned oil. “Regarding the American waiver on Russia, I would like to emphasise that we have been purchasing

As US-Iran talks remain ‘stalled’, experts warn of ‘long-term disruptions’

gas exports pass from the Middle East, mainly to Asia and also to Europe. More recently, the US has put in place its own blockade to cut off any ships carrying Iranian oil and eventually

First Thing: Tensions rise over Hormuz as Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’

company Maersk said the Alliance Fairfax – a US-flagged vehicle carrier – exited the Gulf. Shipping [industry experts remain skeptical](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/04/strait-of-hormuz-donald-trump-us-navy-iran-shipping) about whether vessels will be able to travel safely to and from

Could key climate talks mark ground zero in global push to ditch fossil fuels?

price rises that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Households across the world are [spiralling into debt](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/30/rising-costs-forcing-3m-uk-households-skip-meals-which-report), farmers [cannot afford fertiliser](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/fertiliser-short-supply-australia-farmers-bread-prices-strait-of-hormuz) and governments are remembering that a dependency

Trump says peace talks could resume in days as U.S. military blocks Iranian ports

companies](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/14/nx-s1-5766431/us-iran-trump-lng-supply-strait-of-hormuz-qatar) The announcement comes after President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to enforce a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad over the weekend that ended