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fossil fuel
2026
Wael Sawan warns of pressure on diesel and petrol if strait of Hormuz does not reopen to oil and gas shipping
"Extreme heatwaves like the one impacting the Western US this month are one of the catastrophic disasters these companies predicted their conduct would bring about," said Public Citizen.
Today, we are close to the critical moment when conventional economic growth becomes impossible on a finite planet, constrained by two parallel factors: resource depletion and pollution. Tthe depletion of fossil fuels and other mineral commodities is placing heavy constraints on both industrial and agricultural production. We are not running out of anything yet, but the cost of extraction is increasing, just as the damage that extraction causes to the ecosystem. On the other side, pollution is appearing in more than one form. Chemical pollution is growing in terms of heavy metals, endocrine-disruptors, and other poisoning substances, while climate change can be seen as another form of pollution generated by the excess of CO2 in the atmosphere.
L’enquête « Fueling Ecocide », menée conjointement par l’Environmental Investigative Forum (EIF) et l’European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) en partenariat avec InfoCongo et douze autres partenaires médias, révèle que les permis d’exploitation pétrolière et gazière empiètent sur 7 000 aires protégées à travers le monde.
L’enquête « Fueling Ecocide » révèle, à l’échelle de la planète, l’ampleur des activités des multinationales du pétrole et du gaz dans les zones naturelles protégées. Grande Barrière de corail, espèces en danger, zones humides… sont mises en péril par l’exploitation. […] Ce sont des zones naturelles protégées parmi les plus précieuses et les plus fragiles de la planète. Au sein de celles-ci, on compte la Grande Barrière de corail en Australie, la réserve de biosphère Maya au Guatemala, plus vaste forêt tropicale d’Amérique centrale, ou les marais du Bas Ogooué, au Gabon, refuge d’espèces menacées comme les éléphants et les hippopotames.
The “Fueling Ecocide” investigation, led by Environmental Investigative Forum (EIF) and European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), reveals that oil and gas licences overlap with 7,000 protected areas worldwide. The total overlap is 690,000 km², an area bigger than the size of France — despite existing regulations and ongoing efforts to safeguard key biodiversity zones.
2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling



