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Iran War Jeopardizes Global Food Security

Transitioning to sustainable practices could boost resilience to compounding geopolitical and climate threats, experts say.

By Madeline Shaw

A Kashmiri farmer spreads synthetic fertilizer around an apple orchard on May 23 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Credit: Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A Los Angeles gas station on April 30, 2026. Californians are reckoning with surging gas prices—the highest nationwide according to data from the motor club, AAA. Gasoline prices have surged as the war in Iran continues. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

California Drivers Are Paying a More Than $6 a Gallon Price for the War in Iran

By Steven Rodas

An oil tanker navigates the Strait of Hormuz on April 28. Credit: Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

How Oil Fuels Conflict and War—and Who Profits

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Plumes of smoke rise over oil depot tanks hit by a joint Israel-U.S. attack on March 8 in Tehran, Iran. Credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

As Energy, War and Climate Collide, a Conference in Colombia Charts a Path Beyond Fossil Fuels

By Bob Berwyn

Attendees ask questions during a press briefing following a meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Friday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images

A Protracted US–Iran War Could Strain Climate Finance From Wealthy Countries to Developing Nations

By Aman Azhar

People fill their vehicles at a gas station in Miami on Monday. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Rising Gas Prices Make the Market Ripe for Electric Vehicles, but US Automakers Can’t Seize the Moment

By Dan Gearino

A lithium-ion battery is installed at a home in Granada Hills, Calif. Credit: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California’s Climate Leaders Talk Clean Energy Growing Pains and the War on Iran

By Claire Barber

A ship heads toward the Strait of Hormuz following a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran on April 8. Credit: Shady Alassar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Global Finance and Energy Leaders Warn of Potentially Dire Impacts From Iran War

By Phil McKenna

Transmission lines lead away from a coal-fired power plant in China Township, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s Tax Refunds Do Little to Stem the Affordability Crisis, Michigan Democrats Say

By Arcelia Martin

Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Los Angeles refinery is seen on April 2 in Carson, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance

By Marianne Lavelle

A tanker transporting liquefied petroleum gas is seen at a port in Mumbai, India, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz on April 1. Credit: Anadolu via Getty Images

The Global Energy Supply in a Decade ‘Is Not a World We’re Going to Recognize’

By Lisa Sorg

A vehicle is filled with gasoline at an Exxon station on April 1 in Arlington, Va., where prices exceed $4 per gallon. Credit: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

Virginia Republicans Want Tax Relief to Ease Gas Costs. There’s Also Electric Vehicles.

By Charles Paullin

A grain bin stands in a corn field in Marne, Iowa. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

By Georgina Gustin

Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks to the attendees at S&P Global’s CERAWeek in Houston on Monday. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality

By Katie Surma

A person pumps gas at a BP station on Tuesday in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda

By Lee Hedgepeth

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks during the Green Growth Summit in Brussels on Monday. Credit: Michael Chia/UNFCCC

Iran War Shows That Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional,’ UN Climate Chief Says

By Keerti Gopal

Workers assemble wind turbine blades at the construction site of a wind farm in Zhangye City, China, on April 17, 2025. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Push Has Made It Less Vulnerable to Energy Shocks, Including the Iran War

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Georgina Gustin

Plumes of smoke rise over the oil depot tanks hit by overnight attacks on March 8 in Tehran, Iran. Credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

The Iran War Is Making the Case for Renewable Energy, Experts Argue

By Aman Azhar

A water desalination plant is seen in Ras al-Khair along the Gulf coast in eastern Saudi Arabia on March 30, 2023. Credit: Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images

Attacks on Middle East Desalination Plants Highlight Risks of Near-Total Dependence on ‘Fossil Fuel Water’

By Phil McKenna

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