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War on Iran delivers another bonanza for oil giants while families foot the bill
Shell made a US$6.9 billion first quarter profit, more than double last quarter’s, as the US-Israeli war on Iran drives oil prices above US$100 a barrel.
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From Ukraine to Iran: how the fossil fuel war playbook makes people pay for crisis
The US and Israel’s war on Iran is not only a human tragedy. It is also a textbook example of the fossil fuel industry’s war playbook, turning oil and gas chaos into record profits while people face higher bills. Governments can either keep playing along, or break the cycle with renewables and justice‑based solutions.
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How the war on Iran exposes the link between fossil fuels, plastics, and price shocks
The US-Israel war on Iran is a human and environmental crisis, but it also exposes how deeply plastics depend on fossil fuels. As oil and petrochemical supply chains are disrupted, prices rise and corporations push more extraction, making the case for reuse, renewables and a strong Global Plastics Treaty even clearer.
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Governments must seize energy crisis as pivotal moment to end fossil fuels
Governments meeting at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, including Türkiye as this year’s UN climate talks president, must use the global disruption in fossil fuel supplies from the war on Iran as an accelerator for a just transition away from fossil fuels
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How is your government responding to the war on Iran and the oil price shock?
We analysed 37 government responses introduced since 28 February 2026 to the Iran war oil shock. Many risk deepening the fossil fuel dependence that caused the crisis in the first place.
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Greenpeace warns of ‘disaster waiting to happen’ as 85 large oil tankers lie trapped in the Persian Gulf
A single oil spill in the Gulf could damage this fragile marine habitat beyond repair with devastating consequences for people, animals, and plants in the region, adding to the terrible human toll this illegal war has already taken on local communities.
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How oil tankers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz south of Iran threatens the Gulf ecosystem
An alarming investigation by Greenpeace Germany has analysed the blocked Strait of Hormuz using ship movement data and satellite imagery and simulated the potential consequences of an oil spill in the Persian Gulf.
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You can’t blow up the sun: 4 reasons renewables are a security imperative
When the global economy is dependent on a centralised, combustible resource, missiles do more than just cut off power or disrupt shipping. They rock the very foundation of global stability.
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Greenpeace International response to OPEC+ oil output decision amid war on Iran and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz
Today’s OPEC meeting makes one thing clear: as long as our world runs on oil and gas, our peace, security and our pockets will always be at the mercy of geopolitics. – Greenpeace International Executive Director Mads Christensen
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Will the International Olympic Committee stand with athletes or Big Oil?
The campaign to end fossil fuel sponsorship of the Olympic Games has escalated rapidly, placing the IOC under growing public pressure.