(“No Good Options,” Economist, Feb. 19, 2026)
In early January, police raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists, over charges that his advocacy for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining India’s national energy security. Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate claim that Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of the group, Satat Sampada, or “Nature Forever,” were paid more than $660,000 to support the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.
(“Indian Police Raid Home of Environmental Activists over Anti-Fossil Fuel Campaign,” Guardian, Jan. 8, 2026)
For decades, America’s corn crop has dominated the nation’s agriculture. Corn, grown on 90 million acres in the U.S. heartland, is used to feed livestock and is a main ingredient in processed foods. Over the past two decades, corn-derived ethanol has been blended into American gasoline, but it comes at a steep price. Barn Raiser Media reports that research finds that the nitrogen fertilizer used to grow corn, is warming the planet and contaminating water.
(“Ethanol Promised a Low Carbon Future. Its Climate Footprint Shows Otherwise,” Barn Raiser Media, Dec. 4, 2025)
