EPA approves sale of a higher-ethanol fuel to try to lower gas prices

Contentious Alaska oil, gas drilling rights sale generates record revenue

The Trump administration said this week that its recent sale of the rights to drill in a contentious area of Alaska generated record revenue for federal oil and gas lease sales. The news signals optimism from the oil industry that high energy prices could persist — as expanding oil and gas drilling can be years-long…

Small petrol stations urge Albanese government to crack down on fuel wholesalers as operators run dry

<p>Businesses ranging from vegetable growers to miners warn of disruption from rising petrol prices and lack of supply</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Independent petrol station operators and miners are urging the federal government to crack down harder on major fuel wholesalers hoarding supply and withholding deliveries from smaller operators.</p><p>Amid <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/25/oil-prices-above-120-barrel-diesel-australia">growing disruption from the Iran war</a>, smaller operators are running out of fuel, including in rural and regional areas. Outlets that buy petrol on the spot market, and do not operate with longstanding contracts for fuel supply, have asked for extra help, includ...

US public health groups urge firing of EPA boss Zeldin, saying he ‘brazenly betrayed’ agency

<p>Advocates say Lee Zeldin’s EPA has rolled back protections and cut staff and funding, putting health at risk</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox</a></p></li></ul><p>More than 160 environmental and public health organizations on Tuesday called for Lee Zeldin, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/epa">Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</a> administrator, to resign or be fired.</p><p>“No [EPA] administrator in history – Democratic or Republican – has so <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-launches-biggest-deregulatory-action-us-history">brazenly</a> betrayed the agency’s core mission,” the groups wrote in an <a href="http://gameo...

Flights, petrol cars and cruise ships: Amsterdam bans fossil fuel ads

Cities around the world are clearing their billboards of ads for flights, cruise ships and petrol cars in an effort to reduce planet-warming gases. Amsterdam is the latest city to join the movement, becoming the first capital in the world to approve a legal ban on fossil fuel advertising. Dutch activists are now calling for restrictions to be enforced on a national level. Our Down to Earth team reports.

NASA wants to know how the launch industry's chic new rocket fuel explodes

Iran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy sites after Israel struck its key gas field

The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, sent fuel prices soaring and risked drawing Iran's Arab neighbors directly into the conflict.