Big oil’s war profits may have a silver lining after all

As conflict in Iran sends prices soaring, fossil fuel companies are seeing extraordinary gains – but the crisis may also accelerate the shift towards clean energy • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A friend of mine was recently left in tears after filling up the car she relies on to drive to work. Thanks to the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, prices at the pumps have soared. She wasn’t sure how her family was going to make it to the next paycheck. It is a personal sto...

By Damian Carrington