The Trump administration wants American companies to modernize oil production in Venezuela. There are many roadblocks to that happening, though, including the country’s huge methane problem.
The Trump administration wants American companies to modernize oil production in Venezuela. There are many roadblocks to that happening, though, including the country’s huge methane problem.
An oil rig off the coast of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Photographer: Federico Parra/AFP
As European leaders seek to persuade President Donald Trump that Greenland’s security is best defended by NATO, broader concerns persist about US expansionism. Bloomberg News spoke with Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2025. A lawyer by training, Rae was previously the premier of Ontario and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
As European leaders seek to persuade President Donald Trump that Greenland’s security is best defended by NATO, broader concerns persist about US expansionism. Bloomberg News spoke with Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2025. A lawyer by training, Rae was previously the premier of Ontario and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
A 55.style "Make America Go Away" baseball cap, distributed for free by Danish artist Jens Martin Skibsted, arranged in Sisimiut, Greenland, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Greenland's new prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the arctic island won't become American, the first comments he’s made since forming a government on Friday.
Looking for a good book to enjoy over the holidays? Today’s newsletter has you covered with eight climate books Bloomberg Green journalists couldn’t put down this year. Plus, we’ve got your weekend listen and read.
Looking for a good book to enjoy over the holidays? Today’s newsletter has you covered with eight climate books Bloomberg Green journalists couldn’t put down this year. Plus, we’ve got your weekend listen and read.
A visitor at the Eye of the Greater Bay Area bookstore in Shenzhen, China, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. China's Finance Minister Lan Fo'an pledged to implement a stronger and proactive fiscal policy over the next five years in an effort to support the country's economic growth, state media Xinhua News Agency reported in November. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
From rusty rivers to shrinking sea ice, the region’s vital signs are out of whack, the 2025 Arctic Report Card shows.
Sea ice in a fjord in Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Denmark launched a second Arctic military package on Oct. 10, including investments in additional capacities for defense at sea in Greenland, with maritime patrol aircraft for monitoring and combatting submarines.
A week of relentless rain has created a disaster in the Pacific Northwest. It hasn’t just fallen in the valleys; high temperatures mean rain also fell in the mountains, decimating snowpack and sending river levels to record flood levels. Today’s newsletter gives you the latest on the unfolding disaster, including when the rains will finally die down.
A week of relentless rain has created a disaster in the Pacific Northwest. It hasn’t just fallen in the valleys; high temperatures mean rain also fell in the mountains, decimating snowpack and sending river levels to record flood levels. Today’s newsletter gives you the latest on the unfolding disaster, including when the rains will finally die down.
Water from the Skagit River floods farms and homes on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, near Lyman, Wash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear) Photographer: Stephen Brashear/FR159797 AP
Canadian politician Steven Guilbeault tells Akshat Rathi why he resigned from Mark Carney’s cabinet over environmental rollbacks.
Steven Guilbeault, Canada's environment minister, during the Building Momentum Toward Net Zero conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. The annual climate conference will discuss how stronger policies are needed to keep Canada on track to meet its climate goals, particularly in the oil and gas and building sectors.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is nearly nine months into his tenure. He spent years building his climate bona fides on the global stage. But since taking over the role, he’s become more open to fossil fuels.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is nearly nine months into his tenure. He spent years building his climate bona fides on the global stage. But since taking over the role, he’s become more open to fossil fuels.
Steven Guilbeault, Canada's environment minister, during the Building Momentum Toward Net Zero conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. The annual climate conference will discuss how stronger policies are needed to keep Canada on track to meet its climate goals, particularly in the oil and gas and building sectors. Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
Ex-minister Steven Guilbeault said the government’s recent policy decisions put its targets for 2030, 2035 and even 2050 out of reach.
Steven Guilbeault, Canada's environment minister, during the Net-Zero Leadership Summit in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Canada 2020 will bring together leading experts and innovators from across Canada and beyond to explore the challenges and opportunities of achieving a net-zero economy.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to placate Alberta with an oil pipeline deal is emboldening a resurgent separatist movement in Quebec, warned former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault, who resigned over the agreement last week.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to placate Alberta with an oil pipeline deal is emboldening a resurgent separatist movement in Quebec, warned former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault, who resigned over the agreement last week.
Steven Guilbeault, Canada's environment minister, during the Building Momentum Toward Net Zero conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. The annual climate conference will discuss how stronger policies are needed to keep Canada on track to meet its climate goals, particularly in the oil and gas and building sectors.