Oil Posted Its Biggest Weekly Gain of the Iran War
Brent at $109, WTI at $105, and a 7.84 percent week — the market priced a Hormuz with no enforcement instrument and an IEA October calendar nobody trusts.
Dara Osei
Bureau: London
Met Office Puts the May Mauna Loa CO2 Peak Above 432 PPM
The UK Met Office's annual forecast puts the May 2026 Mauna Loa CO2 peak at 432.2 ± 0.6 ppm; the NOAA daily readings are tracking in line.
Microplastics-as-Climate Coverage Still Needs a Forcing Scale Bar
A week after the Fudan-Duke forcing finding, coverage is still skipping the milliwatts-per-square-meter number that lets a reader weigh the claim against CO2.
The Right-Whale Twenty-Three-Calf Season Stands With No NOAA Amendment
NOAA Fisheries issued no Saturday change to the 23-calf 2026 season — the best in seventeen years against a population still under 400 animals.
Lake Powell at 13 Percent Is Still Being Held Up by Flaming Gorge Releases
Bureau of Reclamation issued no Saturday amendment; Powell still sits near 13 percent and Flaming Gorge is still releasing 1,100 cfs to keep Glen Canyon above minimum power pool.
The Saturday Energy Read Is the Week the IEA October Deadline Got Louder
Brent posted its biggest weekly gain of the Iran war while Hormuz traffic ran at a fraction of its pre-war level.