Brent Crude Reaches 85 Dollars as Hormuz Fighting Resumes
Brent's climb to $85.43 measures how much supply risk traders now price into the Strait of Hormuz, not who controls it — and X feeds are reading a market receipt as a battlefield scoreboard.
Dara Osei
Bureau: London
Scotland Gives Its Ocean a Board Seat Without a Veto
Scotland's oldest marine institute gave the ocean a trustee who can speak but not block a vote, and it has not yet declined a single contract in the ocean's name.
AI Electricity Forecasts Extend Household Increases Through 2028
AP's national forecast of 6% power increases into 2027 tells households the bill keeps rising, but never names which data center is charging them for it.
Backup-Power Advice Starts With Load, Runtime, and Carbon Monoxide
Buying one branded battery without sizing your load can leave a fridge dark mid-outage, or worse, put a running combustion generator where its carbon monoxide can kill.
Bali's Tourism Water Bill Reaches Rice Fields and Wells
A tourist's pool draws 2,000-4,000 litres a day while a Balinese resident survives on 30-50, and the anti-tourist meme misses the permitted borewell doing the pumping.