The EU may be giving up on its plan to snub Canada’s dirty tar sands crude. A pushy Putin may have something to do with that.

India contains 13 of the world’s 20 smoggiest cities, and its capital’s air is, on average, more hazardous than any other city’s in the world. Indian officials are disputing the specifics, but it’s clear that India, like China, has a massive pollution problem to contend with.

If you really want to save the planet, you’d get rid of your resource-devouring pets. At least, that’s what the latest bit of green advice suggests.

The EU imported nearly 3.5 times more coal in 2013 than it did in 2003. For a group of countries with such ambitious green policies, that’s not a good sign.

A group of scientists recently urged the UK energy secretary to cut subsidies for biomass energy. Harnessing biomass energy is a nice way of saying burning wood, and the scientists say it’s not as green an energy source as many in Europe claim.

A recent opinion piece in Der Spiegel traces similarities between Putin’s recent actions and the hallmarks of fascism. The charge of fascism might not be entirely justified, but there’s enough evidence to warrant a closer look.

America just got its first look at Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), after a patient who had recently traveled to Riyadh ended up in an Indiana hospital. The disease has a roughly 50 percent fatality rate, and it’s spreading to every corner of the world.

Harvard students blockaded the university’s administrative offices Thursday in protest of the school’s brown energy investments. This divestment protest reflects a naivety that the modern green movement should be working hard to purge if it wants to be taken seriously.

Nuclear energy can produce large amounts of electricity consistently, something no renewable source can yet claim, and it does so without emitting greenhouse gases. Environmentalists have so far been slow to embrace nuclear power, but that may be changing.

Good afternoon, TAI readers! We hope you’ve enjoyed your weekend. Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, but before you finalize your holiday plans, take a moment to look back on what you may have missed over the past week.