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- U.S. President Donald Trump’s war on Iran unintentionally cut global fossil-fuel emissions.
- Carbon Brief estimates the conflict will reduce worldwide fossil-fuel emissions by 0.5 percent in 2026.
- The International Energy Agency says the oil-consumption peak may arrive in 2026 instead of 2029.
- Eight major oil firms earned more than $90 billion in the war’s first three months.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom called Trump the ‘greatest gift’ to the environmental movement.