The Strait of Hormuz and the Green Tax: Iran Is Changing the Rules of the Game

Malec Paoli-Devictor

16 Jun 2026

Imagine a world where the oil giants pay a price for traversing the planet's vital arteries — not a price for fuel, but a price for the oceans to breathe again. This is precisely the scenario that Iran is seriously pursuing with its proposal to levy environmental fees in the Strait of Hormuz. Beyond the political controversy, this move carries a clear moral message: the era of free exploitation of our shared natural heritage is over.

Israeli produce contaminated by chemicals from army explosions in Gaza

Tired Earth

14 Jun 2026

New study finds hazardous material has been detected in agricultural land nearly 20 km from the boundary with Gaza

War Wounds on Nature's Body: 25 gazelles Killed During US-Israeli Attacks on Iran's Kharg Island

Tired Earth

13 Jun 2026

At least 25 gazelles have died on Kharg Island following the US-Israeli war against Iran, with widespread damage inflicted on nature and wildlife in the area.

The Oil Coronation: Trump's Truth Social Decree and the Death of the Rules-Based Order

Sarah Rahman

11 Jun 2026

A president who announces colonial seizure as policy, who celebrates the destruction of a nation's defenses as prologue to looting its resources, who invokes Venezuela as a model of mutual benefit — this is not business as usual. It is a declaration of where the post-liberal international order ends and something far older and darker begins.