A Mother Jones analysis published this week examines how the escalating war in the Middle East could affect the global clean energy transition.

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The question the piece raises is one our readers track closely: whether conflict-driven disruption in the world's largest oil- and gas-producing region accelerates renewable deployment by sharpening energy-security concerns, or slows it by redirecting capital and political attention toward hydrocarbon supply.

We will update this item once the full text of the analysis, including its sourcing and any cited production or investment figures, becomes available. Watch item: sustained conflict in the region and its effect on crude benchmarks, which would shape the investment calculus on both sides of the transition debate.