List of Energy and the Environment articles
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A 12-year-old worker carries coal in the district of Jaintia Hills, India, on April 15, 2001. The Asian Development Bank’s Green Future
The ADB won’t finance coal, but its bans on dirty fuel may not go far enough.
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An offshore wind farm off South Korea South Korea’s Big Bet on Green Energy Is Bogged Down
Seoul is building massive offshore wind farms, but fishing rights and protectionist sentiment may get in the way.
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A pedestrian walks in Taiwan. Taiwan’s Governmental Overconfidence Keeps Creating Crises
An energy shortage threatens critical semiconductor supply lines as COVID-19 surges.
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Two men talk after the end of the ExxonMobil annual shareholders meeting on May 28, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. Can Elites Start the Climate Revolution?
Financial capital and the courts are quietly creating the conditions to stop global warming—if politics does its part, too.
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Climate activists hold placards as they march from the offices of Royal Dutch Shell towards Parliament Square in London on Sept. 8, 2020. Why Shaking Up Big Oil Could Be a Pyrrhic Victory
Cutting oil production creates new risks and may not speed climate progress—unless we ensure demand falls too.
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Mexico City Imposes Restrictions To Cars Due to High Level of Air Pollution Biden Should Pursue an Environmental Treaty for the Western Hemisphere
Latin American leaders have already made strides toward environmental protection. To achieve his own climate goals, Biden should cooperate with them.
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A farmer harvests corn near Burlington, Iowa, on Oct. 22, 2015. Small Farms, Big Pollution
Don’t abandon big agriculture, make it work (even) better.
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Anti-corruption activists in Kyiv. Ukraine Wants to Be Cryptocurrency Central
Kyiv’s big bet on digital money could backfire and make the country’s corruption problems worse.
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Toward Deep Decarbonization Toward Deep Decarbonization
Transformational technologies essential to the clean energy transition.
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Protesters hold smoke flares as they take part in a demonstration organized by the global environmental movement Extinction Rebellion and the Dutch climate activist group Code Rood at the Shell headquarters in The Hague on May 18. Big Oil’s Tobacco Moment
Shell is responsible for more emissions than most countries. A new court ruling holds it accountable.
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Cypriot Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Christodoulides, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, and Emirati Presidential Advisor Anwar Gargash hold a press conference after meeting in the western Cypriot city of Paphos, on April 16. Iran’s Biggest Problem Is Water
With supplies running out, water security could be the issue that finally makes the region’s countries work together.
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A cardboard cutout of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is used at a protest. The Myth of a Green Canada
Is Trudeau too tied to oil and gas to put Canada on a progressive environmentalist course?
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A gasoline pump is out of service near Charlotte, North Carolina following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, on May 11. The Colonial Pipeline Crisis Is a Taste of Things to Come
Biden must act now to protect the energy system from the rising threat of cyberattacks and natural disasters.
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A combine harvester collects soybeans. Big Agriculture Is Leading to Ecological Collapse
Actually, big isn’t best.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin shows Vladimir Putin his school lunch factory. Putin’s Shadow Warriors Stake Claim to Syria’s Oil
Companies linked to the Wagner group are snapping up oil and gas leases—with an eye to pumping influence, not oil.
