List of Energy and the Environment articles
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Climate-change-fiction-recommendations-homepage2 5 Novelists on Their Favorite Climate Fiction
Sometimes, literature meets the moment better than diplomacy.
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Motorcyclists walk past an oil-themed mural outside the headquarters of PDVSA, Venezuela's state oil company, in Caracas on Sept. 1, 2022. How Oil Came to Define Venezuela’s Economy
The economic shocks precede Chávez and Maduro.
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TRISO-X Pebbles are displayed on a blue podium, in front of a screen showing an Amazon delivery truck. AI’s Rapacious Appetite for Electricity Can Accelerate Clean Energy
Why Big Tech’s energy problem might prove crucial to fighting climate change.
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A group of people in colorful clothing wait in line with empty pots in the desert. COP30’s Dangerous Omission
Brazil’s people-centered climate vision risks abandoning the most vulnerable.
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On a sunny day outside, a line of residents in a town in Jamaica hit by Hurricane Melissa works together to unload a delivery of food supplies. In Hurricane Melissa’s Wake, Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Face Critical Moment
The storm’s devastation is a key test of the United States’ reduced humanitarian response abilities.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hold folders bearing the signed agreement as they sit in front of a blue backdrop. Will Trump’s Critical Minerals Blitz Pay Off?
The U.S. president has been on a mission to secure new supply chains—and counter China’s grip.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30. What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree to
From soybeans to semiconductors, here’s everything you need to know about what came out of the meeting.
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A woman with a scarf on her head sits on the ground holding a black sheep. Behind her white sheep are scattered on a grassy, rocky mountainside. The Women Carrying Water—and the World
The complicated life of women struggling with climate change—and cultural change—in Kashmir’s mountains.
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This view shows the COP30 logotype at Docks Station in Belem, Brazil, on Oct. 24. Will Belém Kill Paris?
COP30 in Brazil tests the 2015 climate accord at a pivotal moment.
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A Lukoil fuel storage tank in Brussels on May 13, 2022. Why Putin’s Energy Weapon Failed
New measures from the United States and European Union confirm why Russian energy exports were always a double-edged sword.
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A woman is seen in profile as she reached her arm out to light a candle. A few other small candles sit on a table behind her, meaning that her face is backlit and seen mostly in shadow as a silhouette. Russia Aims to Freeze Ukraine Into Submission
Moscow is targeting Ukraine’s natural gas supply, right with winter just around the corner.
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Trump and Takaichi, both smiling, hold up signed documents while standing in front of U.S. and Japanese flags. The Countries Courting Trump With Critical Minerals
From Japan to Pakistan, the deals keep coming.
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A woman is seen in mid-thigh deep water on a flooded street. Other people are behind her with buses on either side. Even Doomsday Will Divide Us
Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” interrogates how the have-nots get by in a climate catastrophe.
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A farmer looks at a field of paddy crops that are submerged in water. Indian Farmers Struggle as Climate Change Warps Landscape
Once-thriving crops are poorly adapting to new temperatures.
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Putin and Trump stand close beside each other. Putin, left, is wearing a black suit and a burgundy necktie. Trump is wearing a dark blue suit with a bright red tie and an American flag pin on his left lapel. His mouth is open wide, as if shouting or speaking emphatically. Will Trump’s Russia Oil Sanctions Finally Sway Putin?
The threat to Moscow’s oil earnings is huge. But will it be enough?
