List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 4 Questions Chinese People Want Answered After Deadly Tianjin Blast
After a midnight explosion in Tianjin killed dozens, citizen-journalists are pressing the government to do more and share more.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch the Massive Explosion That Just Lit Up a Chinese City
The cause of the explosion was reportedly related to a shipment of explosives to the city's port.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Record-Breaking European Heat Wave Forces Ikea to Take Meatballs Off Menu in Poland
No meatballs for you, Poland!
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin’s Energy Diplomacy Is Getting the Cold Shoulder
Putin’s pipe dreams to cement a flurry of energy deals with Asia and Europe are in disarray.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Map Shows Why Obama’s Green Push May be Too Late
The Obama administration just unveiled its most ambitious steps yet to curb greenhouse gas emissions and leave a green legacy for the Obama White House.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Climate and Cherry Disputes in WikiLeaks Documents Show U.S.-Japan Relations Can Be the Pits
New WikiLeaks cables purportedly show U.S. eavesdropping on ally Japan for diplomatic -- if diminutive -- details on trade and environmental policies.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IRAN-PRISON-RIGHTS BY STUART WILLIAMS (FILES)An Iranian inmate peers from behind a wall as a guard walks by at the female section of the infamous Evin jail, 13 June 2006. From the road it is easy to miss. A small outhouse and a sign saying "Evin House of Detention" give no hint of the huge complex of guard towers and cells that lies behind. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The War for Mexico’s Water
Struggling with aging infrastructure, strapped resources, and poor access, privatization is being pitched as the cure to Mexico's water woes. But will it leave people high and dry?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Striking Pipeline, Kurdish Militants Deal Blow to Fellow Kurds
The PKK’s attacks on energy infrastructure in Turkey aren’t just directed at their longtime enemy in Ankara — they're also aimed at Iraqi Kurds they see as sellouts.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Glut Sends Crude Prices Tumbling and Hammers U.S. Producers
Supply is outstripping demand by more than 2 million barrels per day — and that's before Iran starts selling more crude in the wake of the landmark nuclear deal with Washington.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Amid Decisive Talks With Creditors, Ukraine Tries to Secure Its Economic Future
To bring in investment, Kiev is opening up its state-owned companies to investors as part of a privatization push. But the investment pitch risks falling on deaf ears.
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Bakau, GAMBIA: Election officials set up marbles on a board to count the votes after the presidential elections in Bakau early 22 September 2006. Early results today showed Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a coup 12 years ago, was on track to win a third term as president of mainland Africa's smallest country. Jammeh has won in 12 of the 48 voting regions to have reported provisional results from yesterday's presidential election, according to the results released by the commission over national television and radio.AFP PHOTO SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When War and Weather Conspire
In an increasingly vicious cycle, conflict pushes people from their homes — then floods or landslides force them out of the U.N. tents where they took shelter.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Meltdown of the Global Order
Rising sea levels. Bigger storms. Withering crops. How climate change is transforming the ground rules of power politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia in the North Sea
The chilly waters of northern Scotland have become the testing ground for the next generation of green energy. If the engineers can pull it off.
