List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 With an Assist From Putin, Greece — for Now — Wins
The prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin rescuing Greece might be enough to get Europe to cave to Athen's debt demands.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Earthquakes Rattle Production at Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
The EU's reliance on imported energy could get even worse in the wake of the Netherlands’ decision to cap gas output at Groningen.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Green Star Over China
Can the country’s unorthodox environmental minister tackle its massive pollution problems?
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Haitians queue up to legalize their status at the Interior Ministry in Santo Domingo, on June 17, 2015. Tens of thousands of people are facing deportations as a deadline for foreigners, most of them being Haitians, to legalize their status as undocumented alien is due to expire midnight. AFP PHOTO / ERIKA SANTELICES (Photo credit should read ERIKA SANTELICES/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What’s Really Happening With the Yukos Case
European courts are targeting Russian assets in a $50 billion commercial dispute. That has the Kremlin apoplectic and threatening reprisals.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Pope Believes in Climate Change (and One Group of Catholics Is Glad to Hear It)
Pope Francis's controversial climate encyclical might tick off American Catholics from Princeton professors to the GOP, but it's right in line with his congregation in Latin America.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Europe Deals a Double Blow to Putin’s Russia
A Belgian court goes after Russian assets in the decade-old Yukos case just as Brussels renews economic sanctions on Moscow through the rest of the year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Hunt for the Last Chilean Sea Bass Poachers
They were the few ships left of what was once one of the most lucrative illegal fishing operations in history. An inside look at the high seas chases that may have brought them down for good.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Oil Strike in No Man’s Land
A new oil field near Venezuela could be the miracle Maduro was waiting for. There's just one problem — it's in territory claimed by Guyana.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 There’s Hope for Tackling Climate Change After All
Economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions are going their separate ways, says the International Energy Agency. That opens the door to a Paris climate agreement that’s good for growth and for the planet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pope Francis Calls for Aggressive Action on Climate Change in Leaked Encyclical
An Italian paper broke embargo and published the document ahead of schedule.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Surreal Images of Hippos and Bears Caught in Devastating Georgian Floods
12 people are dead in flooding that devastated Tbilisi's zoo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Putin Is Squaring Off With Tokyo Over Some Pacific Rocks
Japan wants to end a decades-long fight with Russia over control of the Kuril Islands. But a paranoid Kremlin is doubling down instead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Green Revolution
China has been the world’s worst environmental offender for years. That could change a lot sooner than expected.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 EPA Finds No Major Water Impacts From Fracking (Sort Of)
A four-year environmental review into the potential risks of hydraulic fracturing to water supplies largely vindicates the practice, but hardly settles the debate.
