List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Selling Crude to Los Imperialistas
Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro blames Washington for all his problems. But that doesn't mean he can turn off the oil tap any time soon.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nuclear Renaissance, Redux
The much-hyped nuclear power revival was derailed by Fukushima. Four years later, nuclear is all the rage again — but challenges like safety, cost, and proliferation remain.
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001 What Lies Beneath
In the 1960s, hundreds of pounds of uranium went missing in Pennsylvania. Is it buried in the ground, poisoning locals—or did Israel steal it to build the bomb?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Prices Have Yet to Hit the Floor
Surging crude inventories in the United States send prices lower, threatening more pain for shale producers but a boost for the global economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Britain Launches European Rush to Join AIIB. Now What?
China continues to expand its influence through the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hydropower and the Challenge of Climate Change
Clean hydroelectric plants are meant to help the world fight global warming. But what happens when climate change clouds hydro's own future?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Cheap Oil Spell the End of Cheap Energy in the Middle East?
Plunging crude prices prompt calls for an end to wasteful energy subsidies in the region. That’s a lot easier said than done.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gold, Oil, and Cigarettes: How an Obscure Trade Provision Protects the World’s Biggest Companies
Investor-state provisions in free trade agreements allow companies to arbitrate disputes with governments outside of local courts.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ukraine’s ‘Courageous’ Energy Reforms Meant to Erode Russia’s Leverage
Kiev has been prodded for years to make key economic reforms, especially in the energy sector. With the economy in meltdown and the IMF still pushing, Ukraine is finally seizing the day.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Would Hugo Chávez Do?
How would Hugo Chávez have responded to Venezuela's collapsing economy? Almost certainly not how President Maduro is doing it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Real Inconvenient Truth: Its Class Divide
Solving China's air and water pollution will require addressing the gap between rich urbanites and rural peasants.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Fog of War Over India’s Polluted Skies
The United States is putting pressure on India to get serious about air pollution. But can New Delhi keep its factories humming and cut smog at the same time?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Get Caught Up in the Air Pollution Hype
Sure, the haze and smog problems of the developing world are awful. But they have little to do with climate change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 West Threatens New Sanctions Against Russia
U.S. and European policymakers are meeting to craft new restrictions, but it's unclear what Russian action would prompt them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Central Asia’s Cheap Oil Double Whammy
Lower oil prices and a tottering Russian economy are multiplying headaches from Baku to Bishkek. But that could be a boost for China’s Silk Road dreams.
