List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Look Now, but Oil Prices Are Rising
Crude’s six-month lemming plunge seems to have ended. But the factors that caused it in the first place haven’t gone away.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Uganda, It’s Bust Before Boom
Uganda picked the wrong time to mortgage its future to oil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From a Swift Boat to a Sustainable Mekong
One of the world’s most important waterways -- and one I spent some time on -- is in grave danger. We need to make sure its ecological and economic vitality is preserved for future generations.
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Somali refugees displaced by floods cros Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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Carbon_Feature1 copy The Hack That Warmed the World
Europe’s carbon-trading market was supposed to be capitalism’s solution to global warming. Instead, it became a playground for gangsters, international crime syndicates, and even two-bit crooks -- who stole hundreds of millions of dollars in pollution credits.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Senate Just Approved a Pipeline to Nowhere
The Keystone XL project passed the Senate, but is certain to be vetoed by President Obama.
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Coal_1 Dirty Pretty Rock
Coal is trashing the environment, but also lifting people from poverty. Like it or not, the fuel isn’t budging from the world’s energy mix.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iraq Wants to Fight the Islamic State. It Has to Fight Falling Oil Prices First.
Baghdad will lose tens of billions of dollars this year because of plunging crude prices. That’s going to weaken its military -- and the rest of the tottering Iraqi government.
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ClimateRefugee1 The Making of a Climate Refugee
Ioane Teitiota, a migrant farmer from the tiny island nation of Kiribati, is a test case for determining whether millions of people, pushed from their homes by climate change, will be acknowledged -- or forgotten.
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redesign_cover5 The New Foreign Policy
Welcome to a fresher, sharper FP — a new generation of the print magazine to match an ever-changing, more interconnected world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Klaatu, Where Are You?
The face-off over Ukraine has killed nuclear cooperation between the United States and Russia. You have permission to begin freaking out.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela’s Magic Number
Venezuela's bizarre system of currency controls makes no economic sense. Yet President Nicolás Maduro is determined to keep it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pakistan’s Energy Crunch Fuels Little But Outrage
Shortages of fuel and power have long plagued the country, and could pose as big a long-term risk to stability as terrorism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Open the Trade Gates: U.S., India Revive Ties With Enterprise
The world's largest democracies are closing doors on contentious issues of the past, and letting the trade gates wide open, unleashing a new wave of U.S.-India courtship not seen in years.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The World’s Next Country
The Kurds are on the verge of getting a homeland of their own. If they do, the Middle East will never be the same.
