List of Energy and the Environment articles
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A deforested area of the Amazonia rainforest is pictured in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on Sept. 15, 2021. Who Shapes Environmental Policy Worldwide?
In the Amazon and elsewhere, nature’s last best hope is a hodgepodge of forces.
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An employee of Deutsche ReGas watches a tugboat pull a floating storage and regasification unit into a new import terminal for natural gas in Lubmin, Germany, on Dec. 15, 2022. Europe’s Hunger for Gas Leaves Poor Countries High and Dry
Rich countries are pursuing energy security at the rest of the world’s expense.
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German Economy Minister and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, Norway's Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland and Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre talk with journalists during a visit to the hydrogen company NEL on Herøya, Norway, on Jan. 6, 2023. Norway Is Planning to Profit From Climate Change
The oil-rich Nordic country is laying the groundwork to become a renewable energy superpower.
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Protestor standing in front of a river, holding a sign against the Amazon River Club Development. Amazon’s New Africa HQ Pits Indigenous South Africans Against Each Other
The planned development will bring jobs, but raises questions about who speaks for Khoi and San peoples, what is sacred, and how to commemorate injustice.
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green-energy-battery-infographic-ev-foreign-policy-illustration-HPb Batteries Are the Battlefield
The next geopolitical contest may be over green technology, and China, for now, is poised to win control of those supply chains.
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Physicist Vaughn Draggoo inspects a huge target chamber at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California in October 2001. Could Fusion Overcome Public Opposition to Nuclear Power?
Recent progress might lead to a nuclear energy source that produces no high-level radioactive waste and presents fewer proliferation concerns.
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An illustration shows US President Joe Biden surrounded by the foreign-policy issues he has faced in his first two years in office. Biden’s Midterm Report Card
We asked 20 experts to grade the administration’s foreign policy after two years in office.
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Vladimir Putin meets with workers at a missile manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg. The World Economy No Longer Needs Russia
With alternative sources in place, Putin’s attempt at blackmailing Europe on energy has failed.
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Then-Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó speaks. The World Is Done Waiting for Guaidó
The ouster of Venezuela’s would-be interim president has left U.S. policy in limbo, rapprochement in the air, and a legal mess for all.
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A worker walks by a high voltage substation switchyard that stands partially destroyed after it was hit by a missile on Nov. 10, 2022 in central Ukraine. Congress Must Create a Strategic Power Equipment Reserve
A backup supply of electrical grid equipment is needed to defend against grid attacks at home and make Ukraine more resilient in the face of Russian strikes.
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Valley Generating Station in Sun Valley, California, on Dec. 11, 2008. Is America’s Climate Policy Helping—or Hurting—the World?
A climate envoy who has advised four U.S. presidents responds to European and Asian complaints over the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Petro and Maduro shake hands while looking ahead toward the camera. Maduro is on the right and holds a large red folder. The Pipeline Reshaping Venezuela-Colombia Relations
A new gas deal could boost both economies but comes with major risks for Bogotá.
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A worker explains a photo of construction to an interior plasma chamber. Adam Tooze: Why Nuclear Fusion Is Not the Holy Grail
A recent breakthrough is good news, but renewables are still the better bet.
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U.S. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, D.C. What’s Going to Be in Biden’s Inbox in 2023
Russia, Ukraine, China, and nukes: Here are the biggest foreign-policy challenges facing the U.S. next year.
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Video grabs of FP Live conversations 5 Memorable Conversations in 2022
From Fiona Hill on Putin to NATO’s leader on the war in Ukraine, here are the interviews that continue to resonate with subscribers.
