List of Energy and the Environment articles
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Damage is seen in Turkey’s Mugla province. Did This Year Move the Needle on Climate Change?
Climate action was needed more than ever in 2022. Here’s what changed—and what didn’t.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a terminal inauguration day. Europe Is Learning to Live Without Russian Energy
Russian President Vladimir Putin played the energy card on Europe to undercut Ukraine. Europe called his bluff.
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A man walks through a relief camp for people displaced by the floods in Keamari, Pakistan. Pakistan’s Climate Migrants Face Tough Odds
People displaced by climate disasters remain vulnerable, as this year’s floods show.
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Electricity workers check solar panels in China. How the World Learned to Love Fossil Fuels Again
In 2022, happy visions of a green future gave way to existential worries about energy.
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A Greenlandic flag flutters on a boat sailing among icebergs floating in Disko Bay, Ilulissat, western Greenland, on June 28. How Greenland’s Mineral Wealth Made It a Geopolitical Battleground
Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory is coveted by China, the United States, and global mining companies.
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Mbaaba Kaper, an employee at an illegal timber trafficking warehouse in Yipala, Ghana, that was initially shut down in May 2019, sits on equipment in the warehouse on June 9. How China’s Appetite for Rosewood Fuels Illegal Logging in Ghana
Soaring demand for luxury furniture in Asia is decimating Ghana’s forests while creating a lucrative but environmentally destructive industry.
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Workers are seen in Doha, Qatar. Will Qatar Always Be Rich?
Natural gas has made Doha wildly prosperous, but can it last in the era of climate change?
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Camp 41, a remote scientific research station in the Amazon rainforest, is viewed from above in Brazil on Oct. 18. Who Owns the Earth’s Lungs?
The battle to save the Amazon goes beyond Brazil.
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Police officers in riot gear are seen standing in tear gas smoke during a protest in Hong Kong on July 28, 2019. How Protests and Crackdowns Can Exacerbate Climate Change
Rather than relying on tear gas, water cannons, and tanks, governments should implement greener counterprotest measures.
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Women sit in candle light in a restaurant on a dark street on Nov. 2, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine Is on the Edge of a Complete Blackout
As winter deepens, half of the country’s energy system is already destroyed—and the other half is under threat.
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Workers stand on a roadside near a 'toxic lake' surrounded by rare earth refineries near the Chinese city of Baotou in August 2012. NIMBYism Is a Strategic Threat
Western countries’ reluctance to allow rare-earth mining at home is cementing dependence on China.
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Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission, talks to journalists after the closing ceremony of the UN Climate Summit COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Europe’s Climate Chief: The 1.5-Degree Goal Is on ‘Life Support’
Frans Timmermans on COP27 and how Brussels navigates a frosty relationship between Washington and Beijing.
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Volunteers work without electricity in Dnipro. Ukraine Battles On in the Dark
Russia’s terror campaign against Ukraine’s power plants is cutting off the lights—and energizing resistance.
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A man in a hard hat watches a conveyor belt loaded with bright blue chunks of raw cobalt. How to Avoid a New Cold War Over Critical Minerals
To prevent a return to the zero-sum logic of Cold War resource politics, critical mineral supply chains must be widened at every step.
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Military aircraft is seen above plumes of spoke. The Solution to Climate Change Isn’t Demilitarization
A new book argues that the Pentagon drives carbon emissions worldwide but ignores inconvenient realities.
