List of Energy and the Environment articles
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What America Must Do: Step on the Gas
The world believes that the only thing Americans care about is cheap oil. Prove them wrong.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Let Them Eat Plumpy’Nut
Does the food aid that goes to humanitarian crisis sites hurt more than it nourishes? And is the answer a peanut-flavored paste?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Manage a Nuclear Iran
Obama's diplomacy is the first step. Here are steps 2 through 5.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Shock
Peak oil proponent Kjell Alekett, energy expert Vaclav Smil, and energy and national security analyst Keith Smith take issue with Think Again: Oil author Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran's assertions.
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KHALED FAZAA/AFP/Getty Images Debunking the Dumping-the-Dollar Conspiracy
On Monday, the Independent reported that a number of countries are conspiring to dump the dollar as the primary oil trade currency, spelling disaster for the U.S. economy. But the United States wouldn't need to fear -- even if it were true.
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The World’s Top 20 Public Intellectuals
In our last issue, we named the world's top 100 public intellectuals and asked readers to vote for those they deem most deserving of the top honors. Now, 500,000 votes later, we reveal the results of the reader poll. Plus, members of the Top 100 name the intellectuals they believe should have made the list.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Clean Break
The 2008 Global Cities Index
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Grand Theft Solar
After years of slow growth in solar use, a rash of solar panel theft on five continents suggests that the alternative power source may finally be catching on.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Long Legs of the Crash: 13 Unexpected Consequences of the Financial Crisis
Last year had more than its share of vertigo-inducing headlines: major banks suddenly disappearing, the Dow plunging day after day, and billion-dollar bailouts failing to make a dent in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
