List of Energy and the Environment articles
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A Chinese dredger pumps sand in Sri Lanka. China Is Stealing Taiwan’s Sand
A surprisingly precious resource is another front in gray-zone warfare.
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The receiving station for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Europe’s Worst Energy Nightmare Is Becoming Reality
Russian outages and record-high prices threaten a “winter of discontent.”
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Afghan miners work. ‘The Taliban Have Picked Up the Resource Curse’
The Taliban are strip-mining their mineral wealth to fund factional power grabs.
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Teams carry ammunition cleared from civilian settlements south of Tripoli, Libya, on July 22, 2020. Militia affiliated with the warlord Khalifa Haftar's armed forces and mercenaries from the Russian security company Wagner Group trapped multiple mines and handmade explosives in the area. Libya Could Be Putin’s Trump Card
Global oil markets have already felt the pinch of Libyan oil shutdowns helped along by Russian mercenaries.
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Residents of Johannesburg’s Soweto township protest. Why South Africa Is in the Dark, Again
Winter is here. And the country is facing its worst-ever energy crisis.
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U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One. What to Expect From Biden’s Big Middle East Trip
The U.S. president’s upcoming trip to the region is being driven largely by a domestic political crisis linked to the price of oil.
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Men in Kabul's Deh Sabz district work on the back of a coal truck. Taliban Wage War Over Coal in Northern Afghanistan
The battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals.
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A ranger fires his assault rifle in Congo. Western Nonprofits Are Trampling Over Africans’ Rights and Land
Indigenous people are being forced out from so-called protected areas.
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A digger descends into a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 8, 2016. Green Energy’s Dirty Secret: Its Hunger for African Resources
The scramble for battery metals threatens to replicate one of the most destructive dynamics in global economic history.
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A view of high-voltage transmission towers in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 21, 2021. Yes, We Need to Talk About Cutting Energy Demand
By focusing only on energy supply, the world is ignoring some of the cheapest and quickest ways to fight the crisis.
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Members of the Indigenous Sámi community march during a Fridays for Future protest in Jokkmokk, northern Sweden, on Feb. 7, 2020, the Sámi National Day. The Ukraine War Is Dividing Europe’s Arctic Indigenous People
It has driven a wedge between Sámi in Russia and those in Nordic countries.
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The sun sets on a deep-sea mining vessel Race to the Bottom: Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Frontier
The untapped trove of metals on the ocean floor might be the key to a greener future—or an environmental catastrophe.
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A man views congestion in Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal’s Big EV Bet
Is it a genuine push toward a cleaner—and safer—nation?
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Members of the Taliban stand in front of a Blackhawk helicopter. Afghans Battle Another Blow After Big Earthquake
The Taliban can’t govern in normal times, let alone disaster response.
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Erdogan in Albania Why the West Should Make Peace With Erdogan Now
He is the one unsavory character the West urgently needs better relations with.
