List of Energy and the Environment articles
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A view of the destruction at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike on June 23, viewed on July 1. What the War Changed Inside Iran
The regime has been pushed to the edge of strategic pivot.
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A gas-liquid separator at a geothermal generator unit is seen at the Qingshui Geothermal Park in Yilan County, Taiwan, on Nov. 29, 2023. Taiwan Is on the Cusp of an Energy Revolution
As the island phases out nuclear power, can it harness its vast geothermal reserves?
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A Swedish Coast Guard vessel and a cargo ship sit anchored in the Baltic Sea. Papers, Please: How Europe Is Cracking Down on Russia’s Shadow Fleet
Two more nations have joined Denmark in aiming to directly curb Russia’s sanctions-evading vessels.
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Trump motions with both hands outstretched to his sides as he stands at a podium. Behind him is a low pyramid of stacked oil barrels. Energy Security Means Using Less Oil
The war with Iran shows why hopes for energy independence are inadequate.
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United States Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, walks from his office to the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington on June 30. Senate Republicans Just Undermined Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda
Their version of the budget bill misses that every energy supply chain today is global.
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A general view of a rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012. How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon
Washington wasn’t always so vulnerable to Beijing’s chokehold.
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A bald man in camouflage military fatigues reaches up to remove a poster board from a display easel. The poster is covered in various maps and diagrams of a nuclear facility in Iran. Bits of other people can be seen as they bustle around in the foreground. Iran Is on Course for a Bomb After U.S. Strikes Fail to Destroy Facilities
Satellite imagery confirms that Iranian capabilities are bruised, not annihilated.
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A member of the Iraqi Federal Police stands guard near the Seventeen Ramadan Mosque along al-Firdous square in Baghdad on March 9, 2023. Don’t Let Iran Become Another Iraq
Nuclear uncertainty is bad for regional stability.
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U.S. President Barack Obama smiles during as summit. Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him
Experts say the 2015 nuclear deal constrained Tehran’s nuclear ambitions better than the recent U.S. strikes.
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Parts of the Shahran fuel depot on the outskirts of Tehran are ablaze after an Israeli attack on June 15. Did Trump Just Lift Sanctions on Iranian Oil?
Ignoring Tehran’s oil shipments has been informal policy for years. What if Washington made it official?
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A tugboat is seen attached to a massive shipping barge across a stretch of open water. On the other side of the ships is the shore, with mountains rising up against the horizon. Global Shipping Is Staying Calm About the Strait of Hormuz
Amid chaos and missile fire, ships are still sailing as normal.
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Demonstrators wave Iranian flags and a poster of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, during a protest against Israeli attacks on Iran in Tehran on June 20. How the U.S. Locked Itself Into a Regime Change War
Trump’s insistence on zero enrichment was a poison pill in talks with Iran.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif answers questions during a press conference in Beijing. Don’t Count on China Bailing Out Iran
Beijing cares more about the Gulf states than Tehran’s future.
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A plume of heavy smoke rises over an oil refinery in southern Tehran, after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike. Iran Could Still Roil Energy Markets
The global economic impact of the Israel-Iran war has been contained—so far.
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Ships are docked at a port in Russia. Russia’s Newest Victims May Be Fish
Moscow is threatening to blow up a key maritime agreement to protect its spies.
