List of Energy and the Environment articles
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A man starts a generator at a kiosk in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. America Should Lead the Fight Against Global Energy Poverty
Supplying the world with power will enhance U.S. security.
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A worker partly crouches as he walks across the surface of a solar panel on a building rooftop. Other high-rise buildings of the Wuhan city skyline loom in the background against a hazy gray sky. China Is No Climate Savior
The numbers don’t lie: Beijing will not drive a global energy transition.
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Friedrich Merz and Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder address the media after a visit to the Isar nuclear power plant on August 4, 2022 in Essenbach, Germany. Germany Is Rethinking Everything Nuclear
Berlin is rapidly reconsidering its nuclear weapons posture.
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An artisanal gold miner, digs at the bottom of a narrow gold shaft in the Kamituga artisanal mine, in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sept. 20, 2024. The New Gold Rush
A tug-of-war between governments and illegal miners is igniting conflict. To avoid the worst, states must make room for legal artisanal mining.
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Three activists link arms and are shown mid-speech. Who Will Protect the Earth’s Defenders?
In Colombia, environmental activists are under attack despite the president’s green promises.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump are talking. Trump and Zelensky’s Week of Whiplash
After days of chaos, is the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal still alive?
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Aerial view of the core module of China's Linglong One, the world's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR), installed in Hainan Province of China on Aug. 10, 2023. Nuclear Power Is the Cuckoo in the Climate Policy Nest
Politicians in Australia, the U.K., and elsewhere are obfuscating the true cost of next-generation technologies.
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Four elephants cross a dusty road. Shooting an Elephant in Botswana
Trophy hunting is uncomfortable for some in the West but a lifeline for many locals.
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A worker mans a furnace during the nickel-smelting process in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province. Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line
What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv on Feb. 20. Where Does the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal Stand?
The prospect of an agreement looks increasingly uncertain.
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The CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian research ice-breaker navigates near an ice floe along Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic on Sep 27, 2015 Canada Tries to Break the Ice With Trump
A key Arctic initiative may be a way to mend relations.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands during a meeting in New York. Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk?
Kyiv may have the critical minerals, but that’s just one part of the equation.
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Donald Trump tosses a pen into the crowd holding several pens in the other hand How to Assess Trump’s Early Moves
On FP Live, three experts on three continents try to find the signal in the noise.
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An Amazon Web Services data center is seen from above near single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Virginia, on July 17, 2024. Can Trump Power an AI Boom?
DeepSeek has exposed just how uncertain future AI energy demand is.
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Donald Trump tips a white hard hat from his head as he stands behind a microphone on a well-lit stage with a crowd out of focus behind him in the darkness. Trump’s Not a Renegade—He’s a Loyal Republican Fighter
Just look at the president’s embrace of fossil fuels.