List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Wants to Steal Middle East Oil, and He’s Not Alone
“Take the oil” isn’t just an applause line — it’s a policy that has been discussed in Washington for decades.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 OPEC Is in its Death Throes
The latest bluster by Saudi Arabia won't scare America’s oil producers – or solve its own existential crisis.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Death Toll In Haiti Spikes As Hurricane Matthews Arrives In the U.S.
President Obama tells those in harm's way to evacuate ahead of the storm.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Atlantic Council Did Not Give a Global Citizen Award to Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba
And the allegation that we received funding to nominate him for the award is preposterous.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the India-Pakistan War Over Water Is So Dangerous
As New Delhi and Islamabad trade nuclear threats and deadly attacks, a brewing war over shared water resources threatens to turn up the violence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. to OPEC: Don’t Drill, Baby, Don’t Drill
OPEC collusion used to be bad news for America. Now, the oil patch is cheering signs the cartel might rein in production.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Natural Security: Dam problems, security solutions, and a new White House memo
American national security institutions, people, and equipment remain largely optimized for warfighting in the industrial age.
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OscarBCastillo1 Inside Venezuela’s Prison Underworld
Behind bars, a vibrant community of barber shops, DJs, and churches thrives. But the gangs in charge also ensure a consistent flow of drugs and cash.
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BOONE, NC - JULY 29 Ginseng plants belonging to Travis Cornett are photographed on Cornett's land in Boone, North Carolina on July 29, 2016. (Photo by Jacob Biba for Foreign Policy) China’s Gold Rush in the Hills of Appalachia
Buyers in Hong Kong and Beijing are paying top dollar for wild American ginseng, fueling a digging frenzy that could decimate the revered root for good.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 France’s Bongo-Bongo Party
As Gabon erupts in violence, the dark, twisted legacy tying this former colony to Paris is bubbling up to the surface.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Innovations: Can China’s Super-Sensitive New Telescope Talk to E.T.?
Plus, a sub that stays dry, a B2-inspired battery, and a DNA scanner that catches poachers red-handed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Not to Be a Civilization
Mother Nature is using her words. Are we smart enough to heed them?
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78 - Manifa Oilfield_E_SW_V1 The Breathtaking Beauty of Our Planet’s Destruction
From 30,000 feet, the human stain of oil fields, coal mines, and bleached coral reefs looks almost otherworldly.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Amnesty: Honduras, Guatemala Deadliest Countries for Environmental Activists
Indigenous rights activists are increasingly being murdered with impunity.
