List of Energy and the Environment articles
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Kushner_image1-FULL copy1 The Coldest Case
Eugene Mallove gave up everything to pursue the holy grail of nuclear energy. Did it cost him his life?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Exchange: When Do African Problems Need African Solutions?
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Ory Okolloh discuss the continent's brain drain and debate the best ways to keep talent at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Here’s Why Erdogan Is Cozying Up to Putin
Turkey is trying to mend fences with Russia to contain Iran, fight the Islamic State, and improve its standing in an evolving Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Israel’s Reconciliation With Turkey Could Lead to New Energy Deals
Middle Eastern chaos helped heal a six-year rift between Turkey and Israel. But Israel’s big reserves of natural gas could fuel much closer ties in years to come.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Pivot to Putin’s Friends
The Moscow-Beijing partnership is stalling. But Xi is winning over the Russian president’s inner circle with favorable loans and sweetheart energy deals.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mapped: Killings of Environmental Defenders Surged in 2015
Almost 40 percent of those killed were indigenous people like Berta Cáceres.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Era of Cheap Oil Is Coming to an End
Prices have been low for more than two years. With demand rising and supply falling, that’s all beginning to change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trouble Is Brewing in Nigeria’s Oil Country
For years, the government paid militants in the Niger Delta not to blow up oil pipelines. Now it’s cutting them loose — and they’re taking up arms once again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia’s First Step Is Admitting It Has an Oil Problem
The heir to the Saudi throne just pushed through a bold package of reforms designed to free the kingdom from oil addiction by 2030. Here’s why it could backfire, badly.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 India, One of the World’s Biggest Polluters, Will Join Climate Change Accord
New Delhi said it will formally join the Paris climate agreement this year, a potentially big step to curbing harmful global temperature increases.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vladimir Putin Doesn’t Actually Care About Saving Leopards
A high-profile, Putin-backed campaign to protect the habitat of Persian leopards has been quietly abandoned, clearing the way for the country’s richest man to expand his ski resort.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s New Silk Road Into Europe Is About More Than Money
Beijing is spending billions on new ports and rail lines, but its ambitions for Europe are as much about geopolitics as commerce.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Democracy Is the Answer to Climate Change
Contrary to popular belief, elected leaders are better equipped to address the problem than their autocratic rivals.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Life After the Mud
In Indonesia, the world’s largest mud volcano has been erupting continuously for 10 years. A wealthy family's gas company may be to blame. But it’s the poor who’ve paid the price.