List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump’s Huge Energy Speech Was Hugely Wrong
The GOP front-runner tried to attack the Obama administration’s handling of the energy industry. He wound up showing how little he knows about it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Green Movement and its Inconvenient Truths
2015 Global Thinker Marjan Minnesma and Gasland director Josh Fox debate the best—and perhaps only—way to spurn action on climate change: Terrify people.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 India Acts East
Washington’s pivot to Asia gets all the attention, but India’s pivot east will redefine regional politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheat Headache Just Got Worse
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is now targeting the company for its emissions cheat.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hajj Closed to Iranians After Year of Discord
Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are set to keep tens of thousands from the anual pilgrimage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Justin Trudeau See the Forest Fire for the Trees?
Canada’s photogenic prime minister promises a new type of enlightened, environment-friendly leadership. But he's still hooked on dirty oil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia Begins to Imagine Life Without Oil
Saudi Arabia appears to be making plans for life beyond oil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran’s Hollow Threats to Close the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran is again trying to use its hold over a key global choke point to pressure Washington and others. But it’s much easier said than done.
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Decoder_top-image Decoder: North Korea’s Maritime Industry
How U.N. sanctions targeting the Hermit Kingdom's shipping business awaken Pyongyang’s creative spirit.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Spooked by Beijing, India Embraces Closer U.S. Ties
China's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea, and increasingly in the Indian Ocean, is pushing Washington and New Delhi closer together.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Australia’s Science Minister Is Psyched for Carp-aggedon
Australia has a plan to rid the Murray River of an invasive carp species by introducing a strain of herpes into the river.
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After hosting the Eurovision in 2012 and the European Games in 2015 Baku acts as a picture postcard of the country's newfound prosperity, but also of its contrasts. The country is home to known energy reserves of around a billion barrels of oil and 1.3 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. But if until now Azerbaijan did not have to worry much about paying the bills ? they do now. The slump in global oil prices has put a crimp in the country?s budget. A patient feet in a crude oil bath treatment. Patients comes here to receive crude oil treatment here among other medical treatment. Naftalan, Azerbaijan Aperture: Exit the King
Oil has been a boon in Azerbaijan’s economic growth. But will black gold also cause the country's demise?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Last Year’s Goldman Prize Winner Was Murdered. Could This Year’s Winner Be Next?
The 46-year-old peasant farmer was awarded the prize for blocking a gold mine in Peru.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The “C” Word
Forget disruption—convergence is what really has corporations fearing for their lives.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia Plans to Break Its ‘Addiction’ to Oil
Riyadh has an ambitious plan to transform and diversify its oil-dependent economy. Saudi Arabia’s new leadership desperately needs it to work.
