List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Is Not the Time for an Independent Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurds have enough problems. Breaking away from Baghdad would just make things worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Got Nuclear Power Plans for its Fake Islands
China’s planned fleet of floating nuclear reactors could give extra military punch to its buildup in the South China Sea -- and could create a whole new slate of environmental and safety worries.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Volkswagen Emissions Cheat Settlement Short On Specifics
The settlement between the U.S. and Volkswagen is short on details about how much drivers would be paid.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Islamic State
An accidental tour into the heart of the caliphate’s oil smuggling economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Report: Volkswagen to Pay $5,000 To Each U.S. Customer Affected by Diesel Cheat
German media report Volkswagen has agreed to pay billions to settle 'Diesel Gate' in the U.S.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dutch Treat: Russia Dodges a Bullet in the $50 Billion Yukos Case — For Now
The decade-long battle to get compensation for the illegal seizure of Yukos will continue well into the future after an unexpected — and legally questionable — court ruling in the Netherlands.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Punish Iran, Saudis Scuttle Oil-Freeze Plan
Crude prices fell after big oil producers failed to rein in output — fruit of Saudi Arabia’s strategic rivalry with Iran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Under President Sanders, the Planet Will Feel the Burn
While he calls global warming an “unprecedented” threat, Bernie Sanders’s energy proposals could actually raise, not lower, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Natural Security: Despite what General Scales said, U.S. military leaders are taking icecap melting seriously
The Russian Defense Ministry recently announced that experts would be flying over the Arctic in early April to check whether the conditions were favorable for "dropping cargoes and possible landing of troops."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 King Coal Is Losing His Throne
Peabody Energy joins a growing list of coal miners who are going broke thanks to a perfect storm of cheap natural gas, the slowdown in China, and tougher environmental rules.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 There Are More Domestic Tigers in the U.S. Than Wild Ones in the Jungle
For the first time in decades, the global population of wild tigers is rising, but thousands more live in captivity in the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Natural Security: Why you should pay attention to the cryosphere, dammit
There's just an aesthetic pleasure in some words, partly to do with how they sound, but also inextricably tied to what they mean.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tiny Kosovo Faces a Big Energy Dilemma
The energy-starved Balkan nation needs a new power plant. But is dirty brown coal the best way to build the economy?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Africa’s Petrostates Are Imploding
And that’s setting off a dramatic shift in the economic balance of power on the continent.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Climate Envoy: China Will Surprise Us in a Good Way
Obama’s longtime climate envoy on finally inking a global emissions deal, on China’s future, and what happens to U.S. leadership.
