List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Time for the United States to Start Worrying About a Saudi Collapse
Facing a rising tide of problems from the outside and in, the kingdom is in trouble. Will America come to the rescue?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If a Tree Falls in a National Park …
Activists, journalists, and even Michael Bloomberg have been agitating for Peru to finally make Sierra del Divisor a national park. But would it really save this endangered chunk of the Amazon?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 India’s New Green Revolution
India's latest commitment to fight climate change defends the country's right to keep pumping out more emissions. But in the run up to Paris, it's still a big leap forward.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Mulls Lifting Oil Export Ban, but a Tough Sell on the Hill
Congress keeps trying to lift the 40-year-old ban on crude exports. Politics keeps getting in the way.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mexico’s Crude Capitalism
The country is providing a model for a new Latin American energy policy. But will it work?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is God Having a Climate Moment?
Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe and activist Bill McKibben discuss the pope, global warming, and the making of faith-based environmentalism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Shell Admits Defeat in the Arctic
Royal Dutch Shell cancels oil exploration operation off Alaska’s coast, the latest warning sign that finding Arctic oil is easier said than done.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Great Climate Leap Forward
Beijing is creating a carbon market to fight climate change. That could be a big deal for China's economy — and leave Washington playing catch-up.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Deadliest Stop on the Road on Mecca
Mina, where pilgrims take part in a symbolic stoning of the devil, has been the site of a disproportionate share of hajj deaths.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Diesel Emissions Scandal Claims Its First Scalp: Volkswagen’s CEO
The U.S.-led investigation into Volkswagen's emissions cheat claims its first victim.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Americans Acclaim Pope Francis in DC Visit, But Still Wary of His Climate Activism
Pope Francis is popular, but his calls for action on climate change fall flat.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clinton on Keystone: ‘I Oppose It’
The Democratic front runner finally tells us what she really thinks about the long-delayed pipeline from Canada, when it’s too late to make a difference.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Volkswagen Scandal Sparks New U.S., European Investigations
Qatar and other foreign investors are losing billions as governments around the world call for probes into Volkswagen's installation of software designed to cheat on U.S. emissions tests in up to 11 million of its cars.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 10 Times the Pope and Republicans Didn’t See Eye to Eye on International Issues
Pope Francis and the GOP are at odds on a number of issues.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Navy curtails sonar war on whales
This is good to do. Still, I fear that one day, when we eventually learn to communicate with whales (who might be smarter than us), their first question will be, “What the hell were you humans thinking?”
