energy policy

Pompeo may be in an uproar over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but it is hardly the geopolitical masterstroke he imagines.

Thousands of workers wonder if the coronavirus shutdown will be the worst oil bust of all.

Extreme measures to fight the coronavirus have raised activists’ hopes for similarly drastic action on global warming. Here’s why they’re wrong.

The case of fracking in Pennsylvania shows that if experts and fossil fuel industry leaders can cooperate, innovation is possible.

Hydropower may be the future of Canadian power, but it won’t bring the environmental benefits many proponents tout.

Coal mining has been reopened in the Indian state of Meghalaya, but it isn’t clear that government protections will improve life for workers or help the environment.

Zimbabwe and its richer neighbor South Africa are in the throes of an electricity crisis. Alternative sources of energy are the solution.

Attacks on Saudi Arabia prove that, when it comes to oil, Washington still isn’t close to being master of its own fate.

If the world isn’t careful, renewable energy could become as destructive as fossil fuels.

The most efficient way of spreading renewable energy? Getting local communities involved.

The United States should be leading on the energy of the future—but it keeps blowing its chances.

Congress should pass NOPEC to give America a fighting chance against oil cartels.

As China pushes clean energy policies at home, it is exporting its high-pollution coal industry to pristine places like Kenya’s Lamu Island—with Nairobi’s seal of approval. Local residents fear it will destroy the environment they depend on.

The United States may be a growing force in energy markets, but national oil companies still reign supreme.

Washington and Berlin face off again over Nord Stream 2 as European ships are targeted.

Jair Bolsonaro’s government could roll back decades of progress on clean energy and reducing deforestation.

Looming Iran oil sanctions pose challenges for U.S. energy policy.

The decision would test already fraught relations with Germany, other allies.

The region is at risk of a nuclear arms race. Washington needs to stop proliferation before it starts.

The U.S. president wanted to be energy independent, but he’s forcing his country to get more deeply involved in the global oil market.