Energy Policy

The scramble for battery metals threatens to replicate one of the most destructive dynamics in global economic history.

By focusing only on energy supply, the world is ignoring some of the cheapest and quickest ways to fight the crisis.

The untapped trove of metals on the ocean floor might be the key to a greener future—or an environmental catastrophe.

If his presidency goes according to plan, the country could become the world’s biggest crude exporter to halt new exploration.

He is the one unsavory character the West urgently needs better relations with.

Opposition to all things nuclear was the bedrock of the modern German political psyche. Then came Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Is the “oil weapon” largely nonexistent?

Russia blackmails its neighbors with energy. Kyiv needs a solution.

The administration wants to support human rights, but it doesn’t have the courage of its convictions.

Despite emergency measures, there’s little chance of a price drop.

Trying to make Mohammed bin Salman a “pariah” was bound to fail.

Green plans are secondary to political demands.

Ironically, geopolitical strife and energy scarcity will do more for the climate than decades of ardent policies.

Soaring oil prices require a long-term fix and are in direct conflict with the world’s green agenda. The only way out may be a major recession.

Critical routes will be finished by the end of 2022.

That spells trouble in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Two experts on energy and geopolitics talk about spiking prices, Russia’s war, and what that means for the climate fight.