List of Energy Policy articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One. What to Expect From Biden’s Big Middle East Trip
The U.S. president’s upcoming trip to the region is being driven largely by a domestic political crisis linked to the price of oil.
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Men in Kabul's Deh Sabz district work on the back of a coal truck. Taliban Wage War Over Coal in Northern Afghanistan
The battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals.
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A digger descends into a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 8, 2016. Green Energy’s Dirty Secret: Its Hunger for African Resources
The scramble for battery metals threatens to replicate one of the most destructive dynamics in global economic history.
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A view of high-voltage transmission towers in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 21, 2021. Yes, We Need to Talk About Cutting Energy Demand
By focusing only on energy supply, the world is ignoring some of the cheapest and quickest ways to fight the crisis.
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The sun sets on a deep-sea mining vessel Race to the Bottom: Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Frontier
The untapped trove of metals on the ocean floor might be the key to a greener future—or an environmental catastrophe.
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Erdogan in Albania Why the West Should Make Peace With Erdogan Now
He is the one unsavory character the West urgently needs better relations with.
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The Grohnde nuclear power plant Germany Confronts Its Nuclear Demons
Opposition to all things nuclear was the bedrock of the modern German political psyche. Then came Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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A fuel barrel lies on its side. The Problem With Being a Petrostate
Is the “oil weapon” largely nonexistent?
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A container is decorated with a map showing the proposed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, a project that was scrapped after Russia invaded Ukraine, in Lubmin, Germany, on March 1. Ukraine Wants a Lend-Lease Plan for Energy to Escape Russian Chokehold
Russia blackmails its neighbors with energy. Kyiv needs a solution.
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Juan Guaidó in the Venezuelan parliament in Caracas Biden Sidelines Venezuelan Democracy at Summit of the Americas
The administration wants to support human rights, but it doesn’t have the courage of its convictions.
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A man stands holding a tool over an oil pumping unit. Get Ready for $150 a Barrel Oil Soon
Despite emergency measures, there’s little chance of a price drop.
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Mohammad bin Salman is shown with a slight smirk on his face. Biden Was Always Going to Need Saudi Arabia
Trying to make Mohammed bin Salman a “pariah” was bound to fail.
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Smoke billows from a large steel plant in China China’s Energy Nationalism Means Coal Is Sticking Around
Green plans are secondary to political demands.
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Electricity workers check solar panels in China. Russia’s War Is the End of Climate Policy as We Know It
Ironically, geopolitical strife and energy scarcity will do more for the climate than decades of ardent policies.
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on high gas prices and the release of oil from the strategic reserve, in Washington, March 31. Biden’s Saudi Trip May Be Too Little, Too Late
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.
