List of Energy Policy articles
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Leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meet at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires on Nov. 30, 2018. 5 Reasons Why a Global Agreement to Prop Up Oil Prices Won’t Work
Even if the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia make a historic show of cooperation, any respite for the oil industry will be short-lived.
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An oil worker surveys pipelines in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, on May 4, 2018. Amid Price War, Texas Oil Patch Is Coming Up Empty
Thousands of workers wonder if the coronavirus shutdown will be the worst oil bust of all.
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U.S. President Donald Trump Trump’s Promised Oil Deal Still Eludes Big Producers as Prices Dive Again
But Saudi Arabia and Russia appear to be thinking twice about their oil war as their economies start to feel the pain.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press in Washington on April 1. Trump goosed oil prices in hopes of a grand bargain with Russia and Saudi Arabia, but the economy continues a historic contraction even as the administration warns of more than 100,000 deaths. Trump Talks Up Oil Markets, but the Economy Is Still Tanking
Despite a brief recovery in oil, experts say there is still no deal to cut production and boost prices.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nov. 30, 2018. A Deal to Stop the Saudis From Drowning U.S. Shale Would Come None Too Soon
Trump has finally realized the U.S. energy industry is under attack. Better late than never.
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Pump jacks draw crude oil in California Is the U.S. Also to Blame in the Oil Price War?
Congress is accusing Saudi Arabia and Russia of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. But companies in the United States, the biggest oil producer in the world, aren’t slowing down yet.
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School students gather to demand action on climate change in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 20, 2019. Sorry, but the Virus Shows Why There Won’t Be Global Action on Climate Change
Extreme measures to fight the coronavirus have raised activists’ hopes for similarly drastic action on global warming. Here’s why they’re wrong.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin No End in Sight to the Oil Price War Between Russia and Saudi Arabia
Riyadh and Moscow are both betting they can win a global game of chicken over production.
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Signs opposing fracking Why Scientists Should Shape Environmental Policy
The case of fracking in Pennsylvania shows that if experts and fossil fuel industry leaders can cooperate, innovation is possible.
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Algerians protest against former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in power, in Algiers on Mar. 1, 2019. Demise of the Petrostates
The oil price crash is an existential threat to petrostates from Nigeria to Iran, where governments rely on oil wealth to stabilize power and pay off competing interests.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks up at Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires on Nov. 30, 2018. Why This Oil Crash Is Different
The oil price collapse has sent shockwaves through financial markets. But the geopolitical earthquake could reach even farther.
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Traders like Peter Tuchman were hit with a global markets rout on Monday, fueled by crashing oil prices and mounting worries over the impact of the coronavirus, Mar. 9, 2020. An Economic Pandemic
With markets plunging worldwide, Trump does an about-face and promises "major" efforts to contain the coronavirus and ease economic pain.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Igor Sechin of Rosneft Russia’s Defiance Sets the Stage for Oil Price ‘Bloodbath’
Moscow rejects OPEC’s effort to avert a coronavirus-driven price collapse, shutting down an agreement to cut crude output.
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Hammered by the coronavirus, OPEC opted to cut oil production and shore up prices, figuring that the threat from America’s decade-old oil boom is winding down, Oct. 21, 2019. OPEC Tries to Forestall a Coronavirus Oil Collapse
Questions remain whether other oil exporters will join the pact to slash output—and if that will be enough to push up crude prices.
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Leading Democrats including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden, seen here at a debate on Feb. 25, are all proposing energy policies that could curtail the American energy boom. Democrats Threaten Energy Rollback
Markets might get jittery as bids by Biden, Sanders, and Warren to restrict fossil fuels move a bit closer to reality.
