List of Energy Policy articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Is the New Power Broker in the Persian Gulf
Oil is transforming the country’s foreign policy. Can the United States handle the consequences?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Yemen Strife Reminds Oil Markets That Mayhem Matters
Military action by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states in Yemen spooked oil traders, a reminder that a world in flames can still rattle energy markets.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burying the Hatchet With Iran
For over three decades, Washington and Tehran have been mortal rivals. Can they use the nuclear deal to mend ties and build a new order in the Middle East?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Selling Crude to Los Imperialistas
Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro blames Washington for all his problems. But that doesn't mean he can turn off the oil tap any time soon.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nuclear Renaissance, Redux
The much-hyped nuclear power revival was derailed by Fukushima. Four years later, nuclear is all the rage again — but challenges like safety, cost, and proliferation remain.
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001 What Lies Beneath
In the 1960s, hundreds of pounds of uranium went missing in Pennsylvania. Is it buried in the ground, poisoning locals—or did Israel steal it to build the bomb?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Prices Have Yet to Hit the Floor
Surging crude inventories in the United States send prices lower, threatening more pain for shale producers but a boost for the global economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Britain Launches European Rush to Join AIIB. Now What?
China continues to expand its influence through the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hydropower and the Challenge of Climate Change
Clean hydroelectric plants are meant to help the world fight global warming. But what happens when climate change clouds hydro's own future?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Cheap Oil Spell the End of Cheap Energy in the Middle East?
Plunging crude prices prompt calls for an end to wasteful energy subsidies in the region. That’s a lot easier said than done.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ukraine’s ‘Courageous’ Energy Reforms Meant to Erode Russia’s Leverage
Kiev has been prodded for years to make key economic reforms, especially in the energy sector. With the economy in meltdown and the IMF still pushing, Ukraine is finally seizing the day.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Would Hugo Chávez Do?
How would Hugo Chávez have responded to Venezuela's collapsing economy? Almost certainly not how President Maduro is doing it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Get Caught Up in the Air Pollution Hype
Sure, the haze and smog problems of the developing world are awful. But they have little to do with climate change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 West Threatens New Sanctions Against Russia
U.S. and European policymakers are meeting to craft new restrictions, but it's unclear what Russian action would prompt them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Central Asia’s Cheap Oil Double Whammy
Lower oil prices and a tottering Russian economy are multiplying headaches from Baku to Bishkek. But that could be a boost for China’s Silk Road dreams.
