List of Energy Policy articles
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A city power worker removes an illegally connected electrical cable in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 9, 2022. Can South Africa Keep the Lights On?
Even with the suspension of power cuts, voters remain skeptical ahead of the country's general elections.
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A small crowd is silhouetted against a giant blue screen with global gridlines that displays the Gasprom logo. Gazprom’s Declining Fortunes Spell Trouble for Moscow
The gas giant’s record loss should worry the Kremlin on several fronts.
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Copper miners at the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte, Montana. Uncle Sam Wants You to Join the Mining Industry
A major talent squeeze is complicating Washington’s critical mineral ambitions.
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Cars drive along a multilane highway in Caracas, Venezuela. Many billboards and signs line the side of the road, including one past a billboard with a message blaming the opposition for U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. The Real Cost of Reimposing Sanctions on Venezuela
Sectoral sanctions are hurting the country’s democratic transition—and pushing Caracas closer to U.S. adversaries.
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Four exhaust pipe towers from a gas pipeline station release smoke into the twilight sky. How Globalization Rose and Fell With Nord Stream
The pipeline bringing Russian gas to Europe was once seen as a triumph for borderless business—but Putin’s invasion of Ukraine put an end to that fantasy.
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Construction cranes are seen near the construction site of the Venture Global LNG plant in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans, Louisiana. Is the U.S. Preparing to Ban Future LNG Sales to China?
The Department of Energy’s “temporary pause” opens the door.
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U.S. President Joe Biden, touching his temple with his right hand, delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Congressional Push for Oil Sanctions Puts Biden in a Bind
New measures to punish Iran, Venezuela, and Russia could raise crude prices and hurt Biden in an election year.
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The sun sets over the first offshore wind farm in France, off the coast of the western city of Saint-Nazaire. Can Wind and Solar Solve Climate Change?
A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.
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Newspapers in Tehran feature news about the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties. How Much Leverage Does China Really Have Over Iran?
Washington wants Beijing to rein in Tehran, but experts say it’s not that simple.
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A Maxar satellite image shows the Fortune Galaxy Mahshahr Oil Terminal in Iran. Why Oil Markets Are Calm Despite Iran-Israel Tensions
And why that could change.
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A worker secures cylinders of Russian enriched uranium on a truck following its arrival at the port of Dunkirk, France on March 20, 2023. Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine
The nuclear company’s expanding corporate empire is an urgent target for sanctions.
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The containment domes of Units 2 and 3 stand during the decommissioning and dismantling of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Diego County, California. U.S. Reactors Still Run on Russian Uranium
But Washington and its partners are working to change that.
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Andrew Sweetman, a deep-sea ecology professor wearing a gray boiler suit and white hard hat, kneels on one knee as he gestures to research equipment on the deck of a ship beneath a pale cloudy sky in the Pacific Ocean. Washington Wants In on the Deep-Sea Mining Game
The scramble for critical minerals is heating up under the sea, but lawmakers fear the United States could be left behind.
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A Gazprom Neft oil refinery is seen on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow. Ukraine Takes the War to Russia’s Oil Refineries
Kyiv aims to do with explosives what two years of Western sanctions haven’t yet managed.
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A massive orange conflagration of flames and thick smoke billows from a raging fire at a storage tank of al-Awda oil field. Shifting Conflicts Hit Key Energy Routes
From Russia to Yemen, gas and oil exports have become prime targets.
