List of Environment articles
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Oil pumps in California It’s Time to Be Honest About Fossil Fuels’ Role in Energy Transition
As soaring fuel inflation turns into a political risk, Biden needs a smarter energy policy fast.
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Coal plant in South Africa South Africa’s Coal Deal Is a New Model for Climate Progress
The agreement is the most impressive thing to come out of the COP26 climate summit.
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An aerial picture shows smoke rising from a forest fire outside Berdigestyakh, in Sakha, Siberia. The Gap Between Talk and Action on Climate Is on Full Display in Glasgow
Environmental disasters are rapidly engulfing the world. Can bureaucracy meet their pace?
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Protesters demonstrate outside the venue of the U.N. climate change conference. COP26 Is Silent on Human Rights in China
Environmental activists are afraid of angering Beijing.
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climate-change-storytelling-foreign-policy-illustration The Tragedy of Stopping Climate Change
The race is on to tell—or sell—the right story about global warming.
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U.S. President Joe Biden listens to the speakers during the World Leaders' Summit "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment" session on day three of COP26 on Nov. 2, in Glasgow, Scotland. Will COP26 Solve Anything?
Climate apocalypse still looms while world leaders haggle over haggis in Glasgow.
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Chinese street vendors and customers gather at a local market. China’s Energy Conundrum
Chinese President Xi Jinping has short-term goals and long-term ambitions.
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People walk in the illuminated streets in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where electricity is a rarity, on July 17, 2016. Rich Countries’ Climate Policies Are Colonialism in Green
At COP26, developed-world governments are working to keep the global south poor.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi, and U.S. President Joe Biden stand before speaking at the United Nations climate summit. Essential Climate Reads for COP26
Some of FP’s best arguments on ways forward for the world.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually addresses the United Nations General Assembly A Green Deal at COP26 Can’t Be a Green Light for China
The idea that appeasing Beijing can save the planet is a fantasy.
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A man and woman look at a poster for the movie 2012. Hollywood Needs to Show Us Life Beyond Climate Disaster
We need a new model of civilization. Hollywood can help us envision it.
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A Zimbabwean boy does his homework by candlelight in Harare, Zimbabwe, on June 26, 2019. The Developing World Needs Energy—and Lots of It
At COP26, leaders must find ways to allow much greater economic growth across large parts of the world.
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U.S. House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney Big Oil Gets Grilled by Congress Over Climate Disinformation
Major oil executives insisted that they haven’t misled the public about the link between fossil fuels and climate change.
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U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One in Geneva prior to a U.S.-Russian summit on June 15. No More Trans-Atlantic Love Fest as Biden Heads to Europe
Europe and the United States were never going to be the reunited couple in a geopolitical rom-com.
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A situation room monitors traffic camera data How the Data Revolution Will Help the World Fight Climate Change
Cities are the proving ground for potent new tools to address the crisis.