List of Environment articles
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A wildlife keeper checks a pangolin enclosure. Endangered Species Are Paying the Price of COVID-19
Diminishing tourism has created new incentives for the illegal wildlife trade.
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Chinese pedestrians watch the news. U.S.-China Competition Can Still Produce Climate Wins
Progressive groups warning Biden against a tougher stand on China are reading the risks wrong.
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Logging trucks carrying Okoume wood leave the Ivindo National Park near Makokou, Gabon. Europe Needs to Clean Up at Home Before Pushing a Green Agenda Abroad
Norway is paying Gabon to halt deforestation while continuing to promote its own polluting industries.
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Smoke and flames rise from an illegally lit fire in the Amazon rainforest reserve in Brazil. Only China Can End Brazil’s Climate Crisis
Deforestation is devastating the Amazon, but Beijing has the political and economic leverage to stop it.
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Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman gives a press conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 17, 2019. Climate Policies Could Hand Power and Profits Back to OPEC
The Western rush to replace oil has Gulf producers laughing all the way to the bank.
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A student holds a plant during a national campaign for the reforestation of El Salvador at Walter Thilo Deininger National Park near San Salvador, El Salvador, on June 5, 2017. Sustainable Investment Is Flooding the Market
And Latin America is poised for a windfall.
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A 12-year-old worker carries coal in the district of Jaintia Hills, India, on April 15, 2001. The Asian Development Bank’s Green Future
The ADB won’t finance coal, but its bans on dirty fuel may not go far enough.
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An offshore wind farm off South Korea South Korea’s Big Bet on Green Energy Is Bogged Down
Seoul is building massive offshore wind farms, but fishing rights and protectionist sentiment may get in the way.
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A pedestrian walks in Taiwan. Taiwan’s Governmental Overconfidence Keeps Creating Crises
An energy shortage threatens critical semiconductor supply lines as COVID-19 surges.
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Two men talk after the end of the ExxonMobil annual shareholders meeting on May 28, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. Can Elites Start the Climate Revolution?
Financial capital and the courts are quietly creating the conditions to stop global warming—if politics does its part, too.
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Climate activists hold placards as they march from the offices of Royal Dutch Shell towards Parliament Square in London on Sept. 8, 2020. Why Shaking Up Big Oil Could Be a Pyrrhic Victory
Cutting oil production creates new risks and may not speed climate progress—unless we ensure demand falls too.
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Mexico City Imposes Restrictions To Cars Due to High Level of Air Pollution Biden Should Pursue an Environmental Treaty for the Western Hemisphere
Latin American leaders have already made strides toward environmental protection. To achieve his own climate goals, Biden should cooperate with them.
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A farmer harvests corn near Burlington, Iowa, on Oct. 22, 2015. Small Farms, Big Pollution
Don’t abandon big agriculture, make it work (even) better.
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Toward Deep Decarbonization Toward Deep Decarbonization
Transformational technologies essential to the clean energy transition.
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Protesters hold smoke flares as they take part in a demonstration organized by the global environmental movement Extinction Rebellion and the Dutch climate activist group Code Rood at the Shell headquarters in The Hague on May 18. Big Oil’s Tobacco Moment
Shell is responsible for more emissions than most countries. A new court ruling holds it accountable.
