List of Environment articles
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GettyImages-1246713265 (1) Europe’s Big Climate Plan Isn’t Working
The continent has put the world’s strictest environmental standards into law—and is failing to meet them.
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Activists stand in the middle of a city street during a protest. The two standing at center wear orange coveralls and hold yellow banners that say "Brazil on fire" in English and Portuguese. On either side of them, activists hold smoke canisters. The smoke billows up into the sky, partially obscuring the high-rise buildings that loom around the street. The Amazon’s Stolen Land Is on Fire
An epidemic of land theft in Brazil has sparked an unprecedented natural disaster.
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Two workers in orange suits and hard hats hoist a large solar panel into place in Toto, Nigeria, on June 12. Bridging the Green Power Gap
One Nigerian village shows how to develop human opportunity and protect the planet at the same time.
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The silhouettes of three workers are seen from behind as they stand in front of a field of solar panels. One worker has a gloved hand extended to reach the nearest panel. Sunlight glints on the surface of panels farther on in the field. China’s Climate Targets Could Make or Break the Paris Agreement
Beijing’s clean energy is booming—but its environmental ambitions are shrinking.
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A man in a white shirt and jacket gestures with both hands as he talks behind a bank of microphones. Solar panels are seen above him. Hard Truths Come for Germany’s Climate Prophet
Robert Habeck may be deepening the social divisions over environmental policy that he always wanted to overcome.
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An overhead view of the coal-fired Soma power plant in Manisa, western Turkey. Billionaires Must Help Fix the Planet
It’s time for the ultra-rich to take responsibility for their role in the climate crisis.
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Three unidentified hunters from the royal family pose with a dead one-horned rhinoceros in Chitwan, Nepal. Will Nepal’s Elite Finally Be Held Accountable for Wildlife Crimes?
The country’s strict wildlife laws are unevenly enforced. One conservationist has worked to change that.
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Children take part in a climate protest as Parliament resumes in London. Is Climate Activism Working?
In Germany and elsewhere, the impact has been modest.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden greet each other at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago. The Complicated Legacy of Biden’s Climate Legislation
The Inflation Reduction Act was a singular achievement. So why isn’t Harris talking about it?
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Rows of cars are lined up next to a large blue and green ship. Why Is the West’s EV Industry So Far Behind China’s?
Reads on the geopolitics of electric cars.
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The CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian research icebreaker, is seen navigating near an ice floe along Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, on Sept. 27, 2015. Can NATO Ice Out China and Russia in the Arctic?
A new pact aims to narrow the gap between NATO partners and their competitors in icebreaker production.
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with former U.S. Vice President and climate campaigner Al Gore during the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 9, 2022. Aid and Climate Policies Are a World of ‘Let’s Pretend’
Aid to Africa and the climate conference circuit are fundamentally flawed, requiring an overhaul of the international institutions’ missions.
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Smoke billows as an Egyptian farmer burns hay stubbles in Qaliubia, some 40 kilometers north of Cairo on Oct. 23, 2006. Climate Change Is Making the Middle East Uninhabitable
It’s been a brutal summer for the region—and the effects are spreading to the rest of the world.
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A profile shot of Jerome Powell. How to Force Capitalism to Stop Climate Change
Central banks should stop pretending to be neutral about saving the planet.
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A new oil export terminal being built as part of China's Belt and Roads Initiative is shown nearing completion in Mombasa, Kenya, on Jan. 6, 2022. Washington Needs to Up Its Power Game
The United States needs better tools to bolster global energy security.
