List of Environment articles
-
Four workers in blue hardhats walk past a coal plant. One is smoking a cigarette. China Pledged to ‘Strictly Control’ Coal. The Opposite Happened.
What Beijing’s about-face on coal power means for climate change—and how the world can push back.
-
Electric public buses line a parking facility in Bogotá. How Oil-Rich Colombia Is Trying to Go Green
Left-wing President Gustavo Petro wants to prove that industrial policy isn’t just for wealthy countries.
-
Colorful buildings, cramped together, a perched on a hillside. What Happens When the ‘Big One’ Hits Lima?
Peru shows how bad governance and natural disasters are a deadly mix.
-
Huge mounds of coal are piled beside conveyer belts and other industrial equipment in a storage facility. The ceiling curves upward and the far wall is open to the outside, letting in light that reflects off the damp ground inside the facility and creating the illusion that it is shaped like a round tunnel. China May Soon Hit Peak Coal
In a major turning point for the world, China’s fossil fuel use is projected to decline starting in 2025.
-
Rafet Kurse, a former fisherman, stands next to an abandoned boat on the former shores of Marmara Lake. A dry, dusty landscape stretches into the distance behind him. King of the Dammed
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse.
-
A worker wearing a black T-shirt and backward baseball cap hoists a fog machine as they spray steam at mosquito larvae growing in a puddle between a row of motorcycles on a street in Kathmandu. A Dangerous Disease Spreads in a Hotter Nepal
Dengue-carrying mosquitoes are spreading to mountains where they were once unknown.
-
A man wearing a hard hat stands with his hands raised above his head to work in the wood and wires of a self-made power line in northern Malawi. A blue sky is visible behind him. Why False Energy Hopes Are Bad for Africa
Rich-world advocates are pushing outlandish green scenarios that will keep Africans poor.
-
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a meeting on the "Build Back Better World" during the World Leaders Summit of the COP26 U.N. climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021. Biden’s Signature Achievement Needs to Go Global
The Inflation Reduction Act is Washington’s boldest climate policy ever—but still woefully insufficient.
-
A military escort gives a tour of the destruction in central Derna, Libya. Eastern Libya’s Rulers Crack Down on Protests—Not Shoddy Infrastructure
Libyan authorities invited journalists to cover the floods. Their window of welcome quickly closed.
-
A general view during the inauguration of a green-tech hydrogen production plant at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Wesseling, Germany. Green Hydrogen Isn’t a Silver Bullet
World leaders are betting big on clean hydrogen. How much of it is hype?
-
Protesters hold torches as they take part in a banned demonstration against the government's pension reforms and a water basin project near Sainte-Soline, in Poitiers, western France. France’s Water War Has No End in Sight
As the country’s water reserves run low, tensions are running high.
-
Rescue teams search through the rubble in the eastern city of Soussa, Libya on Sep. 21, following deadly flash floods. How Division and Disorder Led to Devastation in Libya
Poor global and domestic governance made a foreseeable and preventable disaster in Derna a catastrophe.
-
A worker stands atop a solar panel during construction on the roof of a new development in Wuhan. Buildings can be seen in the background. Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Green Technology Again?
A recent book makes the case for collaboration in an increasingly competitive industry.
-
Two people stand and sit in a boat in an above shot looking down at a string of colorful rowboats floating along the bank of the Ravi River, a tributary of the Indus in Lahore, Pakistan. Can India and Pakistan’s Historic Water Pact Endure?
The Indus Waters Treaty was created to avoid conflict. To confront the climate crisis, it must evolve.
-
A man balancing a wooden crate of fish on his head walks through the crowd at an outdoor fish market at night. The masts of boats are visible from the harbor behind the market. The Other Global Food Crisis
World leaders need to care about fish as much as they do about semiconductors.
