List of Renewable Energy articles
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces new European Union energy policies at the bloc’s headquarters in Brussels, on Sept. 7. With Winter Coming, Europe Is Walking Off a Cliff
Europeans won’t escape their energy crisis as long as ideology trumps basic math.
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Electricity pylons are shown under cloudy skies during rainfall near Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 15. Europe’s Energy Crisis Is Destroying the Multipolar World
The EU and Russia are losing their competitive edge. That leaves the United States and China to duke it out.
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Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida walks in front of Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant. Fumio Kishida’s Great Nuclear Leap
A decade after Fukushima, the Japanese prime minister is walking a fine political line to reengage with the carbon-free energy source.
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An excavator transfers imported iron ore at a port in Rizhao, China, on May 15, 2019. The Inflation Reduction Act Is the Start of Reclaiming Critical Mineral Chains
Green technologies depend on the supply of a few key resources.
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Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of Nord Stream 1. Moscow’s Gas Freeze Shows EU-Russian Trade Is Doomed
Russia is limiting supply in the hope of a short-term price rise.
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Steam rising off coal plants is seen at sunset. The sky behind is orange. Germany’s Frantic Push to Reduce Gas Consumption
As Russia weaponizes its gas exports, Germany is left scrambling to meet its needs—and reduction targets.
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International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol IEA Chief: Europe Has to Cut Gas Use or Face Brutal Winter
Fatih Birol spoke with FP about the current energy crisis, Russia’s use of the energy weapon, and why the 1970s aren’t quite back.
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A digger descends into a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 8, 2016. Green Energy’s Dirty Secret: Its Hunger for African Resources
The scramble for battery metals threatens to replicate one of the most destructive dynamics in global economic history.
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The sun sets on a deep-sea mining vessel Race to the Bottom: Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Frontier
The untapped trove of metals on the ocean floor might be the key to a greener future—or an environmental catastrophe.
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The Grohnde nuclear power plant Germany Confronts Its Nuclear Demons
Opposition to all things nuclear was the bedrock of the modern German political psyche. Then came Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Electricity workers check solar panels in China. Russia’s War Is the End of Climate Policy as We Know It
Ironically, geopolitical strife and energy scarcity will do more for the climate than decades of ardent policies.
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A person in a green jacket holding their bicycle looks out over water and coal plants. The Energy Crisis Won’t Sabotage Climate Goals
Climate despair is understandable but misplaced.
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Solar technicians from Alianza Ceibo/Amazon Frontlines help members Ecuador’s Distant Dream of a Green Recovery
The debt-saddled country is struggling to meet its climate goals under IMF austerity.
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A worker inspects an open cast at the Arcadia lithium mine in Zimbabwe. Shifting Mining From the Global South Misses the Point of Climate Justice
Onshoring critical minerals mining doesn’t address the root causes of predatory extraction.
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Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power in Germany. 3 Reasons Nuclear Power Has Returned to the Energy Debate
If we believed our own rhetoric about the climate crisis, support for nuclear would be much higher.
