List of Energy and the Environment articles
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Chimney stacks for a factory processing rare earths, elements essential for the production of mobile phones and computers, in Baotou, China. America Dropped the Baton in the Rare-Earth Race
Washington keeps trying to play catch-up in the rare-earth game with China. It’s losing ground.
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Avinash Persaud speaks about a paper he wrote on modernizing the United Kingdom's financial transactions tax in London. Can Avinash Persaud Convince Capitalists to Embrace Green Growth?
How an ex-banker teamed up with Barbados’s prime minister to fix a lopsided global financial system.
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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape (left) speaks as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on during a joint press conference in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The U.S. flag and the Papua New Guinea flag flank each man in the background. The Pacific Is Becoming a Testing Ground for Green Geopolitics
U.S. environmental measures have China as an unspoken target.
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This photo taken on March 7 shows a cargo ship powered by LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) loaded with containers at a port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province. China’s Big Gas Bet Raises Questions About Complicity With Russia
Chinese-linked firms went on a spree of deals in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine.
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An airplane flies away from the viewer, just below the sun, against a hazy orange sky. Denialists Are Blaming Anything but Climate for Canada’s Fires
With cities wreathed in smoke, conspiracy theories grow.
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A Maxar satellite image taken at 12:15 p.m. local time shows damage to a section of the roadway and sluice gates at the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine. What Ukraine’s Dam Collapse Means for the War
The breach could unleash a disastrous new humanitarian crisis as Kyiv readies its counteroffensive.
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Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel stand together in a kitchen staging area as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings at the State Department in Washington on Oct. 14, 2021. Is Saudi-Israeli Normalization Worth It?
It would be a dramatic accomplishment, but not nearly as transformational as many may think.
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Visitors stand on a salt mound at an Albemarle Corporation lithium mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Aug. 24, 2022. How Chile’s Politics Are Shaping the Global Energy Transition
Chile’s rightward lurch is an opportunity to expand the supply of lithium, a critical battery resource.
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A shirtless man wearing sunglasses launches a balloon into the sky above a camper in Baja California, Mexico, in 2022. The camper is decorated with spray-painted leaves with a metal ladder propped up next to it. Solar Geoengineering Is Coming. It’s Time to Regulate It.
There is no comprehensive international governance for solar radiation modification. There needs to be.
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Houses are shown on the edge of deep gouges in the land. U.S. Apathy Paved the Way for China in Africa
Despite a strong foothold during the Cold War, Washington has since fumbled on the continent.
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Members of Extinction Rebellion hold a banner reading "Make Ecocide a Crime" in Parliament Square in London. Ecological Murder Could Soon Be Illegal
The European Union is considering a new law that would ban ecocide.
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Telecommunication domes are pictured on a mountaintop along the coastline near Longyearbyen in the Svalbard archipelago. Arctic Harmony Is Falling Apart
An isolated Russia is turning to China for help in the north.
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An employee of Air Liquide stands in front of an electrolyzer at the company's future hydrogen production facility of renewable hydrogen in Oberhausen, Germany. Adam Tooze: Why ‘Green Hydrogen’ Isn’t Just Hype
The renewable energy source shows promise, but there are major technological and commercial obstacles to using it more.
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A campaign poster for Turkish opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu is seen across the street from an earthquake-scarred building in Antakya, Turkey. Erdogan’s Support Is Shakiest in Turkey’s Quake Belt
Millions of voters return to shattered towns hoping for a new president this weekend.
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The LNG Ogun, a gas carrier that sails under the Bermuda flag, is pictured behind some wind turbines on a breakwater, leaving the Port of Bilbao bound for the port of Bonny, in Nigeria Finally, Rich Countries Recognize Africa’s Right to Use Gas
Blanket bans on gas finance stifle development, hurt climate goals, and reek of hypocrisy.
