Despite hellish heat waves and epic floods, the Middle East gets failing grades on climate action.
Playing Russian Roulette with Middle Eastern Oil
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Energy
The Critical Missing Piece from the U.S. Energy Transition
Competition with China over minerals is meaningless if the prize is a dead planet.
DRC Bleeds Conflict Minerals for Green Growth
Congolese activists, facing violence and colonial exploitation, call for a green transition that puts justice first.
Waters of Conflict
Is there a place for hydropower in a warming world?
After Dubai
Towards a “just, orderly, and equitable” fossil fuel phase out.
Labor and Green Colonialism in the Global South
What will happen to workers in the transition to clean energy?
In the Caucasus, the U.S. Priority Is Fossil Fuels, Not Armenians
Despite the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, U.S. officials remain upbeat about opportunities for new energy pipelines.
As War in Ukraine Grinds On, U.S. Officials Focus on Black Sea
The war has major implications for the geopolitics of energy.
The Push to Dig Up Rare Earth Materials in the Black Hills
The demand for critical raw materials imperils the environment and the communities that live near the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.
The EU and US Make a Bid for the World’s Critical Raw Materials
The EU and US are considering a club to ensure access to the world’s limited supply of critical raw materials, but are they banking on out-of-date geopolitics?