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The Oil Collapse

A pandemic and a price war have together brought energy markets to a crisis

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Coronavirus Apr 2, 2020 Snapshot

The Oil Collapse

A pandemic and a price war have together brought energy markets to a crisis

Daniel Yergin

Coronavirus Apr 2, 2020 Snapshot

Emerging-Market Petrostates Are About to Melt Down

Collapsing oil prices risk igniting a sovereign debt crisis in emerging markets.

Amy Myers Jaffe

Environment Feb 28, 2020 Snapshot

How China Became the World’s Leader in Green Energy

China has never been the most enthusiastic party to international climate accords, but Beijing might end up saving the planet anyway. In little more than a decade,...

Scott Malcomson

Technicians check solar panels in Handan, Hebei Province, November 2019

Environment Feb 10, 2020 Snapshot

The Amazon Is Nearing the Point of No Return

Unless governments across South America join together to protect the vast rainforest ecosystem, its southern and eastern regions will eventually turn into a grassland...

Thomas Lovejoy

A man chops branches as part of the rainforest burns, 1997

Energy Jan 20, 2020 Snapshot

Striking Oil Ain’t What It Used to Be

Poor Countries Find Fossil Fuels Just as the Rich World Swears Them Off

Amy Myers Jaffe

Energy January/February 2020 Essay

Adapt or Perish

The United States must build up resilience to climate change.

Alice Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

It’s getting hot in here: a fire in Windsor, California, October 2019

Energy Sep 25, 2018 Snapshot

Can Nigeria Solve Its Energy Crisis?

To meet the economic aspirations of its booming, youthful population, Nigeria needs to solve its energy crisis. Small-scale solutions, such as renewable home systems,...

Todd Moss and Judd Devermont

A girl attends morning devotion at a floating school in the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria, February 2016

Environment Aug 9, 2018 Snapshot

Water Wars on the Nile

Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam project—set to become Africa's biggest hydroelectic dam—has set the country on a collision course with Egypt. The outcome may well hinge on...

Daniel Benaim and Michael Wahid Hanna

Economics July/August 2018 Essay

Why Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working

In theory, carbon pricing makes sense, but in practice, it isn’t doing much about climate change.

Jeffrey Ball

Bad atmospherics: smokestacks in Jilin, China, February 2013.

Energy March/April 2018 Essay

Green Giant

China’s vast investments in clean energy will help it replace the United States as the most important player in many regional alliances and trading relationships....

Amy Myers Jaffe

Here comes the sun: solar panels in Zhejiang Province, China, December 2014

Economic Development Nov 29, 2017 Snapshot

How Nigeria’s Oil Industry Went Local

Domestic companies in Nigeria now control more of the country’s oil and gas resources than ever before, and they are poised to deliver economic gains that Nigeria has...

Matt Mossman

A proposed oil refinery on Akodo beach, near Lagos, June 2016.

Energy Nov 13, 2017 Snapshot

Why Is Trump's Energy Department Lumping Coal and Nuclear Together?

The Trump administration has proposed a controversial policy to provide large subsidies to both nuclear reactors and coal power plants.

Varun Sivaram and Madison Freeman

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry shakes hands with guest after attending his swearing in ceremony at the Executive Office in Washington, March 2017.

Energy Nov 9, 2017 Snapshot

How Mini-Grids Can Power Disaster Recovery

New technologies and systems, including mini-grids, can help prevent energy crises like the one being experienced in Puerto Rico.

Amy Myers Jaffe, Lindsay Iversen, and Morgan D. Bazilian

A worker of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority (PREPA) repairs part of the electrical grid after Hurricane Maria hit the area in September, in Manati, Puerto Rico October 2017.

Economic Development Oct 10, 2017 Snapshot

Will Russian-Saudi Relations Continue to Improve?

Russia’s new Saudi ties show that President Vladimir Putin’s sway in the Middle East remains on the upswing.

Anna Borshchevskaya

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, October 2017.

Trade Oct 6, 2017 Snapshot

Sun Block

A recent decision has opened the door to protectionist measures in the solar sector. That portends a dimmer future for U.S. industry.

Benjamin Attia, Shayle Kann. and Morgan D. Bazilian

Secret Service agents at a solar plant in Florida during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, October 2009.

Trade Sep 12, 2017 Snapshot

U.S. Natural Gas Arrives in Lithuania

The first-ever delivery of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Lithuania on August 21 marks a turning point for the Baltic region’s energy markets.

Agnia Grigas

Floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) "Independence" is docked at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipeda port, Lithuania, October 2014.

Economics Aug 23, 2017 Snapshot

The Trouble With Nord Stream 2

Nord Stream 2 would benefit Russia at the EU's expense.

Petr Polak

A pipe under construction for Nord Stream in Sassnitz, Germany, May 2016.

Environment Aug 4, 2017 Snapshot

California Dreaming

Can California, the wealthiest and most populous U.S. state, conduct its own foreign policy within the American constitutional system?

Stewart Patrick

California Governor Jerry Brown and Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang in Beijing, June 2017.

Business Aug 3, 2017 Snapshot

Will the West Let Russia Dominate the Nuclear Market?

The nuclear power company Westinghouse is the last opportunity for the West and its allies to remain in the nuclear construction business.

Nick Gallucci and Michael Shellenberger

A view of the Czech nuclear power plant station Temelin near the South Bohemian city of Tyn nad Vltavou, March 2011.

Energy Jul 6, 2017 Snapshot

The American Energy Superpower

True energy dominance comes not just from energy supply but from new technologies, global cooperation, and environmental protection.

Jason Bordoff

A pump jack near Bakersfield, California, October 2014.

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