Energy Industry

Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, and Victoria Bassetti

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Coal miners

Enable a just transition for American fossil fuel workers through federal action

Michaël Aklin and Johannes Urpelainen

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

A German gas crisis will cause jitters across Europe

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, July 18, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Gas prices are advertised at a Chevron station as rising inflation and oil costs affect the consumers in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia is unlikely to lower oil prices

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Oil pumps and growth

How to mitigate the impact of the war in Ukraine on commodity markets

John Baffes and Peter Nagle

Friday, July 1, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a picture during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 20, 2021. Sputnik/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

Constanze Stelzenmüller

June 21, 2022

oil spill

Audacity needed in natural resource governance: Reflections on views from around the world

Daniel Kaufmann and Mario Picon

Friday, June 17, 2022

German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck holds a press conference on energy security in Germany at his ministry.

Putin’s war and European energy security: A German perspective on decoupling from Russian fossil fuels

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Hydrogen renewable energy production

The promise of African clean hydrogen exports: Potentials and pitfalls

Chigozie Nweke-Eze and Rainer Quitzow

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a ceremony to hand over the office of German Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from the outgoing Anne Spiegel to Elisabeth Paus in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Germany has a special responsibility to stop Putin’s evil

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Handout photo made available by Ukrainian Presidency shows European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands, as European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell looks on, ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 8, 2022. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — April 2022

Friday, April 22, 2022

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) references a domestic gas price chart during a hearing with oil executives before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Politicians need to square with the American people on gasoline prices

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Factory workers lifting new solar panel from production line

The US should treat climate policy as economic policy

Jonas Nahm and Johannes Urpelainen

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

--FILE--Heavy smoke is discharged from chimneys at an ethylene plant of PetroChina in Jilin city, northeast China's Jilin province, 18 February 2012.When the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit ended without reaching a legally binding deal to limit greenhouse gas emissions, China was demonised for wrecking the negotiations. Six years later, the world's largest carbon emitter has become an unlikely leader in the international dialogue. China is now praised for its plans to tackle climate change ¨C by peaking its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, reducing its dependence on fossil fuels, and helping poor countries adapt to global warming. The changes, made possible by economic restructuring and public pressure to tackle pollution, come as the country ¨C now the world's second-largest economy ¨C straddles the division between developing and developed nations.No Use China. No Use France.

A possible North American path forward on short-lived climate pollutants

Monday, April 11, 2022

Can state-level carbon pricing help achieve national climate goals?

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

U.S. President Joe Biden and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands, during a European Union leaders summit, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

The US-Europe trans-Atlantic partnership is showing its resilience

Daniel S. Hamilton

Monday, March 28, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Snow covered transfer lines are seen at the Dominion Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Lusby, Maryland March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo

Ties with Europe are America’s geo-economic base

Daniel S. Hamilton

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Israeli President Isaac Herzog reviews the Cypriot President Honour Guard in Nicosia during an official meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, March 2, 2022. Iakovos Hatzistavrou/Pool via REUTERS

President Herzog’s visit to Ankara: A first step in normalizing Turkey-Israel relations?

Kemal Kirişci and Dan Arbell

Monday, March 7, 2022

Demonstration for solidarity with Ukraine against Russia, Munich, Germany Participant with sign oil gas stop. On March 12, 2022, hundreds of people gathered at the Koenigsplatz in Munich, Germany, to show their solidarity with Ukraine. The demonstrators demanded the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops, a political solution to the conflict, the support of the German government and immediate sanctions against Russia. Munich Bavaria Germany Copyright: xmufkinnphotosxxxaal.photoxNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

If the US and EU ban Russian oil, it’s going to have a big impact

Douglas A. Rediker

Friday, March 4, 2022

Gas station worker controls gas valve at a natural gas station during the installation of complex gas preparation at the Ukrgasvydobuvannya UCPG facility - village Derzhiv, oil and gas industry. (Photo by Mykola Tys / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Now is not the time to limit U.S. natural gas exports

Friday, February 18, 2022