Environment

The increased energy demand could be met by a long-awaited nuclear power plant. 

Most researchers agree that lithium demand will only increase. Afghanistan’s estimated reserves put it among global leaders -- if the metal can be extracted.

While Kerry remained focus on climate issues, his Chinese hosts kept redirecting the conversation to broader tensions in the relationship.

Around half-a-million people have been impacted by the floods.

The EIA report finds Italian companies continue illicit teak trade with Myanmar

Climate goals and local interests are driving Tibet’s hydropower boom, which will have implications far beyond China.

John Kerry is in Japan to press Tokyo for more aggressive action on emissions.

The climate crisis requires collective action, and should serve as a catalyst for the revival of the Indian Ocean Rim Association.

Activists in Nur-Sultan are working to protect a reservoir from destruction, but can they be successful?

While the country revises coal-based plans for power generation, a youth-led movement is calling for foreign energy financiers to back a “just transition.”

Semiconductors are particularly thirsty.