The Global Oil Market Is Based on a Fiction
What we call petroleum is more like a category of chemicals than a single thing.
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The World Has One Big Chance to Fix Plastics
For a global plastics treaty to succeed, it will need to tamp down production—and recognize the lives and livelihoods that depend on plastic still.
People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn
The old way of insuring against fires isn’t working anymore.
The Rule of Thumb That Can Save You Money on Gas
The key to coping with high gas prices is better driving habits.
On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem
Even a “minor” skirmish would wreck the planet.
America Is the World’s Largest Oil Producer. So Why Is Losing Russia’s Oil Such a Big Deal?
The U.S. might be “energy independent,” but it still can’t control production.
A Sicker, Poorer, and Less Abundant World
Here are three big takeaways from the new UN-led report, which warns that global warming “is a threat to human well-being and planetary health.”
Russia Probably Won’t Cut Off Europe’s Gas, Because It’s ‘Essentially an Act of War’
Germany has long argued that importing natural gas from Russia would help keep peace. That strategy is being tested now.
Three Theories for Why Gas Prices Are So High
The White House can’t fix one of its biggest political liabilities until it figures out the problem.
The One Group of People Americans Actually Trust on Climate Science
Local meteorologists are better positioned than anyone else to talk their communities through the facts about climate change.